It's finally here

After witnessing another banner in the stands and the TV ratings, college football is right around the corner.

This year's looks a like last year. Of course, there's perennial powerhouse in USC that is looking to improve on last year's Rose Bowl win. With John David Booty manning the controls, it looks the Trojans are going to breeze through the Pac 10 and make reservations for another national title game.

The one glaring this year is scheduling. In this era of BCS and computers you would think that schools would be seeking out quality opponents. However, more and more teams continue to play nobody's. Look at Florida. The defending national champs are taking on Florida Atlantic. The Owls are barely a Division I team yet they are scheduling the Gators for an old-fashioned butt-whooping.

West Virginia plays in the Big East, which is a top-heavy conference with Rutgers and Louisville, but the Mountaineers don't help themselves out by playing Western Michigan, East Carolina and Mississippi State. What's even worse is, the Mountaineers are ranked No. 6 in the USA Today preseason coaches poll.

The best conference in the nation remains the SEC. Top to bottom, it's still the best football around. However, that is going to hurt this conference's title hopes. LSU, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina will knock each other out of the national picture.

So who do I like?

If you read the first graf, I am going with USC. There is no one in the Pac 10 that will challenge them. Actually, barring injury, I don't think there's anyone that will come within 14 points of this team.

Not too many people are talking about Virginia Tech. The Hokies' defense remains the same and their special teams is still the best in the nation. Barring an early-season hiccup at LSU, Va. Tech could run the table with home games against Florida State and Miami. By advancing to the national championship game it would do a lot to heal the wounds from last April's shooting.

BCS Championship Game: USC 27, Virginia Tech 14