No. 25: West Virginia Mountaineers

Today marks the first day of the One Great Season College Football Countdown. We'll be counting down the preseason Top 25 teams in 2010. Today's No. 25 is West Virginia.

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

To err is human, to carry the ball for West Virginia this season will be Heisman candidate Noel Devine.

Devine will lead a strong rushing attack behind four returning starters on the offensive line.

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EXTRA: Images From 2009 Pittsburgh-West Virginia Game

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But breaking in a new quarterback is often difficult, and that's what WVU will be doing for the second straight year in 2010. Jarrett Brown did a mostly competent job following Pat White last year, and now it's Geno Smith's turn.

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Alabama Consensus 2010 Preseason No. 1

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Another college football season is in the books. It wasn't as great as the 2007 season, but that's a tough one to top.

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WEIGH IN: Who's Your Top 5?

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With only eight months until the 2010 season kicks off, here's hoping for an ever better one. Below is an early look at my pre-preseason Top 5, as well as those already published by some other college football experts:

1. Alabama
2. Boise State
3. Ohio State
4. Oregon
5. Virginia Tech

Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Iowa
5. Virginia Tech

Pete Thamel, New York Times
1. Alabama
2. Boise State
3. Texas
4. Oregon
5. TCU

Lou Holtz, ESPN
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. USC
4. Nebraska
5. Boise State

Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Boise State
4. Oregon
5. Miami

Mark May, ESPN
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Virginia Tech

Robert Smith, ESPN
1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Ohio State
4. Boise State
5. Nebraska