NCAA Football Pre-Season Predictions 5-1

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#5 West Virginia

QB and Heisman hopeful Patrick White will lead this powerful offense back to an BCS game.  The offensive line is stellar and replacing RB Steve Slaton is Noel Devine.  Noel has a nice balance of power and speed.  The defense is only returning 4 starters and if anything trips up this team it could be the inexperience on that side of the ball.  However they are very fast and have a good young corp of linebackers.  The schedule works in their favor as well.  A mid-season matchup against Auburn should be their only obstacle until they get to Pittsburgh and South Florida in the final two weeks.  11-1

#4 Ohio State

QB Todd Boeckman returns to lead a championship quality team back to the BCS.  Todd is surrounded with NFL quality talent in RB Beanie Wells, WR Brian Robiskie and WR Brian Hartline.  Not to mention 4 of the 5 offensive line are coming back.  Not to be out done, the defense is loaded with fast, hard-nosed players.  Lawrence Wilson will be the standout in that unit if he can stay healthy.  The only thing standing in their way of playing for a National Championship is the schedule.  They play at USC, at Wisconsin and at Illinois.  Not to mention the Michigan game at the end of the season.  Somewhere along the line they will trip up once.  11-1

#3 Florida

 

Tim Tebow leads the most potent offense in college football to the promised land?  Well, maybe not this season but they are going to come very close.  They are definitely BCS bowl bound.  WR Percy Harvin is a stud pure and simple.  He has great hands and ridiculous speed.  Look for USC transfer RB Moody to make an impact in the run game as well.  The defense was very inexperienced last year and cost them a big bowl.  This season they are all a year older and hopefully wiser.  The schedule is a real bear!  The Gators will have a really hard time running the table with this schedule.  Games at Tennessee, home against LSU and the big game against Georgia are their biggest stumbling blocks.  The Georgia game could decide who plays for the National Title this season.  11-1

#2 Oklahoma

The Oklahoma offense will be awesome in 2008.  QB Sam Bradford is back along with the entire offensive line and RB Demarco Murray.  The offense averaged 42 points a game last year and should improve upon that mark this season.  The only question mark is the youth on the defensive side of the ball.  However they should worry too much because they are fast and talented.  Look for defensive back Dominique Franks to become a star.  The schedule also works for Oklahoma.  The non-conference schedule isn’t very difficult, they play Kansas and Texas Tech at home and they don’t play Missouri.  The toughest game will probably be Texas in Dallas.  12-0

#1 Georgia

   

The Bulldogs were awesome last season and they should be better this season.  The team is loaded with talent on the offensive side of the ball.  Sophomore QB Matt Stafford was good in 07 and should be even better this season.  The star of the offense should be runner Knowshon Moreno.  He is a future stud NFL back waiting to happen.  What seperates Georgia from some of the other top contenders is it’s defense.  They are absolutely loaded.   The front seven will be very intimidating led by linemen Roderick Battle and Jeremy Lomax.  They also have the best group of linebackers in the SEC.  The schedule is as tough as it comes though.  They play at Arizona State, Tennessee, at LSU, Florida at Jax and at Auburn.  It is possible they could lose one single game to Florida or Auburn and not play in the National Championship.  However, I go back to the old adage that defense wins championships.  12-0

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