As soon as the clock struck zero on the CFB Playoff National Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the college football world turned its attention to the 2022 season. While Nakobe Dean celebrated in the confetti with an Alabama hat on his head, journalists submitted their final selections for the 2021 AP Poll, while their bosses hit publish on pre-written “Way Too Early” Top 25s for the 2022 season.
Typically this Venn diagram does not include the Kentucky football program right in the middle. The Cats might get some postseason love, but that does not always translate into preseason hype.