The best thing about the off-season is that we get to predict the next year and evaluate the previous. Opinions on rankings, champions, breakout players and All American lists are all debated tirelessly. Haps and Fresh at The Irrational Confidence Podcast (@IRConfidencePod on Twitter) have each prepared their own First Team All Irrational Confidence Team. We have 11 Starters and 6 Honorable Mentions on both sides of the ball. They agree on some (these will have Unanimous noted) and disagree on a bunch. Can’t wait to hear how they’re right or wrong. Hope you have subscribed to this podcast, which is on all platforms as well as the Spinnable Sports YouTube page.
FRESH’S (@SS_2FRESH) 1st TEAM ALL IRRATIONAL CONFIDENCE:
OFFENSE:
- QB: BRYCE YOUNG — ALABAMA (UNANIMOUS)
- RB: BIJAN ROBINSON — TEXAS (UNANIMOUS)
- RB: TREYVON HENDERSON — OHIO STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: JAXSON SMITH-NJIGBA — OHIO STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: JORDAN ADDISON — USC (UNANIMOUS)
- TE: BROCK BOWERS — GEORGIA
- OL: PARIS JOHNSON — OHIO STATE
- OL: OLUSEGUN OLUWATIMIU — MICHIGAN
- OL: JOHN MICHAEL SCHMITZ — MINNESOTA
- OL: PETER SKORONSKI — NORTHWESTERN (UNANIMOUS)
- OL: CALEB CHANDLER — LOUISVILLE
OFFENSE HONORABLE MENTION:
- QB: CJ STROUD.— OHIO STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: XAVIER WORTHY — TEXAS. (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: KEYSHON BOUTTE — LSU
- TE: MICHAEL MAYER — NOTRE DAME
- RB: DEUCE VAUGHN — KANSAS STATE. (UNANIMOUS)
- OL: CONNOR GAVIN — BAYLOR
DEFENSE:
- DL: JALEN CARTER — GEORGIA (UNANIMOUS)
- DL: WILL McDONALD IV — IOWA STATE
- DL: CALIJAH KANCEY — PITT (UNANIMOUS)
- DL: BRYAN BREESE — CLEMSON (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: WILL ANDERSON — ALABAMA (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: NOAH SEWELL — OREGON (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: TRENTON SIMPSON — CLEMSON
- CB: RILEY MOSS — IOWA (UNANIMOUS)
- CB: KELEE RINGO — GEORGIA (UNANIMOUS)
- S: JORDAN BATTLE — ALABAMA
- S: BRANDON JOSEPH — NOTRE DAME
DEFENSE HONORABLE MENTION:
- DL: MYLES MURPHY — CLEMSON
- DL: ISAIAH FASKEY — NOTRE DAME
- LB: NOLAN SMITH — GEORGIA
- LB: JACK CAMPBELL — IOWA
- LB: ANDRE CARTER II — ARMY
- CB: ELI RICKS — ALABAMA
HAPS (@SS_Haps11) 1st TEAM ALL IRRATIONAL CONFIDENCE:
OFFENSE:
- QB: BRYCE YOUNG — ALABAMA (UNANIMOUS)
- RB: TREYVON HENDERSON — OHIO STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- RB: BIJAN ROBINSON — TEXAS (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: JAXSON SMITH-NJIGBA — OHIO STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: JORDAN ADDISON — USC (UNANIMOUS)
- TE: MICHAEL MAYER — NOTRE DAME
- OL: ANTON HARRISON — OKLAHOMA
- OL: PETER SKORONSKI — NORTHWESTERN (UNANIMOUS)
- OL: JARRETT PATTERSON — NOTRE DAME
- OL: JACK NELSON — WISCONSIN
- OL: ANDREW VORHEES — USC
OFFENSE HONORABLE MENTION:
- QB: CJ STROUD — OHIO STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- RB: DEUCE VAUGHN — KANSAS STATE (UNANIMOUS)
- WR: XAVIER WORTHY — TEXAS (UNANIMOUS)
- TE: BROCK BOWERS — GEORGIA
- OL: NICK BROEKER — OLE MISS
DEFENSE:
- DL: JALEN CARTER — GEORGIA (UNANIMOUS)
- DL: BRYAN BREESE — CLEMSON (UNANIMOUS)
- DL: CALIJAH KANCEY — PITT (UNANIMOUS)
- DL: ISAIAH FOSKEY — NOTRE DAME
- LB: WILL ANDERSON — ALABAMA (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: NOAH SEWELL — OREGON (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: ANDRE CARTER II — ARMY
- CB: KELEE RINGO — GEORGIA (UNANIMOUS)
- CB: RILEY MOSS — IOWA (UNANIMOUS)
- S: ANTONIO JOHNSON — TEXAS A&M
- S: JALEN CATALON — ARKANSAS
DEFENSE HONORABLE MENTION:
- DL: MYLES MURPHY — CLEMSON (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: JACK CAMPBELL — IOWA (UNANIMOUS)
- LB: BJ OJULARI — LSU
- CB: ELI RICKS — ALABAMA (UNANIMOUS)
- CB: CLARK PHILLIPS III — UTAH
- S: JORDAN BATTLE — ALABAMA
These teams are similar, yet very different in the compilation. Reach out to The Irrational Confidence Podcast (@IRConfidencePod on Twitter) and let us know who we got right, got wrong and who we omitted. We just dropped the third installment of our Preseason Top 25 Countdown with teams 11 thru 15. Our College Football podcast is available on all podcast platforms as well as the Spinnable Sports YouTube Channel. We release 2episodes a week during the season, starting with our weekly preview episode and a reaction episode. We have also dropped conference previews for the Sun Belt, MAC, Mountain West and Conference USA on SpinnableSports.com
REMEMBER…..WE ALWAYS HAVE IRRATIONAL CONFIDENCE AND YOU SHOULD TO!