Not so fast Bama...

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The college game has never been more wide open. Don't automatically pencil in Alabama -- any team that loses nine starters on defense (including a handful of key leaders) will struggle in big road games, especially in the SEC. A team from the Tide's own division (Arkansas) is among a handful that could make it to Glendale, Ariz.

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Ryan Mallett, Arkansas. There's no better quarterbacks coach/play caller in the game than Bobby Petrino, and his quarterbacks usually make significant strides in their second seasons. Mallett struggled at times with accuracy last season, but he still likely would've been the first quarterback taken in this year's NFL draft had he left school. Another year under Petrino will mean big numbers and big wins for a dangerous Arkansas team -- and could move him to first pick overall in the 2011 draft.

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