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RELEASED DECEMBER 1, 2003
The rich get richer in Norman as 16 starters return to bolster one of the best teams in all of college football. Bob Stoops has more depth and proven winners than most teams can even dream about.

2004 Early Bird
Top 25 Preview
Click on each team for breakdown

1. Oklahoma
2. Georgia
3. Southern California
4. Louisiana State
5. Texas
6. Florida State
7. Miami FL
8. Michigan
9. Ohio State
10. Tennessee
11. Miami OH
12. Wisconsin
13. Michigan State
14. Kansas State
15. Florida
16. Purdue
17. West Virginia
18. Iowa
19. Virginia Tech
20. Oklahoma State
21. TCU
22. Toledo
23. Clemson
24. Missouri
25. Auburn

 


Others Easily Making The Top 25
-between now and August

California
Connecticut
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Memphis
Nebraska
Oregon
Southern Miss
South Carolina
Syracuse
UCLA
Virginia

 

DO NOT MISS THE POINT: NationalChamps.net is proud to once again present the annual Thanksgiving Early Bird College Football Breakdown. For those of you concerned with the rankings and the fact this #16 team is better than that #9 team, then YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT! Our presentation was created as nothing more than a rough guide for listing whether key players return or depart. So many of the selections are evidently interchangeable and will adjust continuously until next season arrives. DO NOT LOOK AT THIS LIST IN TERMS OF RANKINGS.

So sit back, unbutton those tight pants from your turkey dinners and leftovers, and take this preview for what it's worth. We think you will gain much more by realizing that the rankings and their explicit accuracy are not the primary goal.

However, in the fifth season of compiling this Thanksgiving Early Bird Preview, NationalChamps.net has eerily predicted a very close result to what the Official Polls will show come August. Returning starters and key losses are not hard to figure out. Early NFL departures and bowl game results tend to change these rankings more than any other aspect.

COMPLETE 2004 PREVIEW COMING THIS SPRING

Please check back this spring when NationalChamps.net releases the complete 2004 College Football Preview of all 117 teams... complete with full depth charts, analysis from our newly aquired writing staff, rankings, unit power ratings, and lots of new digital photos.