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2013 Complete NCAA Preview

The long wait is nearly over as millions await opening kick off of this NCAA football season. SB Nation is here to provide a complete comprehensive preview of the upcoming season that provides many key storylines to watch for this year. Keep reading as we break down all the stories that are preparing to unfold.


Preseason Top 25

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1,
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Stanford Cardinal
4	Texas A&M Aggies
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Oregon Ducks
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8	South Carolina Gamecocks
9	Clemson Tigers
10	Florida Gators
11	Louisville Cardinals
12	LSU Tigers
13	Oklahoma Sooners
14	Florida State Seminoles
15	Texas Longhorns
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys
17	TCU Horned Frogs
18	Boise State Broncos
19	Michigan Wolverines
20	UCLA Bruins
21	Kansas State Wildcats
22	Nebraska Cornhuskers
23	Oregon State Beavers
24	Northern Illinois Huskies
25	Vanderbilt Commodores

Not much to report on the initial Top 25 as it will end up pretty irrelevant. Alabama is definitely the favorite to repeat and win it all again this year. Watch out for Florida State though as that new QB might surprise some people.


Preseason All Americans

2013 NCAA 1st Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	Johhny Manziel, Texas A&M	6'1"	205	So.
HB	Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona	5'10"	197	Jr.
HB	De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon	5'9"	176	Jr.
WR	Mike Davis, Texas	6'2"	193	Sr.
WR	Sammy Watkins, Clemson	6'1"	205	Jr.
TE	Austin Sefarian Jenkins, Washington	6'6"	266	Jr.
OL	Taylor Lewan, Michigan	6'8"	309	Sr.
OL	David Yankey, Stanford	6'5"	311	Jr.
OL	Mason Walters, Texas	6'6"	320	Sr.
OL	Cameron Fleming, Stanford	6'6"	318	Jr.
C	Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech	6'4"	304	Sr.
DL	James Gayle, Virginia Tech	6'4"	269	Sr.
DL	Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina	6'6"	256	Jr.
DL	Will Sutton, Arizona State	6'1"	267	Sr.
DL	Louis Nix III, Notre Dame	6'3"	347	Jr.
LB	Ryan Shazier, Ohio State	6'2"	230	Jr.
LB	CJ Mosley, Alabama	6'2"	232	Sr.
LB	Denicos Allen, Michigan State	5'11"	225	Sr.
CB	Adrian James, UTEP	5'11	190	Sr.
CB	Aaron Colvin, Oklahoma	6'0"	181	Sr.
FS	Ha Ha Clinton Dix, Alabama	6'1"	209	Jr.
SS	Sean Parker, Washington	5'10"	190	Sr.
K	Zach Hocker, Arkansas	6'0"	180	Sr.
P	Kyle Christy, Florida	6'2"	199	Jr.
WR	Marquise Lee , USC	6'0"	195	Jr.

2013 NCAA 2nd Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	AJ McCarron, Alabama	6'4"	210	Sr.
HB	Henry Josey, Missouri	5'10"	190	Jr.
HB	Duke Johnson, Miami	5'9"	188	So.
WR	Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin	6'2"	188	Sr.
WR	Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt	6'3"	205	Sr.
TE	Randall Telfer, USC	6'4"	255	Jr.
OL	Jake Matthews, Texas A&M	6'5"	305	Sr.
OL	Cyril RIchardson, Baylor	6'5"	335	Sr.
OL	Anthony Steen, Alabama	6'3"	303	Sr.
OL	Trevor Foy, Purdue	6'7"	300	Sr.
C	Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma	6'3"	288	Sr.
DL	Marcus Rush, Michigan State	6'2"	250	Jr.
DL	Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas	6'5"	245	Sr.
DL	Timmy Jernigan, Florida State	6'2"	298	Jr.
DL	Luther Maddy, Virginia Tech	6'1"	288	Jr.
LB	Shaun Lewis, Oklahoma State	5'11"	225	Sr.
LB	Shayne Skov, Stanford	6'3"	244	Sr.
LB	Corey Nelson, Oklahoma	6'1"	219	Sr.
CB	Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech	6'0"	189	Sr.
CB	Chris Davis, Auburn	5'11"	200	Sr.
FS	Quandre Diggs, Texas	5'10"	200	Jr.
SS	Vinnie Sunseri, Alabama	6'0"	215	Jr.
K	Andrew Furney, Washington State	5'10"	218	Sr.
P	Steven Clark, Auburn	6'5"	232	Sr.
WR	Brandon Carter, TCU	5'11"	161	Jr.

The All American holds a collection of very outstanding football players. Looking at it is apparent certain teams have multiple stars this includes Alabama, Texas, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma among others. It will be interesting to watch who will play up to the hype and who will fall.

Heisman Watch

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Heisman Watch - Updated: Jan 1,
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Johhny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M Aggies
AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama Crimson Tide
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State Buckeyes
Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville Cardinals
Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon Ducks

Obviously the frontrunner this year has to be Johnny Manziel. Diving deeper into the list we believe the most likely to fall is AJ McCarron and the most likely to rise is Marcus Mariota with Teddy Bridgewater slightly behind him.