Before we start this, you should know something -- if you already do not. I suspect you might.I picked Auburn to make the College Football Playoff last year.I was one of the many members of the media who bought into the Jeremy Johnson hype, the new defensive coordinator (Muschamp!) and those stellar recruiting classes and decided that, yes, the Tigers coming off an 8-5 season in 2014 would indeed be one of the four best teams in the country in 2015.Auburn started the season ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 , and then finished it 7-6.So, yeah, not great.The 2016 AP preseason poll was unveiled Sunday and the majority of the voters, many no doubt still stinging from Auburn, took the safe route and declared defending national champion Alabama No. 1. No team in the top 10 had less than nine victories last season.Now it is time to put that Auburn debacle behind me and try to have a little fun forecasting the coming college football season. Part of what makes predictions fun is taking a flyer on a dark horse or two. Maybe even picking against Alabama again. And unlike Tigers coach Gus Malzahn, Auburns rotten season did not put me on the hot seat with my bosses.Though I know some of you are keeping score.1) Three unranked teams most likely to be ranked at end of the season.Nebraska, Boise State, Miami.2) Three ranked teams most likely to be unranked at the end of the season.No. 23 Baylor, No. 20 Southern California, No. 11 Mississippi.3) Top-10 team most likely to pull an Auburn-esque flop?No. 5 LSU. The Tigers look loaded, but poor quarterback play can doom a season. Brandon Harris completed 54 percent of his passes last year. When the ship goes off course in the SEC West it is very hard to avoid the rocks -- especially when the rumors start swirling about the head coach getting fired. A lot riding on this season for Les Miles. No. 8 Stanford is the second choice here and No. 3 Oklahoma has a recent history of flopping when starting highly ranked.4) Team outside the top 10 most likely to make the playoff.No. 15 UCLA. The Bruins have the most talented quarterback in the country outside of Clemson in Josh Rosen and a defense that could start eight seniors and two juniors. UCLA edges out No. 13 TCU in this category.5) Conference championsAtlantic Coast ConferenceAtlantic: Florida StateCoastal: MiamiChampion: Florida StateBig TenEast: Ohio StateWest: NebraskaChampion: Ohio StateBig 12Champion: TCUPac-12North: OregonSouth: UCLAChampion: UCLASoutheastern ConferenceEast: TennesseeWest: AlabamaChampion: AlabamaAmerican Athletic ConferenceEast: USFWest: HoustonChampion: USFConference USAEast: Western KentuckyWest: Southern MissChampion: Southern MissMid-American ConferenceEast: OhioWest: Western MichiganChampion: Western MichiganMountain WestMountain: Boise StateWest: NevadaChampion: Boise StateSun BeltChampion: Appalachian State6) New Years SixRose BowlOregon vs. MichiganSugar BowlLSU vs. TCUCotton BowlNotre Dame vs. USFOrange BowlClemson vs. TennesseePLAYOFFFiesta BowlOhio State vs. AlabamaPeach BowlFlorida State vs. UCLANational championshipFlorida State vs. AlabamaNATIONAL CHAMPIONFlorida StateEXTRA POINTHeisman Trophy finalists: Dalvin Cook, Leonard Fournette, Deshaun Watson, Josh Rosen.Winner: Watson.---Follow Ralph D. 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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Five Russian race walkers have been suspended for four years after testing positive for EPO.The sanctions were announced Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.The five, including 2013 world championship silver medalist Mikhail Ryzhov, all tested positive for blood-boosting EPO in June 2015 at Russias national training center in Saransk.Also suspended were former European championship medalist Ivan Noskov, Elmira Alembekova, Vera Sokolova and Ivan Noskov.The sanctions were handled by CAS because the Russian traack and field federation is currently suspended.ddddddddddddA World Anti-Doping Agency investigation last year found that athletes and coaches had tried to obstruct drug testers from collecting samples during the out-of-competition controls that caught the five. The Saransk center was then under the control of coach Viktor Chegin, who was banned for life in March. More than 25 of his athletes have failed drug tests. 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