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Which teams will return the most production in 2021?
Breaking down prospective breakouts by looking at the college football teams that have the most coming back in '21.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The 10 tiers of college football in 2021: Favorites, disappointments and potential surprise teams
We broke down all 130 FBS teams by tier -- from the group of playoff favorites to those awaiting their next participation trophy.

RECRUITING BUZZ
What it's like to be an uncommitted college football recruit during COVID
Raesjon Davis decommitted from LSU last month and reopened his recruitment, in the middle of the NCAA's dead period. "It's a lot," he says.

What to know as signing day approaches
With national signing day coming on Feb. 3, we examine where things stand with the 2021 class.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Best-case scenarios for every Way-Too-Early top 25 team
What do teams need to do to make a realistic run at the College Football Playoff? And if not the playoff, what's their ceiling?


LOOKING AHEAD
ACC football schedule 2021: Dates and key matchups
The 2021 ACC college football schedule is out. Here's a complete look at each team's slate.


LOOKING AHEAD
SEC football schedule 2021: Dates and key matchups
The 2021 SEC college football schedule is out. Here's a complete look at each team's slate.

NFL DRAFT
Debuting Mel Kiper's first 2021 NFL mock draft: Where will Fields, Wilson and Lance go?
Get ready for a quarterback-heavy first round with several teams looking toward the future. Mel Kiper Jr. projects picks 1-32 in April's draft.

Who will be the second QB drafted, Fields or Wilson?

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2021
College Football Playoff breakdown: Who are the 'way-too-early' top contenders?
Clemson and Alabama once again lead the way, but what is in store for the rest of 2021's top contenders?

College football's way-too-early 2021 All-America team
With DeVonta Smith, Kyle Pitts and Trevor Lawrence among the stars leaving college football, we make early picks for the 2021 All-America team.

BAMA'S NOT NO. 1?
The 2021 Way-Too-Early college football top 25
Will we see heavyweights such as Clemson, Alabama and Ohio State fall back in 2021? Can programs such as Georgia, North Carolina and Texas A&M close the gap in their conferences? We break it down in our Way Too Early Top 25.

The Way-Too-Early 2021 college football rankings

Top Headlines
- Ex-Mich. QB McCaffrey transfers to dad's team
- Ex-LSU TE Gilbert to stay in SEC, transfer to UF
- Franks' TD pass ices Senior Bowl win; Mond MVP
- LSU adds OT Campbell to haul of '22 commits
- Vols won't retain OC Chaney, QBs coach Weinke
- Gators promote oft-traveled McGee to QBs coach
- Prospects who rose, fell at Senior Bowl
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Best-case scenarios
Gary Cosby Jr/The Tuscaloosa News via USA TODAY Sports How the 2021 Way-Too-Early college football top 25 teams can make a playoff run
What do teams need to do to make a realistic run at the College Football Playoff? And if not the playoff, what's their ceiling?
Contenders, pretenders and UConns
ESPN Ranking all 130 college football teams in tiers for the 2021 season
We broke down all 130 FBS teams by tier -- from the group of playoff favorites to those awaiting their next participation trophy.
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