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[jellidawg]

Who is No. 57? Prior to assuming his current position, this school's president served as the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the second-largest university in the country's 19th-largest state, judging by population.

West Virginia (I think)

[hookdown]

Seems a bit low for them, figured they would be top 40 or so. But they did lose some significant pieces of their O.

[dawgcrazy]

Who is No. 57? Prior to assuming his current position, this school's president served as the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the second-largest university in the country's 19th-largest state, judging by population.

West Virginia (I think)

I think you (and Mr. Denver) are right. From Dr. Clements' bio @ WVU:

Before coming to WVU, Dr. Clements served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Towson University, the second-largest public university in Maryland.

[techblue4]

West Virginia (I think)

Good choice.

No. 57: West Virginia



Who is No. 56? This team has two players from the same high school in Palm Beach County, Fla., one a redshirt freshman linebacker and the other a sophomore offensive tackle.

[techblue4]

Who is No. 56? This team has two players from the same high school in Palm Beach County, Fla., one a redshirt freshman linebacker and the other a sophomore offensive tackle.

No. 56: Auburn



Who is No. 55? This team's coach got his start at a university famous for producing a running back who averaged 16.5 yards per kickoff return as a player in the United Football League.

[techblue4]

Who is No. 55? This team's coach got his start at a university famous for producing a running back who averaged 16.5 yards per kickoff return as a player in the United Football League.

No. 55: Arkansas St



Who is No. 54? This team's defensive coordinator was once the head coach at a now-defunct FCS program.

[techblue4]

Breakdown by conference

AAC	ACC	Big 12	Big Ten
TBA: Cincinnati	TBA: Clemson	TBA: Baylor	TBA: Michigan
TBA: Louisville	TBA: Florida St	TBA: Kansas St	TBA: Michigan St
TBA: Rutgers	TBA: Georgia Tech	TBA: Oklahoma	TBA: Nebraska
TBA: UCF	TBA: Miami	TBA: Oklahoma St	TBA: Northwestern
No. 71: Houston	TBA: North Carolina	TBA: Texas	TBA: Ohio St
No. 80: South Florida	TBA: NC St	TBA: TCU	TBA: Penn St
No. 88: Temple	TBA: Virginia Tech	No. 57: West Virginia	TBA: Wisconsin
No. 92: UConn	No. 66: Maryland	No. 68: Texas Tech	No. 69: Iowa
No. 99: SMU	No. 72: Wake Forest	No. 87: Iowa St	No. 73: Indiana
No. 116: Memphis	No. 78: Virginia	No. 96: Kansas	No. 77: Minnesota
	No. 81: Syracuse		No. 89: Purdue
	No. 84: Pittsburgh		No. 110: Illinois
	No. 86: Duke
	No. 100: Boston College

C-USA	Indy	MAC	MWC
TBA: East Carolina	TBA: BYU	TBA: Ball St	TBA: Boise St
TBA: Marshall	TBA: Notre Dame	TBA: Bowling Green	TBA: Fresno St
TBA: Tulsa	No. 60: Navy	TBA: N Illinois	TBA: San Diego St
No. 63: Louisiana Tech	No. 106: Army	TBA: Ohio	No. 59: Utah St
No. 79: Middle Tenn	No. 121: New Mexico St	TBA: Toledo	No. 67: Air Force
No. 82: Southern Miss	No. 123: Idaho	No. 74: Buffalo	No. 70: San Jose St
No. 91: UAB		No. 85: Kent St	No. 76: Nevada
No. 94: Rice		No. 98: Western Michigan	No. 90: Wyoming
No. 109: Tulane		No. 102: Central Michigan	No. 105: Hawaii
No. 111: FAU		No. 103: Miami (OH)	No. 107: Colorado St
No. 112: UTEP		No. 117: Eastern Michigan	No. 108: New Mexico
No. 113: North Texas		No. 120: Akron	No. 114: UNLV
No. 118: FIU		No. 124: UMass
No. 119: UTSA

Pac-12	SEC	Sunbelt
TBA: Arizona	TBA: Alabama	TBA: ULL
TBA: Arizona St	TBA: Florida	No. 55: Arkansas St
TBA: Oregon	TBA: Georgia	No. 65: ULM
TBA: Oregon St	TBA: LSU	No. 75: Western Kentucky
TBA: Stanford	TBA: Ole Miss	No. 97: Troy
TBA: UCLA	TBA: South Carolina	No. 104: Texas St
TBA: USC	TBA: Texas A&M	No. 122: South Alabama
TBA: Washington	TBA: Vanderbilt	No. 125: Georgia St
No. 61: Utah	No. 56: Auburn
No. 93: Washington St	No. 58: Missouri
No. 95: California	No. 62: Tennessee
No. 115: Colorado	No. 64: Miss St
	No. 83: Arkansas
	No. 101: Kentucky

[Built4Speed]

No. 55: Arkansas St



Who is No. 54? This team's defensive coordinator was once the head coach at a now-defunct FCS program.

Hello, Rutgers.

[MiloBumP]

PAC 12 gettin some love...going to give SEC comp for preseason bragging rights.

[techblue4]

Hello, Rutgers.

Correct

No. 54: Rutgers



Who is No. 53? At his previous job, this team's coach was replaced by an individual who was born in a city with a Big Ten program but ended up playing his college ball at a different Big Ten school.

[DogsWin]

So ~10% of the top 50 teams in America are in the MAC? Ridiculous.

[DellDawg]

So ~10% of the top 50 teams in America are in the MAC? Ridiculous.

Very

[TechDAG]

Maybe they are the new big 10. they get respect from just playing each other, unencumbered by the real world.

Very

[Dawg06]

Who is No. 53? At his previous job, this team's coach was replaced by an individual who was born in a city with a Big Ten program but ended up playing his college ball at a different Big Ten school.

Another opponent...

No. 53: North Carolina State



Who is No. 52? This school's unofficial fight song was penned by a native of Westchester County in New York.

[techblue4]

Who is No. 52? This school's unofficial fight song was penned by a native of Westchester County in New York.

Finally another MAC team has been taken off the board.

No. 52: Bowling Green



Who is No. 51? This team has thrown for 6.94 miles of passing yards in the last three seasons.