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Champion Gators claim top spot in early look at 2009 Top 25

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Thursday, January 8, 2009

The 2008 college football season ended less than 24 hours ago. But it's never too early to take a look at 2009, so here's the way-too-early Top 25 for the upcoming season. Once again, some very familiar names are at the top. 1. Florida Gators Don't be surprised to see the Gators go wire-to-wire at No. 1 in 2009. Florida might return as many as 10 starters on defense (star junior linebacker Brandon Spikes is expected to enter the NFL draft), and much of its firepower on offense will be back, ...

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