Author: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY

Preseason polls are great for conversation. The final poll is what really matters. A look at five teams that missed out now but will be there later.

The Bruins and Trojans will leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, which may not be done expanding. The move will happen in 2024.

ACC will eliminate divisions and play a modified 8-game conference schedule with three permanent rivals starting in the 2023 college football season.

The nephew of NFL MVPs Peyton and Eli Manning, Arch Manning also was courted by Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Clemson and Virginia.

Every school has been impacted in one form or another by the thousands of players who have put their names on the block since the end of last season.

“I wasn’t saying that anyone was doing anything illegal in using name, image and likeness. I didn’t say that. That was something that was assumed.”

No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Michigan lead this early USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-131.

A list of the nation’s top quarterbacks for this coming season begins with the second-year starters headlining two of the best teams in the country.