Looking Ahead to the 2016 College Football Season

The 2015 College Football season ended with Alabama on top, beating Clemson 45-40, but even in a losing effort Clemson seemed to establish themselves as the early favorite to claim the title next year. While the Crimson Tide have plenty of talent to be able to reload and have a good season, they probably won't win the championship. They lose a lot of important players on defense, and their starting quarterback and Heisman winning running back. However Clemson also loses many of the key players on their stout defense last year. But I still think that Clemson will reload probably better than Alabama, first off they still have Deshaun Watson, probably Wayne Gallman, and a bunch of talented wide receivers. Secondly, they have recruited very well, they will be bringing the 2nd overall rated player in the 2016 class in defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, they also have three very talented wide receivers, and a couple of other talented linebackers that all can make a difference for Clemson. They are poised to have one of the best offenses in 2016, one that can probably win them the national championship next year.

Another team to watch is Michigan, I think the Wolverines can make the playoffs but I don't see them winning it all. The Wolverines went 10-3 in their first season under Jim Harbaugh, but many think that the Wolverines can go much higher than that. Harbaugh has done a very good job recruiting in his short time at Michigan, and is expected to sign the top player in the 2016 class. But I personally don't see it happening next year, maybe the year after that, but Michigan still doesn't have a really good quarterback, which is almost a must for playoff teams. Once Michigan establishes a quarterback for themselves then they can be in the conversation, but I doubt they will even beat out Ohio State for the Big Ten East crown. Ohio State is also a playoff contender, they were sort of forgotten about because they missed out on the playoffs, but don't be surprised if Ohio State is in the 3rd annual college football playoff.