Week 3 College Football Recap

Texas A&M has announced its intentions to apply for membership in another conference, leaving the Big 12 with nine members at the start of the 2012 season. The conference is already looking into adding teams for next season, but the pool of candidates is thin.

Big 12 Expansion Candidates

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College Football's Top 50 Players for 2011

Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon is one of the top returning players for 2011.

By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven)

Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at the top 40 players for 2011 in the Pac-12.

Several factors worked into the criteria for developing the 40 players:

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College Football 2011 Bowl Projections

Can Landry Jones lead Oklahoma to a national title?

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Athlon Awards: Quarterback Units

They're the teams within the team - those cohesive little units bound together by their shared responsibilities within the larger team context.

Whether it's the offensive linemen firing off time after time into those familiar blocking sleds, or the defensive linemen drilling repeatedly on how to shed blockers, or the defensive backs breaking on ball after ball - these teams in miniature hone their tasks on the practice field until those tasks become second nature.

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Ranking Conference USA's Top 25 Players for 2011

By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) and Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven)

Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the college football season with a look at Conference USA's top 25 players for 2011.

Several factors worked into the criteria for developing the 25 players:

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College Football's Coaches on the Hot Seat

The pressure is on Paul Wulff, Mark Richt and Dennis Erickson to win big in 2011.

The coaching carousel is usually one of the most intriguing elements of college football's regular season and has been in full effect since May with the departure of Jim Tressel at Ohio State and Bill Stewart at West Virginia.

Which coach will be the first to get fired? Athlon Sports ranks 10 coaches on the hot seat, along with a few others who are getting warm.

On the Hot Seat

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College Football: Projecting the 2011 Win Totals

Trent Richardson looks to lead Alabama back to the national title.

by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter)

The countdown to kickoff for the 2011 college football season is less than 40 days away. With fall camps opening up in a matter of days, now is another good opportunity to project how the teams will fare this upcoming season.