How each top 25 team wins the national title
Feel like celebrating next January? Here's what each of the nation's best teams needs to win it all next season.
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2020 Schedule
11-2, 2nd in SEC - West
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Joe Burrow to the Bengals. After that? You might be surprised. Mel Kiper Jr. projects every first-round pick in April's draft, from No. 1 to 32.
Trevor Lawrence leads the 2020 Way-Too-Early All-America team
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Everything you need to know about the newest ESPN 300 update
Some college football prospects, including Alabama's next QB, massively increased their stocks ahead of February's national signing day.
Updated 2020 ESPN 300 player rankings
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NFL draft deadline: College football's winners and losers
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Hurts honors Bama, Oklahoma with double-sided helmet for Senior Bowl (0:20)
QB Hurts: No regrets on transfer to OU from Tide
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Meet the 2020 breakout players for each top 25 team
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Burrow, Jeudy highlight All-Bowl team (1:28)
The Right Time: Spencer Hall on why Saban is replaceable, but Dabo/Ed aren't
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Final SP+ rankings for 2019 college football season
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Georgia Tech adds Alabama, Georgia State games
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2019-20 College Football All-Bowl Team
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LSU finishes No. 1 in AP Top 25 for third time
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How 40 years of CFB history would have been different with a playoff
No Jimmy Johnson at The U? A string of Florida State championships? What would the legacies of certain teams and coaches be if they had played in the CFP era?
2019 SEC Standings
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 7-1 | 12-2 |
| Florida | 6-2 | 11-2 |
| Tennessee | 5-3 | 8-5 |
| Kentucky | 3-5 | 8-5 |
| Missouri | 3-5 | 6-6 |
| South Carolina | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Vanderbilt | 1-7 | 3-9 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| LSU | 8-0 | 15-0 |
| Alabama | 6-2 | 11-2 |
| Auburn | 5-3 | 9-4 |
| Texas A&M | 4-4 | 8-5 |
| Mississippi State | 3-5 | 6-7 |
| Ole Miss | 2-6 | 4-8 |
| Arkansas | 0-8 | 2-10 |
2019 Team Leaders
Team Stats
Passing Yards342.23rd
Rushing Yards168.556th
Points For47.228th
Points Against18.8
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2019 Polls & Rankings
| CFP RANKINGS | AP | COACHES |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 8 | 8 |
2020 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young | QB-DT | Signed | 91 |
| Chris Braswell | DE | Signed | 91 |
| Drew Sanders | ATH | Signed | 86 |
| Jase McClellan | RB | Signed | 86 |
| William Anderson | DE | Signed | 85 |