College football's offseason of discontent is almost over. If you're tired of court cases, legislative haggling and uncertainty over who can even be a college athlete, you can look forward to some actual games soon. And with that, it's time for the AP's annual attempt to map out college football's hypothetical dream road trip. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
The trip must include seeing every team in the AP's preseason Top 25 at least once. Travel between games must be reasonable in the time available: long drives and even flights are OK, but if you're at a night game in Los Angeles, you're not getting to Penn State for an early afternoon kickoff the next day.
This season's 17-game journey looks like this:
Now that these two rivals are no longer in the same conference, the Apple Cup is played early in the season. This year it's the opener for both teams. Talk about a tone setter.
Already we're racking up travel miles. The Apple Cup is in the afternoon, and after hopping a red-eye out of the Pacific Northwest, we arrive in the Florida panhandle with plenty of time for an afternoon nap before the evening kickoff between the Seminoles and Mustangs. An early test for Mike Norvell, who is likely running out of chances at Florida State.
Duke names graduate transfer Walker Eget as starting quarterback for opener against Tulane. How well do you know college football championship history? Test your knowledge with this quiz. Texas landed big catch in WR Cam Coleman as No. 5 Longhorns chase return to playoff.
No. 25 Missouri at Kansas (Sept. 11) — The Border War rivalry between these two resumed last year after a hiatus of over a decade. Presumably there will be at least some unity on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.