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What is #CFBrank? #CFBrank is the Twitter hashtag to use if you want to get involved in the discussion or just follow along.How did we rank the players? We asked 32 of ESPNs college football writers, editors and analysts to rate players on a scale of 0-10 based on their on their expected contributions for the 2016 season.100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 10-1Conor McDermott UCLA Bruins Senior | Offensive Tackle Score: 7.29The 6-foot-9, 310-pound McDermott arrived at UCLA as a tight end who was more accomplished as a basketball player. He became a starter on the offensive line in 2014 and he has become a potential early NFL draft pick. He earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2015. His stock could improve dramatically if he handles Texas A&M defensive ends Myles Garrett and Daeshon Hall in the season opener.Corey Davis Western Michigan Broncos Senior | Wide Receiver Score: 7.30Davis leads all active FBS receivers with 3,785 career receiving yards and 33 career receiving touchdowns. He has posted two straight 1,400-yard campaigns and needs only 400 more receiving yards to break the all-time MAC record. If he played for a bigger school, he might well be hailed as the best receiver in college football.Solomon Thomas Stanford Cardinal Junior | Defensive Lineman Score: 7.31After earning Pac-12 honorable mention last season, where he posted 39 tackles, 10.5 for a loss and 3.5 sacks, Thomas comes in to 2015 with preseason all-conference expectations. Hes versatile enough to take on multiple blockers while rushing the passer or stopping the run at the point of contact. Look for the Cardinal to find creative ways to get him in the backfield.Cameron Sutton Tennessee Volunteers Senior | Cornerback Score: 7.35Turning down a chance to go pro, Sutton returned to Tennessee for his senior year. He has started all 38 games in his career, and has accumulated 32 pass break-ups and six interceptions along the way. Hes also an elite punt returner, leading the nation in yards per return (18.7) last season.Saquon Barkley Penn State Nittany Lions Sophomore | Running Back Score: 7.36He might only be coming off his true freshman campaign, but Barkley has already been compared to former Penn State All-Americans like Curt Warner and Larry Johnson. No running back in the country, ?including Ohio States Ezekiel Elliott , was more effective in the fourth quarter last season, as Barkley averaged 8.9 yards a carry.Quin Blanding Virginia Cavaliers Junior | Safety Score: 7.37Blanding has started all 24 games in his first two seasons at Virginia, delivering on the hype as one of the nations top safety prospects. He received numerous All-American mentions last season after finishing second in the ACC in tackles in the regular season (115). He has had six career takeaways, too.Mike McGlinchey Notre Dame Fighting Irish Senior | Offensive Lineman Score: 7.38The man is a freak: He is 6-foot-7 1/2, 310 pounds and is an immense athlete. McGlinchey played big basketball in high school, and he helped make Notre Dame one of the nations top lines last season in his first year starting, at right tackle. Now at left, he is the anchor for what the Irish hope is a repeat performance in the trenches.James Conner Pittsburgh Panthers Junior | Running Back Score: 7.41The 2014 ACC player of the year is back after a year from hell. Conner missed virtually all of last season because of knee surgery and, upon his completion from rehab, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Conner has bounced back from that, too, though, and the bruising back is now full-speed ahead as he looks to anchor an experienced Pitt offense.Elijah Hood North Carolina Tar Heels Junior | Running Back Score: 7.43The once-ballyhooed prep prospect has turned into a game-changer for an already electric UNC offense. Hood rushed for 1,463 yards and 17 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2015, and with a veteran offensive line ahead of him, those numbers can easily grow this fall.DeMarcus Walker Florida State Seminoles Senior | Defensive Lineman Score: 7.44Before his junior season, Walker remarked he felt ready to step up and become a dominant defensive player. It was a breakout season as he recorded 10.5 sacks. He opted to return for his senior season and should have an even better 2016.100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 10-1Voters: Andrea Adelson, Edward Aschoff, Brian Bennett, Kyle Bonagura, David Ching, Heather Dinich, Matt Fortuna, Kevin Gemmell, David Hale, Travis Haney, Brock Huard, Chantel Jennings, Sharon Katz, Sam Khan Jr., David Lombardi, Chris Low, Tom Luginbill, Ivan Maisel, Ryan McGee, Erik McKinney, Ted Miller, Dan Murphy, Max Olson, Greg Ostendorf, Adam Rittenberg, Alex Scarborough, Jared Shanker, Mitch Sherman, Phil Steele, Jake Trotter, Tom VanHaaren, Austin WardCustom USA Soccer Jerseys . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. USA Soccer Shirts . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/ . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Stitched USA Soccer Jerseys . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . USA Soccer Gear . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club.On the eve of their first match during their previous visit to India, New Zealand coach Mike Hesson asked the curator in Nagpur what the pitch was expected to do. Hesson says he was told it was a hard and bouncy pitch. New Zealand went ahead and left out Tim Southee and Trent Boult, played three spinners, attacked the new ball because they knew the old ball would be impossible to go after, scored just 126, but their spinners delivered them a 47-run win. New Zealands reading of the conditions, and then adapting to them, were big reasons behind their unbeaten run in the league stages of the World T20.That was Twenty20. This is Test cricket. New Zealand will draw confidence from that showing, but they wont be deluding themselves based on the World T20. This three-Test series has all the makings of this groups biggest test. New Zealand have only ever won two Tests in India, and may need to double that tally to win this series. But there is anticipation around them, mostly because of what they did in the World T20, in particular their two spinners whose performances suggested they could translate their promise into longer forms. Now, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi are joined by Mark Craig.Never in recent memory has more been expected of a New Zealand tour of India. Never in recent memory have India looked this dominant at home. India have three spinners with much more pedigree and experience of these conditions. Ever since India decided to play on pitches where the ball starts turning early and turns big, beating them in a home Test series has become arguably the biggest challenge in world cricket.With cricket being a game of conditions, it couldnt be more loaded against New Zealand. The only preparation they have had in the move from their tracks to this intense, relentless trial by spin is two training sessions in Delhi, a three-day game on a flat track against unthreatening spinners, and two more training sessions in Kanpur. The heat is stifling. There is high humidity and no breeze in Kanpur right now.The curator at Green Park has said the turn wont be as alarming as it was in Nagpur, but the pitch looks really dry and has cracks. In unusual scenes two days before the Test, the groundstaff asked some net bowlers to bowl on the match pitch. It is technically allowed - the pitch is handed over to the match referee on the morning of the Test - but this is hardly ever done. The poor rating for the Nagpur pitch after the Test against South Africa last year plays on the minds of groundsmen now. There were no puffs of dust, which relieved them. However, there was turn. Dont be surprised either if the spinners business area is drier and rougher than the rest of the pitch, negating Neil Wagners bounce, and accentuating the turn.He hasnt told us it is hard and bouncy as the Nagpur groundsman did, Hesson joked when asked about any conversations he might have had with the groundstaff here.Hesson is not surprised by what he has seen. Unless some grass grows over the next two days, there will be plenty of assistance for the spinners, he said. I think the pitch will deteriorate, as it should. Spin will play a massive part, as will reverse swing. So there are no surprises here.Hesson knows knowing what to expect is different from reacting to it. If one jumps at them, Ravindra Jadeja will keep firing in that general areaa all day with slight variation of angle, and let the pitch do the rest.dddddddddddd R Ashwin will add dip to it. He will swerve it with the new ball. Amit Mishra will add the legspinners X-factor. There will be catchers around, there will be deep fielders to choke easy runs, and there will be no relenting from the heat and humidity. Not in Kanpur and Kolkata at least.The ability to respond with a clear mind and quick feet when the ball starts jumping and staying low comes with solid defence and lots of practice playing on such tracks. Knowing the international schedules today, Hesson said this is possibly the best preparation his side could have had. He has now put it down to the ability to adapt.The conditions here are slightly different than they were in Delhi, Hesson said. Its up to today and tomorrow to make sure we adapt the best we can. And we know even during the game the pitch is going to change, so we have to keep adjusting.Hesson summed up the dual challenge of playing India in these conditions by saying that you have to prepare for the worst, but, at the same time, guard against jumping at shadows, by building it up too much and failing to recognise easier conditions when they come their way.We have watched the Test matches against South Africa, absolutely, Hesson said. We saw the conditions in that series, and they were challenging. There is no doubt about that. If you prepare, over-train in terms of preparing for those conditions and then you get something slightly better, then thats great. You have got to prepare for the harshest conditions and see how it goes from there.I think you can jump at shadows at times [if you prepare for the worst]. I think you need to adapt to what you are confronted with. We have got an idea how we think how the surface might play, but it might be quite different. We are capable of adapting.Adapting quickly won them games in the World T20, but there wont be any quick wins here. We have won two Test matches in our history here, Hesson said. So we know it is a tough place to come and win, as it is for any touring side. And India are playing good cricket at the moment, but we have got a group of cricketers who will be highly competitive. Thats our challenge - to be highly competitive and stay in the game for long periods of time. Then, anything can happen.There is no set formula to beat India in India in this mood, but England showed it can be done if you have four attributes: a solid defensive batsman in Alastair Cook, who showed to the rest that it was possible to bat, a maverick in Kevin Pietersen, who could drive the nail in, two spinners in Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann, who were accurate and quick, and reverse swing in James Anderson. Lower-order runs can be a big factor as South Africa learned in their defeat despite having reduced India to 120-odd for 6 on more than one occasion.New Zealand have a defensive batsman in Williamson, they have a potential maverick if Ross Taylor can have a big series, they have spinners and the variety of spinners, although unproven at this level, and they have the possibility of reverse swing. They bat deep. If all, or most these factors click, they can take games deep. Then, anything can happen. ' ' '