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3 most overrated college football teams heading into 2022

By Connor Muldowney

Apr 23, 2022; Notre Dame, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman runs onto the field for warmups before the Blue-Gold Game at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 23, 2022; Notre Dame, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman runs onto the field for warmups before the Blue-Gold Game at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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EUGENE, OREGON – APRIL 23: Jahlil Florence #6 of Team Green celebrates with teammates after intercepting a pass during the first quarter against Team Yellow during the Oregon Spring Game at Autzen Stadium on April 23, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
EUGENE, OREGON – APRIL 23: Jahlil Florence #6 of Team Green celebrates with teammates after intercepting a pass during the first quarter against Team Yellow during the Oregon Spring Game at Autzen Stadium on April 23, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

3. Oregon Ducks

Let me be up-front here: I think Oregon is worthy of being a top 25 team. However, I don’t see the Ducks as the No. 11 team in the country, especially how last season panned out and the fact that they’re fielding a new head coach in Dan Lanning.

Oregon has plenty of talent and the loss of Mario Cristobal may not be a bad thing in the long run, but the changes that the program has experienced essentially everywhere (coaching staff, quarterback, running back) will affect the Ducks in year one. I think Lanning will have Oregon in the top 25 by the end of the season with an 8-9 win campaign, but I don’t see this team being fringe top 10.

I was actually incredibly shocked to see the Ducks get as much hype in the preseason AP Poll as they did, but apparently people think Bo Nix is going to have a massive turnaround — I don’t believe that either.

Stock should be bought in the Ducks’ defense and they will probably be the third-best team in the conference behind USC and Utah but I see them missing out on the Pac-12 title game.

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