College football lies stagnant for roughly eight months, at least in the sense of actual live games.
National Signing Day is under a month away, followed closely by spring practice and then summer workouts ahead of fall camp. Opening day for 2016 is a ways off, but it's never too early to start comparing the nation's top programs and how they stack up in the rankings. Plus, it gives us something to chew on while we wait for September.
Essentially all major sporting news outlets released a 2016 preseason top-25 shortly after Alabama topped Clemson 45-40 in the College Football Playoff National Championship game Monday night in Glendale, Arizona.