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According to college football insider Brett McMurphy, the USC Trojans and Alabama Crimson Tide will kick off their quest for a national title at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The two schools officially announced their 2020 matchup on Wednesday in the AdvoCare Classic, including a statement from Alabama head coach Nick Saban:
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to open another season at the AdvoCare Classic in 2020. Our team and our fans have always enjoyed playing in North Texas and AT&T Stadium is a fantastic competitive environment. This event has always been first-class with the intensity of a bowl game. We are also pleased to have the chance to once again face USC, and we look forward to a great game.”
Here are the top 10 college football teams, ranked by their average SP+ ranking over the past 20 years.
- Alabama 23.9
- Ohio State 20.9
- Georgia 20.2
- Oklahoma 19.3
- LSU 18.7
- Clemson 16.5
- Florida 15.8
- Auburn 14.1
- Texas 14.1
- Oregon 14.0
The SEC had five of those top nine. Now it has seven. One of the biggest metaphorical land grabs in the history of conference realignment has officially come to fruition: This fall, Oklahoma and Texas will start play in what was already the strongest, deepest conference in the sport.
A couple of the teams (Florida and Auburn) are trying to work their way back up to a top-20 level. A couple (Florida and Oklahoma) are taking on just about the hardest schedules they’ve ever seen. A couple of teams who are not on the above list (Ole Miss and Missouri) have grand College Football Playoff ambitions after breakthrough seasons. Nine or so teams overall harbor semi-realistic hopes of a top-12 finish and CFP bid.
It’s going to be an awfully interesting fall down South, in other words. Let’s preview the SEC!
Every week through the summer, Bill Connelly will preview another FBS conference exclusively for ESPN+, ultimately including all 134 FBS teams. The previews will include 2023 breakdowns, 2024 previews and team-by-team capsules. Here are the MAC, Conference USA, AAC, MWC, Sun Belt, independents, ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten previews.
According to college football insider Brett McMurphy, the USC Trojans and Alabama Crimson Tide will kick off their quest for a national title at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The two schools officially announced their 2020 matchup on Wednesday in the AdvoCare Classic, including a statement from Alabama head coach Nick Saban:
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to open another season at the AdvoCare Classic in 2020. Our team and our fans have always enjoyed playing in North Texas and AT&T Stadium is a fantastic competitive environment. This event has always been first-class with the intensity of a bowl game. We are also pleased to have the chance to once again face USC, and we look forward to a great game.”
