Yahoo Sports' Preseason College Football Top 25: LSU, Michigan and USC just miss out on our top 12

TRENDINGFantasy Football Draft KitCunningham controversyDodgers lose Skubal's debutCaitlin Clark just wants to playNFL training camp updatesStory byNick BrombergSenior writerWed, August 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC·11 min readAbout Our AdsRecommended StoriesCollege Football Rankings 2026: CFN's Preseason 11-25With so many great teams in the Power Four conferences, and with the transfer portal reloading teams and making college football more unpredictable than ever, just being close to the elite is good enough.The CFN Preseason Rankings are based on our analysis and belief of how good each team is going ...College Football NewsThe Best of the Rest: CFN Preseason College Football Rankings 26-50Not all big seasons come from the teams ranked high in the preseason rankings. The mid-level of the CFN p