Author: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY

Preseason polls are great for conversation. The final poll is what really matters. A look at five teams that missed out now but will be there later.

Let’s say USC and UCLA were joining the Big Ten this August. How would they fare against some of the heavyweights in the Football Bowl Subdivision?

What was expected to bring irreversible change to the long-standing amateur model has done exactly that and then some.

The Bruins and Trojans may leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, which may not be done expanding.

ACC will eliminate divisions and play a modified 8-game conference schedule with three permanent rivals starting in the 2023 college football season.

The nephew of NFL MVPs Peyton and Eli Manning, Arch Manning also was courted by Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Clemson and Virginia.

Joining the Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher spat, these pairings represent the most venomous off-field rivalries in the history of college football coaching.

Every school has been impacted in one form or another by the thousands of players who have put their names on the block since the end of last season.

Three big questions that remain after the NCAA’s latest recommendations on name, image and likeness.

No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Michigan lead this early USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-131.