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College Football 2018: Previews, analysis, games and players to know

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Previewing the 2018 football season from Heisman Trophy Contenders to Guilford's key newcomers.

College Football 2018: Appalachian State preview

One in a series of college football previews:

Appalachian State Mountaineers

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College football 2018: Duke preview

One in a series of college football previews:

Duke Blue Devils

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College football 2018: East Carolina preview

One in a series of college football previews:

Coach

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College football 2018: Elon preview

One in a series of college football previews:

Elon Phoenix

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College football 2018: Greensboro

One in a series of college football previews:

Greensboro Pride

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College football 2018: Guilford

One in a series of college football previews:

Guilford Quakers

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College football 2018: North Carolina preview

One in a series of college football previews:

Coach

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College football 2018: N.C. A&T preview

GREENSBORO — How do you improve on the best season in the history of your school and your conference?

How do you do better than 12-0, a Celebration Bowl victory and a second black college national championship in three years?

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College football 2018: N.C. State preview

One in a series of college football previews:

Coach

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College football 2018: Wake Forest prevew

One in a series of college football previews:

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10 September nonconference college football matchups worth watching

Opening weekend is packed with intriguing nonconference games, but that doesn't end at Labor Day.

Here are 10 games to keep you entertained while most programs focus on getting tuned up for conference play:

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Five rising coaches (that could land in the ACC)

After only two coaches from Group of Five programs moved up in 2017, it's likely several will make the jump after this season.

While there are plenty of candidates to make the leap, here are five with regional ties that could take over, should ACC programs have a need in the next year or two:

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Five darkhorse teams for 2018

Some of these teams will begin the season ranked while others won't.

None are expected to contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff, but they're all capable of playing a New Year's Day bowl game.

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Six teams that will disappoint in 2018

Well, somebody’s gotta lose.

That’s the explanation for why teams get picked to finish last in divisions and such. It applies to disappointing teams too.

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Ten Heisman Trophy contenders for 2018

Is there a former walk-on overflowing with swagger who’s going to take his team to the College Football Playoff this year?

Probably not. But that’ll be OK. There’s still going to be plenty of star power in the race for the Heisman Trophy.

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Six (plus one) coaches on the hot seat for 2018

It’s a question of when and not if, as it always is, for coaches getting fired. Just as college football will produce some darlings, it’ll produce duds that end with the axe falling on coaches.

Here are some of the likely victims:

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Ten ACC players you'll get to know in 2018

Let’s get this out of the way now: This is a list of ACC players you should get to know, not a list of the best ones.

You won’t find preseason Player of the Year favorites, third-year starting quarterbacks or any of Clemson’s defensive linemen here. If you want those, go look at the preseason All-ACC team.

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Ten ACC matchups worth watching in 2018

There are 56 ACC games this year. Some of them will be thrilling, some not so much and maybe one or two will be determined by an 18-to-22-year-old kicker who’s literally asked to do one thing per game.

OK, we’ll probably more than one or two of those.

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YOU DECIDE: ACC Football 2018

You've heard from the so-called experts. 

Now it's time for the fans to make their predictions:

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