2014 USA TODAY Sports College Football Countdown
This year there are a record 128 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Some have won numerous national championships, others have never won their own division in their conference. But with spring football behind them, every team has hope that 2014 is a year for a breakthrough or a surge for No. 1. And with a playoff at stake for the first time in FBS history, 2014 is sure to be memorable regardless of where teams finish.
But every team has to start somewhere. USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg counts down to the start of the college football season team by team from No. 128 to No. 1. Find every team here, in order:
No. 1: Florida State
No. 2: Alabama
No. 3: Oregon
No. 4: South Carolina
No. 5: UCLA
No. 6: Michigan State
No. 7: Stanford
No. 8: Baylor
No. 9: Auburn
No. 10: Oklahoma
No. 11: Ohio State
No. 12: LSU
No. 13: USC
No. 14: Georgia
No. 15: Clemson
No. 16: Nebraska
No. 17: Kansas State
No. 18: Notre Dame
No. 19: Iowa
No. 20: Marshall
No. 21: Wisconsin
No. 22: Florida
No. 23: Washington
No. 24: Duke
No. 25: Boise State
No. 26: Arizona
No. 27: North Carolina
No. 28: Texas Tech
No. 29: Louisville
No. 30: Central Florida
No. 31: Mississippi
No. 32: Virginia Tech
No. 33: Texas A&M
No. 34: BYU
No. 35: Michigan
No. 36: Bowling Green
No. 37: TCU
No. 38: Houston
No. 39: Northern Illinois
No. 40: Louisiana-Lafayette
No. 41: Mississippi State
No. 42: Northwestern
No. 43: Missouri
No. 44: Cincinnati
No. 45: Texas
No. 46: Utah State
No. 47: Arizona State
No. 48: Navy
No. 49: Miami (Fla.)
No. 50: Oklahoma State
No. 51: Fresno State
No. 52: Oregon State
No. 53: Toledo
No. 54: East Carolina
No. 55: Georgia Tech
No. 56: Penn State
No. 57: Ball State
No. 58: San Diego State
No. 59: Pittsburgh
No. 60: UTSA
No. 61: Washington State
No. 62: Rice
No. 63: Arkansas State
No. 64: Maryland
No. 65: North Texas
No. 66: Utah
No. 67: Minnesota
No. 68: Tennessee
No. 69: Indiana
No. 70: Middle Tennessee
No. 71: Ohio
No. 72: South Alabama
No. 73: Colorado State
No. 74: Vanderbilt
No. 75: Syracuse
No. 76: San Jose State
No. 77: Troy
No. 78: West Virginia
No. 79: Buffalo
No. 80: Louisiana Tech
No. 81: Boston College
No. 82: Nevada
No. 83: Tulsa
No. 84: Illinois
No. 85: Central Michigan
No. 86: Temple
No. 87: Louisiana-Monroe
No. 88: North Carolina State
No. 89: Arkansas
No. 90: Western Kentucky
No. 91: Texas State
No. 92: South Florida
No. 93: Connecticut
No. 94: Akron
No. 95: Virginia
No. 96: Memphis
No. 97: Florida Atlantic
No. 98: Rutgers
No. 99: Iowa State
No. 100: SMU
No. 101: Colorado
No. 102: Air Force
No. 103: Wyoming
No. 104: Kentucky
No. 105: Wake Forest
No. 106: Old Dominion
No. 107: Kent State
No. 108: Purdue
No. 109: Tulane
No. 110: New Mexico
No. 111: UNLV
No. 112: Kansas
No. 113: Southern Miss
No. 114: UTEP
No. 115: New Mexico State
No. 116: California
No. 117: Western Michigan
No. 118: Army
No. 119: Appalachian State
No. 120: UAB
No. 121: Idaho
No. 122: Miami (Ohio)
No. 123: Hawaii
No. 124: Georgia Southern
No. 125: Georgia State
No. 126: Eastern Michigan
No. 127: Florida International
No. 128: Massachusetts
