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Who is No. 17? This team's offensive coordinator holds a career record of 19-52 as a head coach on the college and NFL levels.

No. 17: LSU



Who is No. 16? This team has outscored the opposition by a combined 96 points during the last six seasons.

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Who is No. 16? This team has outscored the opposition by a combined 96 points during the last six seasons.

No. 16: Louisville



Who is No. 15? This university was founded about 18 years before its home state received statehood.

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Who is No. 15? This university was founded about 18 years before its home state received statehood.

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Correct

No. 15: Oklahoma



Who is No. 14? This team's director of strength and conditioning got his start at an FBS school that plays three automatic-qualifying opponents during non-conference play in 2013.

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Who is No. 14? This team's director of strength and conditioning got his start at an FBS school that plays three automatic-qualifying opponents during non-conference play in 2013.

No. 14: Florida



Who is No. 13? This program has reached at least two January bowls in a row four times in its history.

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Who is No. 13? This program has reached at least two January bowls in a row four times in its history.

No. 13: Notre Dame



Who is No. 12? This program is 3-10 during the last three seasons when allowing 30 or more points.

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Who is No. 12? This program is 3-10 during the last three seasons when allowing 30 or more points.

Has to be Texas.

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Has to be Texas.

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No. 12: Texas



Who is No. 11? This program's first win came on Thanksgiving. (Not last Thanksgiving.)

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Who is No. 11? This program's first win came on Thanksgiving. (Not last Thanksgiving.)

No. 11: Nebraska



Who is No. 10? The last coach to lead this program to the national championship was born on the same day, though a different year, as a former commissioner of Major League Baseball.

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Breakdown by conference

AAC	ACC	Big 12	Big Ten
No. 16: Louisville	TBA: Clemson	No. 12: Texas	TBA: Ohio St
No. 34: Cincinnati	TBA: Florida St	No. 15: Oklahoma	No. 11: Nebraska
No. 42: UCF	No. 23: Virginia Tech	No. 20: Oklahoma St	No. 18: Michigan
No. 54: Rutgers	No. 28: Miami	No. 24: Kansas St	No. 22: Northwestern
No. 71: Houston	No. 35: Georgia Tech	No. 29: TCU	No. 27: Michigan St
No. 80: South Florida	No. 45: North Carolina	No. 33: Baylor	No. 31: Wisconsin
No. 88: Temple	No. 53: NC St	No. 57: West Virginia	No. 37: Penn St
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
No. 26: Tulsa	No. 13: Notre Dame	No. 21: N Illinois	TBA: Boise St
No. 40: Marshall	No. 32: BYU	No. 39: Ohio	No. 25: Fresno St
No. 50: East Carolina	No. 60: Navy	No. 44: Toledo	No. 48: San Diego St
No. 63: Louisiana Tech	No. 106: Army	No. 46: Ball St	No. 59: Utah St
No. 79: Middle Tenn	No. 121: New Mexico St	No. 52: Bowling Green	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: Oregon	TBA: Alabama	No. 49: ULL
TBA: Stanford	TBA: Georgia	No. 55: Arkansas St
No. 19: USC	TBA: South Carolina	No. 65: ULM
No. 30: UCLA	TBA: Texas A&M	No. 75: Western Kentucky
No. 36: Oregon St	No. 14: Florida	No. 97: Troy
No. 41: Washington	No. 17: LSU	No. 104: Texas St
No. 43: Arizona St	No. 38: Vanderbilt	No. 122: South Alabama
No. 51: Arizona	No. 47: Ole Miss	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

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The Top Ten

TBA: Alabama
TBA: Boise St
TBA: Clemson
TBA: Florida St
TBA: Georgia
TBA: Ohio St
TBA: Oregon
TBA: South Carolina
TBA: Stanford
TBA: Texas A&M

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The Top Ten

TBA: Alabama
TBA: Boise St
TBA: Clemson
TBA: Florida St
TBA: Georgia
TBA: Ohio St
TBA: Oregon
TBA: South Carolina
TBA: Stanford
TBA: Texas A&M

My guess:

10. Boise State
9. South Carolina
8. Florida State
7. Stanford
6. Texas A&M
5. Oregon
4. Clemson
3. Georgia
2. Ohio State
1. Alabama

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The Top Ten

TBA: Alabama
TBA: Boise St
TBA: Florida St
TBA: Georgia
TBA: Ohio St
TBA: Oregon
TBA: South Carolina
TBA: Stanford
TBA: Texas A&M

No. 10: Clemson



Who is No. 9? One of the 10 leading employers in this school's home city is a chain of stores founded in 1922.

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The Top Ten

TBA: Alabama
TBA: Boise St
TBA: Florida St
TBA: Georgia
TBA: Ohio St
TBA: Oregon
TBA: South Carolina
TBA: Stanford
TBA: Texas A&M

No. 10: Clemson



Who is No. 9? One of the 10 leading employers in this school's home city is a chain of stores founded in 1922.

That's Boise -

Albertson's was founded there

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High praise for Boise, Clemson is supposed to be loaded this year and the ACC favorite.