Contenders, pretenders and teams in limbo going into 2016...

[Addicted2quack]

OSU will be less "young" than they were going into 2014 and they won the title.

Michigan may be "up and coming" but they weren't even competitive with the Bucks on their own field this season. Sure OSU lost commitments from Walker and Wallace, but the Bucks still have the #2 2016 class, #1 2017 class and have #7, #3, #2 classes on campus.

Oh and there is a 4 star red shirt freshman to back up Barrett.

i understand you're an Ohio state fan, that's fine, but it was 14-10 at halftime and a decent game up to that point. Ohio state has been stacked the last two season with big names. Not so anymore. New names will appear and they will need to shine in order to keep the program going forward. In my honest opinion this is a two horse race from wire to wire between Michigan and Ohio state. No one else is even close in the big ten after sparty losing cook and Iowa getting exposed. I think harbaugh plays a tougher style of football and his players respond better to him than does urban and his players. Urban is a fantastic recruiter but harbaugh has the NFL edge that attracts a lot of recruits and turns them into NFL talent. I look for this next seasons matchup to be quite entertaining. Ohio state may have Barrett back but they lose a lot around him and the other side of the ball


Bowling green is an upset waiting to happen... Remember bowling green has a big time QB behind Matt Johnson in James knappke. He filled in all of 2014 for Johnson and excelled. Watch out for that week 1.... On top of that they go to Wisconsin and also play Oklahoma week 3 in soonerville.... Could be a tough opening part to the season.... Then they finish the regular season with Michigan. That's a pretty tough schedule to open a me close against. They have their work cut out for hem for sure

 

[EveryGamblersDream]

Baylor is not a pretender. if they don't have QB injuries, that team wins the national title.

 

[MoneyMiller]

allure of thee ohio state university is never gone. losing a ton of talent indeed but urban will reload like always. Bucks every yr are the b10 favorite

bama in limbo, doubtful same with saban just reload. Tide are sec fave every yr

Think clem, tenn, stanford & Houston will be playing in new yrs 6 bowls

 

[cloverleaf]

Oregon in limbo...yeah, I'd say so.

The Ducks were just an average team during 2015 without QB Vernon Adams. Now
he's gone and Oregon faces road games at Nebraska, Washington State, USC and
Utah.

New defensive coordinator Brady Hoke hasn't coordinated a defense since his High School
days back in 1982. May be a year of adjustment for the new DC. Strange hire in my
opinion.

 

[bukis1]

Brady Joke won't help Oregon too much.

 

[REDEYE]

if Alabama is in limbo going into next year, what were they going into 2015 ? last year I got them at 9/1 in the summer... currently going into 2016 they're 4/1 .....

 

[cloverleaf]

Alabama lost some studs on defense but got some great news when junior standouts Johnathan Allen (DL),
Eddie Jackson (S), Tim Williams (LB) and Ryan Anderson (LB) decided to pass on the NFL Draft.

Sidenote: Of the 20 Alabama players who have left early since 2009, 13 were 1st round picks. Saban and
staff do a great job of educating players on the right time to enter the draft.

 

[cloverleaf]

Alabama lost some studs on defense but got some great news when junior standouts Johnathan Allen (DL),
Eddie Jackson (S), Tim Williams (LB) and Ryan Anderson (LB) decided to pass on the NFL Draft.

Sidenote: Of the 20 Alabama players who have left early since 2009, 13 were 1st round picks. Saban and
staff do a great job of educating players on the right time to enter the draft.

 

[CoachCB]

Alabama lost some studs on defense but got some great news when junior standouts Johnathan Allen (DL),
Eddie Jackson (S), Tim Williams (LB) and Ryan Anderson (LB) decided to pass on the NFL Draft.

Sidenote: Of the 20 Alabama players who have left early since 2009, 13 were 1st round picks. Saban and
staff do a great job of educating players on the right time to enter the draft.

CL, where did the other 7 players get picked? I think if a kid can go top 3 rounds they should definitely leave.

I think Brady Hoke is a good hire. He coached at Oregon State back in the day and has a lot of experience in that conference.