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The Biggest Question for Each of SI's Top 16 Preseason Teams

The 2020 college football season is here, even if some teams have a longer wait until kickoff than others. The first FBS game of the season will be held Thursday night, with the first Power 5 action coming a week later, when Miami hosts UAB on Sept. 10. The final conference to kickoff will be the SEC, which gets underway Sept. 26.

Last week, Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger and Pat Forde revealed their revamped preseason top 16, taking into account the fall absence of conferences like the Big Ten and Pac-12. Now, we're going back to those 16 teams and taking a deeper look at the bigger question for each heading into the season—from No.