As teams are about to shift from out of conference games to a conference slate, Joel Klatt ranked the top eight teams in each power conference.

The expanded College Football Playoff is heavy on SEC and Big Ten teams while a Group of Five threat controls its own destiny

What’s more the Wolverines’ schedule, both in the future and in the rearview, is getting tougher, with Texas rising in the latest ESPN power rankings while Ohio State, USC, Oregon, and Illinois all find themselves ranked by the ‘worldwide leader.’