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Overview: Athlon is similar to Lindy's preview, though lighter on feature articles. The page count has again decreased (232 in 2005, 224 in 2006, 208 in 2007, 200 this year), however most of the pages eliminated in the biggest cut (16 pages 2006 to 2007) were pages of ads. Athlon is one of the earliest magazines available, but appears to manage the feat by not accounting for spring football results. Athlon's "prediction accuracy" is above best of all magazines over the last three years.

Per-team information: all 119 I-A teams get a full page of coverage. The bulk of each team's page is a discussion of prospects for the coming year, mostly mentioning players lost from the previous year and returning starters. The discussion covers mostly players lost and starters who were known quantities the previous year. There is a projected two-deep with returning starters marked. Schedule, previous year's results, and previous year's statistical rankings are given.

Per-conference information: All conferences get a full page of coverage, with a two-deep all-conference list, unit rankings, and a predicted order of finish (without commentary).

National information: three teams' worth of all-America picks with a one-line comment on each member of the first team; ten-deep "best units" list, of which places 1-5 get a short discussion; a complete ranking of all 119 I-A teams.

Recap (previous year) information: previous year's schedule, results, and statistical standings, listed on each team's page.

Division I-AA information: None, other than I-AA team schedules in the schedules section.

Miscellaneous: There are 5 pages of recruiting info. It includes a list of the recruiting classes by conference, the top 20 recruits in each conference, and the top 100 recruits overall.