Have you purchased your tickets to ride college football's hype train yet? Don't worry, there are still a few more months left to hop on board, and there's always plenty of seating.
The long offseason lends itself to anticipation, hope and wonder, and more often than not this translates into boosting the profile of various college football players, coaches and teams. Either because of how they played the year before—particularly at the end of the season, with an extra emphasis on bowl games—or how they're expected to fare this coming fall, certain entities get hyped way more than others.