Alabama’s 2017 national championship reign is just two days old. But Nick Saban is likely already looking ahead to 2018, and so should we.
There are still nine months to go until college football is back, but it’s time for NJ.com’s way-too-early 2018 Top 25. The Crimson Tide opens it – where else? – at the top spot, but what about Georgia, which took Alabama to overtime in the national championship game? Or Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma? Wisconsin? Penn State? UCF? And does Lane Kiffin’s Florida Atlantic team make the cut?
Here’s the full set of early power rankings:
The Crimson Tide looked headed for a lopsided loss at halftime of Monday's national title game.