It’s always guesswork projecting next season’s college football top 25 this early, but it’s now more haphazard than ever. The rearranging of coaches and quarterbacks (not to mention other players) has turned this offseason into a festival of fluidity.
Twenty percent of the Power 5 coaching jobs have changed hands, and Jim Harbaugh may yet trigger a January domino effect. At least one-third of the 65 starting quarterbacks will be different, with more transfers likely in the coming weeks.
So with that as a backdrop, here is the Way-Too-Early, Way-Too-Unsure top 25 for the 2022 season.