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The 25 Best College Football Coaches of the Past 25 Years

The 25 Best College Football Coaches of the Past 25 Years

Welcome to Sports Illustrated’s College Football Quarter-Century Week. We will look back at the past 25 seasons in college football, ranking the top 25 teams, quarterbacks, non-QB players, coaches, games and scandals. Up next: The best coaches from 2000 to present. There are many difficult choices to make in these 21st century lists. This isn’t one of them. The guy …

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The 25 Best College Football Non-Quarterbacks of the Past 25 Years

The 25 Best College Football Non-Quarterbacks of the Past 25 Years

Welcome to Sports Illustrated’s College Football Quarter-Century Week. We will look back at the past 25 seasons in college football, ranking the top 25 teams, quarterbacks, non-QB players, coaches, games and scandals. Up next: The best non-quarterback players from 2000 to present. Bush was special from the moment he stepped on campus. He helped lead USC to a pair of …

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CBS Sports releases Preseason Top 25 ahead of 2025 college football season

CBS Sports releases Preseason Top 25 ahead of 2025 college football season

The 2025 college football season is just a few weeks away. Ahead of that, CBS Sports has released its Preseason Top 25 rankings. A Preseason Top 25 ranking can be a thankless task. Particularly, in the modern era of player movement, it’s difficult to tell exactly how any individual team will perform. After all, there are times when transfers don’t …

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The 25 Best College Football Quarterbacks of the Past 25 Years

The 25 Best College Football Quarterbacks of the Past 25 Years

Welcome to Sports Illustrated’s College Football Quarter-Century Week. We will look back at the past 25 seasons in college football, ranking the top 25 teams, quarterbacks, non-QB players, coaches, games and scandals. Up next: The best quarterbacks from 2000 to present. The orchestrator of college football’s greatest ever offense in 2019, Burrow made the leap from little-known backup with the …

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College Sports Transformed in the Past 25 Years to a Nearly Unrecognizable Product

College Sports Transformed in the Past 25 Years to a Nearly Unrecognizable Product

Welcome to Sports Illustrated’s College Football Quarter-Century Week. We will look back at the past 25 seasons in college football, ranking the top 25 teams, quarterbacks, non-QB players, coaches, games and scandals. You can find those stories here. As much as things have changed across the sports landscape in the 21st century, nothing has evolved more radically than college athletics. …

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The 25 Best College Football Teams of the Past 25 Years

The 25 Best College Football Teams of the Past 25 Years

Welcome to Sports Illustrated’s College Football Quarter-Century Week. We will look back at the past 25 seasons in college football, ranking the top 25 teams, quarterbacks, non-QB players, coaches, games and scandals. Up first: The best teams from 2000 to present.  The term “loaded” has never applied more accurately to a team than these Hurricanes. Thirty-eight players on the ’01 …

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