The 2014 college football season kicks off on Aug. 27 and concludes in Dallas with the first four-team playoff in the FBS ranks on January 12, 2015. Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming college football season, Athlon Sports has already released its projected rankings, predictions for all 10 leagues and all-conference teams for 2014.

With the predictions and all-conference teams released, it’s time to take a look at the best players in the nation.

Athlon Sports continues its countdown to 2014 with our first, second, third and fourth All-America teams.

An important note on the All-America teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2014. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2014 All-America and all-conference teams are largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.



Athlon's 2014 All-Conference Teams: ACC | American Athletic | Big 12 | Big Ten | C-USA | MAC | MW | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt



Athlon Sports 2014 All-America Team

First-Team Offense Second-Team Offense Third-Team Offense Fourth-Team Offense QB Jameis Winston

Florida State Marcus Mariota

Oregon Braxton Miller

Ohio State Bryce Petty

Baylor RB Melvin Gordon

Wisconsin Ameer Abdullah

Nebraska Mike Davis

South Carolina Karlos Williams

Florida State RB Todd Gurley

Georgia T.J. Yeldon

Alabama Duke Johnson

Miami Jeremy Langford

Michigan State WR Nelson Agholor

USC Antwan Goodley

Baylor Tyler Boyd

Pittsburgh DeVante Parker

Louisville WR Amari Cooper

Alabama Rashad Greene

Florida State Laquon Treadwell

Ole Miss Jaelen Strong

Arizona State TE Nick O'Leary

Florida State O.J. Howard

Alabama Jeff Heuerman

Ohio State Ben Koyack

Notre Dame C Hroniss Grasu

Oregon Reese Dismukes

Auburn B.J. Finney

Kansas State Isaac Seumalo

Oregon State G A.J. Cann

South Carolina Josue Matias

Florida State Alex Kozan

Auburn Shaquille Mason

Georgia Tech G Tre' Jackson

Florida State Laken Tomlinson

Duke Quinton Spain

West Virginia Max Tuerk (C)

USC T Cameron Erving

Florida State Cedric Ogbuehi

Texas A&M La'el Collins

LSU Le'Raven Clark

Texas Tech T Andrus Peat

Stanford Brandon Scherff

Iowa Laremy Tunsil

Ole Miss Spencer Drango

Baylor AP Tyler Lockett

Kansas State Stefon Diggs

Maryland Derrick Henry

Alabama Jamison Crowder

Duke

First-Team Defense Second-Team Defense Third-Team Defense Fourth-Team Defense DE Vic Beasley

Clemson Shilique Calhoun

Michigan State Mario Edwards

Florida State Joey Bosa

Ohio State DE Leonard Williams

USC Randy Gregory

Nebraska Ryan Mueller

Kansas State A'Shawn Robinson

Alabama DT Michael Bennett

Ohio State Luther Maddy

Virginia Tech Malcom Brown

Texas Carl Davis

Iowa DT Chris Jones

Mississippi State Robert Nkemdiche

Ole Miss Danny Shelton

Washington Cedric Reed (DE)

Texas LB Myles Jack

UCLA Trey DePriest

Alabama Eric Kendricks

UCLA Leonard Floyd

Georgia LB Shaq Thompson

Washington A.J. Johnson

Tennessee Hayes Pullard

USC Jake Ryan

Michigan LB Ramik Wilson

Georgia Eric Striker

Oklahoma Jaylon Smith

Notre Dame Denzel Perryman

Miami CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu

Oregon Quandre Diggs

Texas Tre'Davious White

LSU KeiVarae Russell

Notre Dame CB Vernon Hargreaves

Florida Kendall Fuller

Virginia Tech P.J. Williams

Florida State Trae Waynes

Michigan State S Landon Collins

Alabama Anthony Harris

Virginia Kurtis Drummond

Michigan State Sam Carter

TCU S Jalen Ramsey

Florida State Cody Prewitt

Ole Miss Derron Smith

Fresno State Jordan Richards

Stanford

First-Team Specialists Second-Team Specialists Third-Team Specialists Fourth-Team Specialists K Roberto Aguayo

Florida State Marshall Morgan

Georgia Marvin Kloss

USF Andy Phillips

Utah P Mike Sadler

Michigan State Drew Kaser

Texas A&M Cameron Johnston

Ohio State A.J. Hughes

Virginia Tech KR Ty Montgomery

Stanford Carlos Wiggins

New Mexico Kermit Whitfield

Florida State DeVon Edwards

Duke PR Ryan Switzer

North Carolina Jamison Crowder

Duke Nelson Agholor

USC Venric Mark

Northwestern

Conference Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 All-America Team