College football analyst Paul Finebaum said it best this week when asked how he is coping with the pandemic sweeping the country, forcing all collegiate sports to a screeching halt for the spring semester and foreseeable future. He, like the rest of us, are struggling with the unknown and said he noticed avid callers and fans of the show rapidly changing emotionally, bordering on the edge of panic.

"I’m not going to let somebody say, ‘Well, sports don’t matter.’ Sports do matter," Finebaum told The Knoxville News-Sentinel this week. "They matter a lot. I really for the first time in my life, felt like the world was coming to an end. It was somewhat maddening.”

The good news is, college football's fall slate has not been altered despite spring practice feeling the brunt of "social distancing" nationwide. And we still have nearly five months before preseason camp is scheduled to begin, which might be the first time many programs have huddled together since early spring.

This time time of year is often reserved for way-too-early polls and rankings, so let's stay positive and continue down that lane. NCAA.com updated its college football preseason Top 25 ahead of the 2020 season this week with a few surprises inside the rankings: