Pre-Season Block U Power Index Top 25

Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWith a month remaining until college football is officially back in our lives (as if it wasn’t already with the constant barrage of realignment moves, rumors, and drama), which means it's time for all the preseason hype and speculation to begin, and there’s no finer way to do so than with a top 25.

The Block U Power Index (or BUPI for short) is a ranking system that initially factors in various metrics including last season’s performance (both regular season and bowl games), returning production, recruiting information over the last three recruiting cycles, current transfer additions or losses, coaching staff changes, etc. As the season…