SCOUTING REPORTS

SI's Top 25

1 ALABAMA

2 OHIO STATE

3 BOISE STATE

4 TEXAS

5 TCU

6 IOWA

7 FLORIDA

8 OREGON

9 NEBRASKA

10 VIRGINIA TECH

11 WISCONSIN

12 OKLAHOMA

13 NORTH CAROLINA

14 GEORGIA TECH

15 MIAMI

16 PITT

17 USC

18 CINCINNATI

19 PENN STATE

20 OREGON STATE

21 LSU

22 UTAH

23 ARKANSAS

24 STANFORD

25 FLORIDA STATE

For more college football preview stories, including Andy Staples's Power Rankings, go to si.com/cfb

In order to repeat as Pac-10 champs and get another crack at the Rose Bowl, Oregon's LaMichael James and the Ducks will have to fend off a deep list of conference contenders.

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Photograph by JOHN W. MCDONOUGH