Gatorsports.com Top 25 preseason poll

You can almost taste it. Football season isn't that far away. It won't be long before you're trading in bathing suits for clothes bearing your school colors.

A lot can happen between now and the first game. Injuries, arrests, players not qualifying academically. So any summer rankings have to be taken with a shaker of salt.

Still, here are the inaugural Gatorsports.com preseason college football rankings.

1. Texas: The Longhorns have a combination of talent and schedule. They'll lose a game but nobody is going undefeated this season.

2. Ohio State: Hey, the two teams played during the last two regular seasons. Now they get to play for it all. The Buckeyes lost a lot but after reloading on defense a year ago they'll do the same on offense this time.

3. Southern Cal: The Trojans have enough talent to be in the title game but will fall just short and then complain all the way to the Rose Bowl.

4. Nebraska: The Cornhuskers Sept. 15 game at home against USC will tell us a lot about this football season and a Nebraska