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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Holden veteran Craig Lowndes believes hes firmly still in the hunt for this years Supercars championship as he prepares for an unprecedented 600th career race.At the Sydney SuperSprint event this weekend, the 42-year-old will become the first man to start 600 races, adding another milestone to his impressive career.But its winning a fourth championship which continues to spur on the Team Vortex driver, with the last title for Lowndes coming way back in 1999.Lowndes heads into the Sydney Motorsport Park round fourth on the championship standings behind stablemates Jamie Whincup and Shane Van Gisbergen as well as Fords Mark Winterbottom.A mere 150 points separates all four drivers heading into this weekend and Lowndes says hes far from finished in his quest for the title.Were not too far behind and this is the last round before we get into the endurance season, Lowndes told AAP.Were looking forward to having a strong weekend this weekend but you never know until you get out of the backside of the Gold Coast whether youre in or out of the championship.Well keep fighting. 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