PFF's Way Too Early Top 25 for 2020

Duckboy33

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Rankings by Conference:

Big Ten:
Ohio State (1st nationally)
Wisconsin (10th nationally)
Minnesota (11th nationally)
Penn State (16th nationally)
Michigan (17th nationally)
Iowa (Just Missed)
Indiana (Just Missed)

ACC:
Clemson (2nd nationally)
North Carolina (14th nationally)
Virginia Tech (15th nationally)
Louisville (18th nationally)

SEC:
Georgia (3rd natioanlly)
Alabama (5th nationally)
LSU (6th nationally)
Florida (19th nationally)
Auburn (20th nationally)
Kentucky (Just Missed)
Texas A&M (Just Missed)

PAC 12:
Oregon (4th nationally)
Washington (8th nationally)
USC (Just Missed)

Big 12:
Oklahoma (7th nationally)
Texas (12th nationally)
Iowa State (13th nationally)
Oklahoma State (24th nationally)
TCU (Just Missed)

G5/Independents:
Notre Dame (9th nationally)
Appalachian State (21st nationally)
Memphis (22nd nationally)
Cincinnati (23rd nationally)
Boise State (25th nationally)
San Diego State (Just Missed)
UCF (Just Missed)
Air Force (Just Missed)
BYU (Just Missed)
SMU (Just Missed)
 
Way too high. Returning only 5 players with starting experience on Offense is still too big of a question mark.

"As of now, the SEC is running through the Georgia Bulldogs. They return the second most WAA among non-quarterbacks as a team, with Eric Stokes and George Pickens leading the way. And they were fortunate enough to land the biggest graduate transfer of this offseason in Jamie Newman. During Newman’s 2019 season at Wake Forest, he displayed traits that Jake Fromm couldn’t touch — such as tight-window accuracy and effective deep passing — while displaying far superior athleticism. His tight-window passing grade and deep-passing grade (20-plus yards) both were second to only Joe Burrow this season. That’s pretty good company. Getting him out of Wake Forest's up-tempo, RPO system will allow Newman to do what he does best — beat defenses with his arm instead of his legs."
 
"As of now, the SEC is running through the Georgia Bulldogs. They return the second most WAA among non-quarterbacks as a team, with Eric Stokes and George Pickens leading the way. And they were fortunate enough to land the biggest graduate transfer of this offseason in Jamie Newman. During Newman’s 2019 season at Wake Forest, he displayed traits that Jake Fromm couldn’t touch — such as tight-window accuracy and effective deep passing — while displaying far superior athleticism. His tight-window passing grade and deep-passing grade (20-plus yards) both were second to only Joe Burrow this season. That’s pretty good company. Getting him out of Wake Forest's up-tempo, RPO system will allow Newman to do what he does best — beat defenses with his arm instead of his legs."

Then Todd Monken is hired as the OC for UGA. Looks like Newman will still be in the same "type" offense. Fromm's problem this past season was a depleted WR corps. Pickens is definitely a playmaker and there are 4 highly ranked 4-star WRs coming in as freshmen, but it's gonna take a while during the first half of the season for them to get their timing together. UGA has games with Virginia, Alabama, and Auburn during that time.
 
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