With the SEC claiming its sixth straight national championship last night, the focus now shifts to next college football season. An early look at five teams that will head into next season thinking their year will end up in the BCS title game:
LSU Highly touted, yet inexperienced Zack Mettenberger will take over at QB, but the Tigers are brimming with RBs and return the nation s best defensive front four.
USC The moment QB Matt Barkley announced he was returning to the Trojans, USC jumped into everyone s top 5 for 2012. They re good, and the Pac-12 is mediocre.
TEXAS Even with QB Landry Jones back, Oklahoma isn t the team to beat in the Big 12. The Longhorns, with 10 starters expected back from one of the nation s top defenses, are.
FLORIDA STATE It s now or never for Jimbo Fisher s Seminoles, who return 17 starters from a 9-4 team that lost those four games by a combined 21 points. The defense will be a top 5 unit.
SOUTH CAROLINA Give the Gamecocks, 11-2 this season, the slight edge over Georgia in the SEC East because of QB Conor Shaw s experience and the return of RB Marcus Lattimore.
Tom Luicci:
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