USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg gives his biggest surprises and takeaways from the top 25 ranked teams in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Sports
There are few certainties in college football. Alabama will be good. Likewise with Clemson. Wisconsin will run the football. Stanford running back Bryce Love will break a long run. Everything else is a guessing game.
But we’ve seen enough, read enough and gathered enough information to make a few educated guesses about how the 2018 season will play out.
For each of the 10 leagues and the independents, here are the best teams, sleeper teams and teams least likely to succeed as the long offseason finally draws to a close:
American Athletic Conference
Best team: Central Florida
Sleeper team: Temple
Least likely to succeed: Connecticut
Central Florida remains the class of the AAC behind a new coaching staff led by former Missouri assistant Josh Heupel.