After getting humbled in the 2010 national title game, the City College of San Francisco Rams top the 2011 JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 preseason rankings. In the six years of the rankings, San Francisco has never finished out of the top-30 at the end of the season, with five finishes in the top eight in the country.

I know that many will say, what about Mt. SAC? After all, the Mounties have won the past two national titles, and appear to be locked and loaded once again in 2011. That is a very valid point, but we aren't like the other organizations that just anoint the previous champion as the preseason No. 1. The Mounties come in at No. 3, and largely because they have not decided on a guy under center.

To learn more about the Top 10 click here -- JCGridiron.com Top 10

(No. 4 Northwest Mississippi Community College)
Call it a hunch, but we believe Northwest is primed to make a run at a Mississippi state title after being snubbed from the bowl picture a season ago when they finished 9-1 and No. 10 in the Dirty 30 rankings.

Quarterbacks are a key to the success of many national champions in the past and the Rangers broke the bank during the offseason in landing a standout transfer.

The defense has one of the better looking defensive end prospects in the nation in Brandon Timmons and Bakari Trotter made the transition from offense to defense during the offseason, and is one of the better looking safety prospects in the nation.

Northwest will kickoff the 2011 season on Thursday, Sept. 1 against Pearl River in Senatobia.