Every college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow's late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did.
This year the questions shift, but the teams most well-positioned for a title run are about the same.
The raw number of questions we have about a team says a lot. If you simply count the "ifs" -- if this happens, if that happens -- it takes to turn a team into a true national title contender, that drops some major hints about the teams most likely to make deep runs.