College Football's Top 10 Most-Improved Teams for 2013

Auburn should be a much-improved team in 2013.

Every college football season brings a few surprises. Whether it’s a team finishing in the top 10 that no one expected in the preseason or another program struggling to reach .500 after a successful stretch, each year presents many different case studies when trying to project teams for the upcoming season. And some teams are quick to rebound after a disappointing year to contend for a conference title or crack the top 25 once again.

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College Football 2013 Preseason Rankings: 61-80

Wake Forest could be one of the ACC's most-improved teams.

The start of the 2013 college football season is still a few months away. However, Athlon Sports is already counting down the teams for the upcoming year.

Alabama is Athlon’s pick to win the national championship, with Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes expected to finish No. 2 nationally.

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College Football 2013 Preseason Rankings: 41-60

Mississippi State's Tyler Russell looks to bounce back after a disappointing finish.

The start of the 2013 college football season is still a few months away. However, Athlon Sports is already counting down the teams for the upcoming year.

Alabama is Athlon’s pick to win the national championship, with Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes expected to finish No. 2 nationally.

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Ranking All 125 College Football Head Coaches for 2013

Nick Saban, Urban Meyer and Bill Snyder rank as the best coaches in college football.

Coaching is one of the driving forces in building a national championship team or program. No matter how much talent a program has, it can’t win a national title if the coaching is questionable.

Considering how important coaches are to teams or even making preseason predictions, Athlon is taking a look at how all 125 college football coaches rank nationally.

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College Football's Top Transfers to Watch for 2013

Former Texas A&M quarterback Jameill Showers is one of the top transfers for 2013.

Transfers are a big part of any college football season, and 2013 is no exception. There’s a handful of talented quarterbacks making the move to a new school, including Jake Heaps at Kansas, Tom Savage at Pittsburgh and Jameill Showers at UTEP.

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College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat for 2013

USC coach Lane Kiffin tops Athlon's top 20 coaches on the hot seat for spring practice.

The start of spring practice for all 125 college football teams is a chance to start fresh and forget the bad results that came along with 2012. For a handful of coaches, spring practice is also the first opportunity to turn around a program and save their job for 2014.

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Ranking All 125 College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013

Athlon ranks every college football job from No. 1 to No. 125.

We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location, money  — but in the end, we simply asked ourselves the following question: Where would we want to coach? After ranking each conference, Athlon turns the page to the overall power rankings.

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College Football's 2013 Recruiting All-Name Team

Athlon picks the best names from the 2013 recruiting class.

The first Wednesday in February is essentially Christmas for every college football head coach. After months of hard work on the recruiting trail, coaches will hit the offices bright and early on Wednesday for National Signing Day to welcome a new class full of freshmen and maybe a few junior college transfers to chase a national championship.

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Grading College Football's Head Coach Hires for 2013

College football will have 30 new head coaches for 2013.

College football’s coaching carousel was in full effect this offseason. Thirty programs will have a new head coach in 2013, ranging from Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee in the SEC to FBS newcomer Georgia State in the Sun Belt.

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