With the 2019 season in the books and attention being turned toward spring practice ahead of the 2020 college football campaign, you have seen plenty way-too-early top 25 lists aimed at setting the stage for the forthcoming talking season.

What follows below are six teams consider on the cusp of that top 25. One is a Group of Five challenger. One is a fast-rising Pac-12 squad. Three are from the Big 12.

All of them return their starting quarterbacks. That's sort of the starting point in considering talented returning teams.

Don't think of them as wannabes. Think of them as almost-theres. In alphabetical order, here are six teams that should be on the cusp of the top 25 once the 2020 season begins eight months from now.