This will be abbreviated.  I had written a horribly long preview and... well that's just not easy consuption for a blog so I killed the poor piece.  My fingers are now swearing revenge and years of arthritis as payback for wasting their time.

What I can do is put together a quick list of names from that which disappeared into the electronic ether.

ACC---Miami.  Should have the nation's best defense and enough offense to outlast everyone else in the offensively-challenged ACC.  Florida State will stumble a few times, making Clemson the Atlantic Division champs.  They're good, but not good enough to unseat Miami in the title game.

Big East---Louisville.  Squandered away last year's great opportunity and choked away a 24-7 second half lead against West Virginia.  The Cardinals quietly added a handful of offensive and defensive transfers plus loudly welcomed back Heisman candidates Bush and Brohm.  Will win the revenge game against West Virginia.

Big Ten---Ohio State.  There will be a fantastic race for the Big Ten crown this year.  The Buckeyes are far from a guarantee, and the conference's midlevel teams (Penn State, Michigan State, Northwestern, Wisconsin) are all capable of playing spoiler to favorites Ohio State, Michigan and Iowa.

Big 12---Texas.  If this were a more competitive year within the conference I'd go with someone else.  Freshman quarterbacks are trouble if you're trying to go undefeated but the conference is down enough that nobody doubts Texas can do it.  Oklahoma or a surprise, completely impossible to predict upset are the only hurdles in the Longhorns' conference path.

Pac-10---California.  USC has to lose somewhere, and I don't see them losing to Arkansas or Nebraska.  They'll be at home against Notre Dame and should have a little payback in mind after the Irish did everything but resurrect the bones of poor Knute Rockne before last year's game.  That leaves California, set to roll through the rest of the conference assuming their quarterback plays well.  The only other worrisome game for the Bears is against Oregon, who nearly upset them in 2004 and came away with a 27-20 overtime victory last year.

SEC---Auburn.  The Auburn/LSU winner inevitably is the Western Division champ, and I'm going with Auburn.  Out East, Florida should have just enough to get by Georgia and Tennessee.  I see Auburn victorious over the Gators in the SEC title game.