The 2020 NFL draft is more than eight months away, but our prep is in full swing. And that includes prioritizing which college football teams to watch this fall.

We’ll get around to watching most of them eventually, but it’s fun and productive to map out which programs will field the most talent this coming season. There’s a clear, runaway leader now for the must-watch program, at least in the eye of draftniks.

That would be — a stunner, we know — Alabama, which has a chance to break draft records next year with a slew of highly regarded prospects eligible to declare for the 2020 draft.

But the Crimson Tide are not the only college team chock full of NFL talent for next year’s draft.

We sorted the draft-eligible prospects on the radar now by schools and determined which programs offered the most overall bang for the buck. In some cases, schools were picked based on the most draft-worthy prospects; in others, we went with teams that featured high-end talents over great depth.

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Top 2020 prospects: QB Tua Tagovailoa, WR Jerry Jeudy, WR Henry Ruggs III, DL Raekwon Davis, LB Dylan Moses, S Xavier McKinney, EDGE Anfernee Jennings, EDGE Terrell Lewis, OL Alex Leatherwood, CB Trevon Diggs

This is a monster group, with perhaps as many as four top-10 possibilities. Nick Saban’s banner 2016 and 2017 recruiting classes have started to reach eligibility, and it’s a stunning collection of talent.

Tagovailoa is a possible top-overall selection, depending on how he comes back from last year’s late-season injury and how the draft order unfolds. Jeudy is one of our two favorite receivers in the entire class, and Ruggs’ rare field-stretching ability (he ran a 4.25 40-yard-dash at Alabama’s junior day) makes him a rise candidate.

View photos The WR-QB combination of wideout Jerry Jeudy (L) and Tua Tagovailoa (R) will be closely watched this season by NFL talent evaluators. (Getty Images) More

Davis, McKinney, Moses and Diggs all are among the top prospects at their respective positions. At this point last year, Quinnen Williams was fighting for a starting spot with the Tide, and he ended up the third overall selection; Davis enters this season with a higher profile than Williams had in the summer 2018.

The record for most picks by one school in a draft is 14 by Ohio State in 2004. This Bama team has a chance to best it. The 2004 Miami Hurricanes had six first-rounders. Don’t rule out Bama tying or surpassing that mark either.

“I think I am going to be writing up [reports on] 20 players at least when I go through there,” one Southeast scout told us last month.

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Top 2020 prospects: RB D'Andre Swift, QB Jake Fromm, OT Andrew Thomas, DT Tyler Clark, S J.R. Reed, OL Ben Cleveland, OL Solomon Kindley, LB Monty Rice, TE Charlie Woerner

Swift has a chance to be RB1 in this class, and Thomas could emerge as OT1 in what appears to be a very strong group at that position. More and more talented backs leave school early to prevent getting worn down in college and start the clock on their earning power. Plus, UGA has been a factory for talented backs (Sony Michel, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley) in recent years.

How good is Fromm? Well, he has first-round potential given his performance in high-profile settings. But he also is not the most physically gifted athlete either, coming in on the short side (a shade over 6-foot) and lacking rare arm talent. But with a big season, it’s hard to imagine Fromm sliding a whole lot next year.

After that, the Bulldogs have a good crop of talent — especially on defense and on a good, young offensive line. They’ve had seven and six draft picks the past two years, respectively, and could come in north of that in 2020.

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