There will be some big names on new sidelines this fall after an off season that saw Coach Bobby Petrino leave the NFL for the University of Arkansas, Coach Rich Rodriguez leave the West Virginia Mountaineers for Michigan, Head-Man Houston Nutt move within his own division from Arkansas to Ole Miss, Rick Neuheisel take over his alma mater, Bo Pelini make the move to Nebraska and the unheralded Paul Johnson leave his position with the Naval Academy to take over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. A lot will be learned early on in the football season as these new coaches get acclimated to their new positions. Clearly, some things have changed from since the conclusion of the 2007, but some things have stayed as they were; here is SBR's top 25 NCAA Football teams heading into the 2008 campaign.
No. 1: Ohio State Buckeyes
No. 2: USC
No. 3: Georgia
No. 4: Florida
No. 5: West Virginia
No. 6: Clemson
No. 7: Missouri
No. 8: Texas
No. 9: LSU
No. 10: Oklahoma
No. 11: Tennessee
No. 12: Auburn
No. 13: Texas Tech
No. 14: Wisconsin
No. 15: Virginia Tech
No. 16: Arizona State
No. 17: South Carolina
No. 18: BYU
No. 19: Illinois
No. 20: Oregon
No. 21: Utah
No. 22: North Carolina
No. 23: Penn State
No. 24: Oregon State
No. 25: Kansas
No. 1: Ohio State Buckeyes
No. 2: USC
No. 3: Georgia
No. 4: Florida
No. 5: West Virginia
No. 6: Clemson
No. 7: Missouri
No. 8: Texas
No. 9: LSU
No. 10: Oklahoma
No. 11: Tennessee
No. 12: Auburn
No. 13: Texas Tech
No. 14: Wisconsin
No. 15: Virginia Tech
No. 16: Arizona State
No. 17: South Carolina
No. 18: BYU
No. 19: Illinois
No. 20: Oregon
No. 21: Utah
No. 22: North Carolina
No. 23: Penn State
No. 24: Oregon State
No. 25: Kansas