... for a couple of reasons. First, it gives the coaching staff time to evaluate where their team is at and get their players ready.

But it's also primetime recruiting season, with unofficial visits and camps leading toward the majority of commitments throughout the year. 

A commitment isn't set in stone though, nothing is until the ink touches paper on National Signing Day. 

It adds an extra level of pressure for the upcoming season as success or failure on the field will have a direct correlation between success and failure signing recruits. 

Here are the top 10 programs whose 2010 seasons will do a lot of damage to their 2011 recruiting classes. 

Bleacher Report - College Football