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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Writer
After an active winter and spring of coach and player movement, the rosters for the 2024 season are more or less set. The Future Power Rankings series concludes with Team Rundowns, designed to provide the most complete predictions for both the short-term and postseason.
As a reminder, FPR is no A one-year projection, but set to make the best predictions in college football next season three seasons (2024, 2025 and 2026). The personnel picture will continue to fluctuate, but FPR must consider what is known at this point, while also noting the track records of current players and committed recruits, coaches, units and the overall team.
The 2024 season will be historic for its realignment entry as the SEC (Texas, Oklahoma), Big Ten (USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington), Big 12 (Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado) and ACC (SMU, Cal). , Stanford) All add new members. Teams running leagues typically compete in year 1, but the three-year projection is instantly surpassed.
There is also significant change in the upper echelons of college football, as Nick Saban, considered the greatest coach in the history of the sport, retired in January after winning six national titles at Alabama. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL after leading the Wolverines to their first national title since 1997. Three of the final four teams in the College Football Playoff (Alabama, Michigan and Washington) had coaching changes and another (Texas) moved conference.
Previous FPR rankings for quarterbacks, defense and offense inform the broader team rankings, but so do other factors such as coaching consistency and recent record. Oklahoma State didn’t appear in any of the first three top 25s but ran down the team. Finally, here’s a look at the most recent FPR team rankings.
Let’s move on to the new top 25.
2024 Future QB Rankings: 4
2024 Future Defense Rankings: 1
2024 Future Crime Rankings: 3
2023 Future Team Rankings: 1
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