... football writers all shook up with their No.3 AP ranking. 21 returning starters from an undefeated season and win over 2010's Pac-10 favorite, Oregon, cements them as a national title contender.

However, there are other mid-major schools that can make some noise on the national scene before Utah is the first exile into the new Pac-12. Non-BCS success has been a trend since 2005 when an Alex Smith and Urban Meyer-led Utah Utes won the Fiesta Bowl against overrated Big East champ, Pittsburgh. Since then, six at-large teams have crashed the BCS party and gone 4-2 (one-trick pony Hawaii's loss to Georgia and TCU's defeat at fellow mid-major Boise St. the exceptions).

Watch out for these under-the-radar teams to earn top 25 rankings and brea...

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