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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

(RB TRENT RICHARDSON)

NO. 1

ALABAMA

READY TO ROLL

SOUTH CAROLINA WR

ALSHON JEFFERY

NEBRASKA DT

JARED CRICK

STANFORD QB

ANDREW LUCK

OKLAHOMA QB

LANDRY JONES

SI'S TOP 10

1 ALABAMA

2 OKLAHOMA

3 LSU

4 STANFORD

5 OREGON

6 FLORIDA STATE

7 SOUTH CAROLINA

8 BOISE STATE

9 NEBRASKA

10 TEXAS A&M

"DESPITE ITS PATHOLOGIES AND THE GOD-AWFUL METHOD IT USES TO DETERMINE A NATIONAL CHAMPION, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THE PURPOSE OF SI'S RECENT CROSS-COUNTRY SWEEP WAS TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHAT WE LOVE MOST ABOUT THE GAME AND ITS TRADITIONS. AND THAT WE LOVE IT EVEN MORE WHEN THOSE TRADITIONS ARE IMPROVED UPON."

—AUSTIN MURPHY

P. 42

38 PAGES OF SCOUTING REPORTS

P. 64

THE BEST: CONFERENCE, COACHES AND GAMES

P. 42

WHO WILL WIN THE HEISMAN

P. 99

PHOTO

ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER READ MILLER; PHOTO COMPOSITE BY SI IMAGING