Top 25 Centers Ranked: 2024 College Football News Preview

Who are the best centers going into the 2024 college football season?

We admittedly go a bit off the grid with a slew of our choices, especially at center. There are far better NFL talents than the ones we have up top - that's a different piece coming later ranking the top pro prospects.

You could mix and match the top 25 centers in a slew of different ways, but we did this based on how productive we think each of these guys will be this season.

Of course, we'll adapt and adjust as the season goes along, and this should change wildly in our post-season version. But for now the 25 best centers this season should be ...

2024 CFN Preseason All-Conference Teams
AAC | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | CUSA
IND | MAC | MWest | SEC | Sun Belt
College Football Preview 2024: All 134 Teams

2024 CFN Top 25 Position Rankings
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG
EDGE/DE | DT | LB | Safety | CB

1 Eli Cox, Sr. Kentucky

2 Joe Michalski, Sr. Oklahoma State

3 Cooper Mays, Sr. Tennessee

4 Parker Brailsford, Soph. Alabama

5 Tanner Miller, Sr. Michigan State

6 Marcus Smith Sr. Florida State

7 Jared Wilson, Jr. Georgia

8 Justin Osborne Sr. SMU

9 Gus Hartwig, Sr. Purdue

10 Seth McLaughlin, Sr. Ohio State

11 Mose Vavao, Sr. Fresno State

12Logan Jones, Sr. Iowa

13 Jake Slaughter, Jr. Florida

14 Zeke Correll, Sr. NC State

15 Leif Fautanu, Sr. Arizona State

2024 CFN Top 25 Position Rankings
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG
EDGE/DE | DT | LB | Safety | CB

16 Gavin Gerhardt, Sr. Cincinnati

17 Jake Renfro, Sr. Wisconsin

18 Julian Hernandez, Sr. Vanderbilt

19 Drew Kendall, Jr. Boston College

20 Jonah Monheim, Sr. USC

21 Brandon Yates, Sr. West Virginia

22 Ashton Craig, Soph. Notre Dame

23 Ben Scott, Sr. Nebraska

24 Jacob Bayer, Sr. Arkansas State

25 Connor Pay, Sr. BYU

2024 CFN Preseason All-Conference Teams
AAC | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | CUSA
IND | MAC | MWest | SEC | Sun Belt
College Football Preview 2024: All 134 Teams