Top 25 teams and games — No. 18 BYU Cougars

<p><B>No. 18 BYU</B></p><p><B>The buzz:</B> BYU enters the 2008 season with its eye on a potential BCS bowl game berth. The Cougars enter the season with confidence, having won 10 straight including a Las Vegas Bowl win over UCLA. They have most of their offensive stars back as well as All-American candidate Jan Jorgensen at defensive end.</p><p><B>Difference-maker:</B> Junior defensive end Jan Jorgensen led the MWC and ranked 12th nationally with 20 tackles for a combined loss of 115 yards last season. He also led the MWC with 14 sacks and is on several preseason watch lists including the Lott Trophy.</p><p><B>The upside:</B> The Cougars will return junior quarterback Max Hall, an Arizona State transfer who threw for 3,848 yards and 26 touchdowns a year ago as well as leading rusher Harvey Unga, who rushed for 1,227 yards and 13 TDs last year as a freshman.</p><p><B>The downside:</B> The Cougars will be shuffling their linebackers to replace Kelly Poppinga and Bryan Kehl. Poppinga and Kehl were the Cougars top two tacklers a year ago with 113 and 91 tackles, respectively.</p><p><B>Schedule factor:</B> BYU shouldn't have many problems with a relatively light MWC schedule. However, nonconference games at Washington (Sept. 6) and at home against UCLA (Sept. 13) should provide the Cougars with a challenge.</p><p><B>Game No. 18 — Missouri at Texas</B></p><p><b>Where:</b> Texas Memorial Stadium</p><p><b>When:</b> Oct. 18</p><p><b>Why it's sexy:</b> Features two of college football's most recognizable quarterbacks in Missouri's Chase Daniel and Texas' Colt McCoy.</p><p><b>Preseason buzz:</b> Will Muschamp had plenty of success slowly down offenses in the SEC. Now, Texas' new defensive coordinator will get a chance to try to stop one of the Big 12's top offenses in Missouri. The game comes a tough time for Texas — one week after it hosts Oklahoma.</p>