College Football: Buy or sell top 25 teams as National Title contenders

TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 8: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers, left, and head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide pose for a photograph after speaking to members of the media during the College Football Playoff National Championship Head Coaches Press Conference on January 8, 2017 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 8: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers, left, and head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide pose for a photograph after speaking to members of the media during the College Football Playoff National Championship Head Coaches Press Conference on January 8, 2017 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /
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Very few teams have as much returning talent and experience in their backfield as the South Florida Bulls. Between senior quarterback Quinton Flowers and senior running backs D’Ernest Johnson and Darius Tice, you wouldn’t think that the Bulls will miss former running back Marlon Mack too much.

Even with Mack taking up most of the carries, Tice and Johnson combined for more than 1,100 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns last year. Flowers might have been the most impressive of all with USF last year.

In total, Flowers notched 4,500 yards and 42 touchdowns in 2016. More or less, Flowers was like the Lamar Jackson of the Group of Five. Moreover, there’s a chance that Flowers could put together a decent Heisman campaign. Yet, it’s extremely difficult for a Group of Five conference quarterback to win the Heisman.

USF would have to sweep through their schedule undefeated to even have a chance at the Playoff. We all saw, just one season, ago that you need to be perfect to make a run at the Playoff as a Group of Five team when Houston collapsed under the spotlight down the stretch.

Verdict: Sell