The 2016 Pitt football season begins one month from today and camp officially opens on Monday. It’s yet to be seen how good the Panthers will be, but one national writer believes they’ll be one of the top 25 teams in the country.
Long-time national football writer Stewart Mandel from Fox Sports released his preseason Top 25 rankings and it included Pitt. Mandel has Pat Narduzzi’s team ranked at #25.

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Here is Mandel’s complete rankings:
25) Pitt
24) Florida
23) Oklahoma State
22) Texas A&M
21) North Carolina
20) Houston
19) Michigan State
18) Ole Miss
17) Utah
16) Washington State
15) Iowa
14) UCLA
13) Washington
12) Notre Dame
11) Stanford
10) Louisville
9) Tennessee
8) Michigan
7) Ohio State
6) TCU
5) Oklahoma
4) LSU
3) Clemson
2) Florida State
1) Alabama
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