College football rankings: ESPN reveals preseason top 25 power rankings

College football starts in just over a week. Notre Dame and Navy in Dublin, Ireland, highlight slightly more than a handful of Week 0 games. If you’re looking for great Week 1 games then the list isn’t too deep, but football will be back and we’ll all be happier for it.

One of the final places to release a preseason top-25 has done so as ESPN revealed their top 25 power rankings ahead of the season on Thursday. To put their list together, ESPN sought the opinions of 57 of their contributors.

Here is the top 25 they came up with along with the season-opening opponent for each squad.

Tulane

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. South Alabama

Texas A&M

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. New Mexico

Aggies Wire

Texas Tech

Season opener: Sept. 2 at Wyoming

Oklahoma

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Arkansas State

Sooners Wire

Ole Miss

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Mercer

Wisconsin

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Buffalo

Badgers Wire

North Carolina

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. South Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Tar Heels Wire

Oregon State

Season opener: Sept. 3 at San Jose State

Kansas State

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Southeast Missouri

TCU

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Colorado

Oregon

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Portland State

Ducks Wire

Notre Dame

Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. Navy (Dublin, Ireland)

Fighting Irish Wire

Utah

Season opener: Aug. 31 vs. Florida

Washington

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Boise State

Tennessee

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Virginia

Vols Wire

Texas

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Rice

Longhorns Wire

Clemson

Season opener: Sept. 4 at Duke

Clemson Wire

Penn State

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. West Virginia

Nittany Lions Wire

Florida State

Season opener: Sept. 3 vs. LSU (Orlando, Florida)

USC

Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. San Jose State

Trojans Wire

LSU

Season opener: Sept. 3 vs. Florida State (Orlando, Florida)

LSU Tigers Wire

Alabama

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Middle Tennessee State

Roll Tide Wire

Ohio State

Season opener: Sept. 2 at Indiana

Buckeyes Wire

Michigan

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. East Carolina

Wolverines Wire

Georgia

Season opener: Sept. 2 vs. Tennessee-Martin

UGA Wire

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