Hang another Banner -> The Meatiest Top 25 : CFB Teams Ranked by Nearby Cuisine

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I’ve always been honest with my employers, and The Athletic is no different. I write about college football for two reasons.

• It’s my favorite sport.

• Writing about college football allows me to travel around the country and eat.

Basically, I’m using this job to get my own show on The Food Network. My stomach has been putting in its 10,000 hours while the rest of me has been writing about your favorite coaches and players. I know if I keep on eating, I’m going to get the call someday. And when that day comes, I’m gone on the first thing smoking. (If that thing is smoking ribs, even better.)

But until that happens, it seems like a waste to not share all I’ve learned. So today, I’m going to give you the real top 25. I voted in The Associated Press poll for five years, and I can assure you that my mouth never watered while trying to decide where to rank Iowa in relation to Mississippi State. And while those rankings certainly generated some robust discussion, I doubt they’ll be anywhere near as controversial as these …

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