College Football Gets Honest With Itself – The Wall Street Journal

The college football season is nearly here, and you’ve likely read about seismic stuff afoot—Texas and Oklahoma slinking off from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference, an expanded playoff, the Big Ten/Pac-12/ACC alliance, the potential for more conference reshuffling, and, most excitingly, offensive linemen being paid in barbecue gift cards. 

It’s a lot. You may wonder if this noisy sport of Saturdays is still recognizable. 

So let’s take a moment to gaze at our AP Top Four for 2021…

Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State. 

Yup! Still extremely recognizable!