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Preview 2008 - Experts Roundtable

Part Ten - 2010 Rankings For FSU, Michigan, Miami, Nebraska, & Notre Dame

CFN is honored to once again get the thoughts and opinions on some of the hot topics from some of the most talented, influential insiders in the college football media, while getting to know a little bit more about them.

Along with Pete Fiutak and Richard Cirminiello from CFN in the discussion are ...

- Charles Davis, NFL Network/FOX Sports
- Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com - College Football Columnist
- Bruce Feldman, ESPN.com - College Football Columnist
- Steve Greenberg, The Sporting News - College Football Columnist
- Teddy "Mr. Media" Greenstein, Chicago Tribune - College Football Columnist, Media Columnist
- Stewart Mandel, SI.com - College Football Columnist

THE TOPICS
- Part 1 What aspect of college football should you care about, but really don't?
- Part 2 Should a two loss LSU team really have won the national title?
- Part 3 How should college football be more like the NFL?
- Part 4 Your college football guilty pleasure
- Part 5 How/why did you get into covering college football?
- Part 6 How/why is the BCS better than a playoff?
- Part 7 I'm not buying into ...
- Part 8 Just how bad is the Big Ten?
- Part 9 Do you have any problems with Tim Tebow winning two Heismans?
- Part 10 Give the 2010 Rankings for: Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska & Notre Dame
- Part 11 How much do you care about non-BCS teams?
- Part 12 When Should Players Be Eligible for the Draft?
- Part 13 The Next Really Big Superpower Will Be ...
- Part 14 The Best & Worst Interviews You've Ever Done
- Part 15 Quick Hitters, Part 1: Greatest Players & Greatest Games
- Part 16 Quick Hitters, Part 2: The National Champion & Heisman Winner

10. Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame. Give your 2010 preseason ranking of these five.

Charles Davis: 2010 pre season rankings for Florida State (20), Miami (15), Michigan (10), Nebraska (25), Notre Dame (5)

Fiu: Michigan 3rd, Notre Dame 11^th, Miami 15^th, Nebraska 23^rd, Florida State 25^th. I have a gut feeling RichRod will get one or two key players, like a Pat White and a Steve Slaton, to quickly turn around the Wolverines. ND will be fine, Miami will be building to one big year, and then be slightly disappointing, Nebraska will be good, but won't be Nebraska again, and FSU doesn't seem to have any positive momentum right now.

Steve Greenberg: 1. FSU 2. Nebraska 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Michigan

Teddy Greenstein: 6. Miami, 9. Michigan, 13. Nebraska, 24. Florida State, receiving votes: Notre Dame

Dennis Dodd: Michigan, top five
Nebraska, top 10
Notre Dame, top 15
Miami, top 25
Florida State, unranked

Richard Cirminiello: Michigan…No. 15.  Better get the Wolverines now before Rich Rodriguez recruits well and doesn’t take kindly to losing (see Urban Meyer).
Miami…No. 17.  With a year of seasoning for the young kids, the ‘Canes might be ready for an ACC crown.
Nebraska…No. 24.  By 2009, Bo Pelini’s fingerprints will be all over the program.  In other words, the Blackshirts will be back in Lincoln.
Florida State…unranked.  After another season of mediocrity, any optimistic pollsters will have vanished.
Notre Dame…unranked.  The Irish will inch closer to the Top 25, but still are a year away.

Bruce Feldman: Michigan, Miami, FSU, Notre Dame, Nebraska

Stewart Mandel: 1) Michigan, 2) Miami, 3) Florida State, 4) Nebraska, 5) Notre Dame