After a small slate of Week Zero games, the 2022 FBS college football season kicks off in full this week. It’s been more than seven months since Kirby Smart’s Georgia team unseated Nick Saban and Alabama to win the Bulldogs’ first title since 1980, but both programs are back in the spotlight this fall.
Alabama leads Sports Illustrated’s preseason top 25, but are the Tide a lock to have the confetti fall on them in January? And after an offseason of high-profile change in the coaching ranks, can a team like Lincoln Riley’s USC crash the exclusive club that is the College Football Playoff?
The SI college football staff’s predictions are in for the Playoff, national champion, Heisman winner, biggest disappointment and more.
