College Football Rankings 2024: CFN Preseason Top 10

Being in the top ten in the college football rankings means more this year.

It doesn't matter if you're unbeaten, or go 10-2 in a good conference. If you're really good, and your record is strong, you'll be in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.

But it's not quite a sure thing for all of the teams in the College Football News preseason top ten. The rankings are based on how good we think the teams are going into the season and NOT how we think they'll end up.

The ten best teams in college football will change a whole lot over the next several months, but for now ...

College Football Rankings CFN Preseason Top 10

CFN Preview 2024 Rankings
101-134 | 76-100 | 51-75
26-50 | 11-25 | @ColFootballNews
CFN Preview of All 134 Teams

10 Florida State

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Player You Need To Know
Patrick Payton, DE Jr.
Season Opener: Georgia Tech (in Dublin)
2023 Preseason Rank: 14
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 8, 2022: 14
2021: 58, 2020: 83
2019: 78, 2018: 83

9 Utah

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Player You Need To Know
Junior Tafuna, DT Sr.
Season Opener: Southern Utah
2023 Preseason Rank: 8
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 36, 2022: 9
2021: 13, 2020: 27
2019: 18, 2018: 29

8 Ole Miss

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Player You Need To Know
Walter Nolen, DT Jr.
Season Opener: Furman
2023 Preseason Rank: 16
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 7, 2022: 35
2021: 11, 2020: 22
2019: 99, 2018: 97

7 Penn State

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Player You Need To Know
Abdul Carter, LB/EDGE Jr.
Season Opener: at West Virginia
2023 Preseason Rank: 6
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 12, 2022: 5
2021: 32, 2020: 56
2019: 5, 2018: 26

2024 Conference Win Totals
AAC | ACC | Big 12 | Big Ten | CUSA
IND | MAC | MWest | SEC | Sun Belt
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6 Oregon

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Player You Need To Know
Josh Conerly, OT Jr.
Season Opener: Idaho
2023 Preseason Rank: 17
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 6, 2022: 19
2021: 31, 2020: 28
2019: 7, 2018: 31

5 Michigan

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Player You Need To Know
Will Johnson, CB Jr.
Season Opener: Fresno State
2023 Preseason Rank: 3
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 1, 2022: 3
2021: 3, 2020: 54
2019: 26, 2018: 15

4 Alabama

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Player You Need To Know
Deontae Lawson, LB Sr.
Season Opener: WKU
2023 Preseason Rank: 4
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 4, 2022: 7
2021: 2, 2020: 1
2019: 15, 2018: 2

3 Texas

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Player You Need To Know
Kelvin Banks, OT Jr.
Season Opener: Colorado State
2023 Preseason Rank: 12
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 3, 2022: 22
2021: 20, 2020: 18
2019: 29, 2018: 13

2 Georgia

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Player You Need To Know
Mykel Williams, DE Jr.
Season Opener: Clemson (in Atlanta)
2023 Preseason Rank: 1
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 5, 2022: 1
2021: 1, 2020: 8
2019: 4, 2018: 4

1 Ohio State

Ohio State Preview
Ohio State Schedule, Game Picks
Player You Need To Know
JT Tuimoloau, DE Jr.
Season Opener: Akron
2023 Preseason Rank: 2
Final CFN Rankings
2023: 11, 2022: 4
2021: 4, 2020: 2
2019: 2, 2018: 3

CFN Preview 2024 Rankings
101-134 | 76-100 | 51-75
26-50 | 11-25 | @ColFootballNews
CFN Preview of All 134 Teams