Every Twitter account you need to follow for the 2016 season.
The 2016 college football season starts on Thursday, Sept. 1 and concludes in early January with the national championship in Tampa, Fla. With kickoff right around the corner, it’s time to fill up your Twitter timelines with information on all of the teams, players, coaches and latest news.
To help you prepare for the 2016 season, Athlon Sports has compiled the best Twitter guide on the web. Here are 700 (and plenty more) Twitter accounts you need to follow to get the best information this year. We hope we covered it all here, but if we missed anyone that needs to be on this list, let us know via Twitter: @AthlonSteven
Twitter Accounts Every CFB Should Follow in 2016
National Media
| Affiliation | Writers | Account |
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Athlon Sports
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Mitch Light Steven Lassan Jasmine Watkins David Fox Rich McVey Mark Ross John Gworek Braden Gall |
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ESPN (@ESPNCFB) |
Brett McMurphy Heather Dinich Adam Rittenberg Paul Finebaum Kirk Herbstreit Chris Fowler Rece Davis Ivan Maisel Travis Haney Mark Schlabach Gene Wojciechowski Brad Edwards Danny Kanell Chris Low Mitch Sherman Bomani Jones Todd Blackledge Darren Rovell Chris Fallica Ryan McGee Holly Rowe Tom Luginbill Anthony Becht Sam Ponder Desmond Howard |
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| Yahoo Sports |
Dr. Saturday Blog Graham Watson Nick Bromberg Sam Cooper Dan Wetzel Pat Forde Charles Robinson |
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Sports Illustrated |
Campus Rush Pete Thamel Andy Staples Lindsay Schnell Brian Hamilton Chris Johnson Gabriel Baumgaertner Colin Becht Richard Deitsch Joan Niesen |
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SB Nation |
Bill Connelly Steven Godfrey Jason Kirk Spencer Hall Dan Rubenstein
Ryan Nanni Brian Floyd Ian Boyd |
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| USA Today |
Dan Wolken Nicole Auerbach George Schroeder Paul Myerberg |
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| Sports On Earth | Matt Brown | @MattBrownCFB |
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Fox Sports |
Bruce Feldman Stewart Mandel Clay Travis Teddy Mitrosilis Robert Smith Joel Klatt Tim Brando |
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CBS Sports |
Dennis Dodd Jon Solomon Tom Fornelli Chip Patterson Ben Kercheval Robby Kalland Jerry Palm |
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| NBC Sports |
College Football Talk Kevin McGuire Keith Arnold |
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Bleacher Report (@BR_CFB) |
Barrett Sallee Michael Felder Adam Kramer Matt Hayes Ben Axelrod |
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| CFB Playoff | @CFBPlayoff | |
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Associated Press |
Ralph D. Russo | @RalphDRussoAP |
| CFB Matrix | Dave Bartoo | @CFBMatrix |
| Coaching News |
Football Scoop Coaching Search Coaches Almanac Chris Vannini |
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| Orlando Sentinel | Matt Murschel | @OSMattMurschel |
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NFL.com (@NFL_CFB) |
Chase Goodbread Gil Brandt Lance Zierlein Daniel Jeremiah |
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Sporting News
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Bill Bender
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| CFB Huddle |
Kyle Kensing |
@CFBHuddle |
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CFB News |
Rich Cirminiello Russ Mitchell Pete Fiutak |
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| Uproxx | Martin Rickman | @MartinRickman |
| Today's U |
Matt Zemek |
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| @RedditCFB | ||
| CFB Stats |
Sport Source Analytics ESPN Stats College FB Reference |
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| CFB Schedules | FBSchedules.com | @FBSchedules |
| Recruiting |
ESPN - Jeremy Crabtree ESPN - Tom Luginbill ESPN - Tom VanHaaren SB Nation Recruiting 247Sports - Keith Niebuhr 247Sports - Barton Simmons 247Sports - JC Shurburtt Rivals - Mike Farrell Scout - Brandon Huffman Ryan Wright |
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| Uniform Info | ||
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Pro Football Focus |
Steve Palazzolo | @PFF_Steve |
| College Fantasy |
Joe DiSalvo Mike Bainbridge |
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| FCS |
Craig Haley Brian McLaughlin |
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| National Follows |
Bryan Fischer Emory Hunt Chris B. Brown Matt Hinton Jim Weber John Walters Zach Barnett Doug Samuels Tyler Garret Smith Campus Insiders Brian Fremeau Pick Six Previews Todd Fuhrman The Student Section The Comeback Chris Dufresne Mark Blaudschun Herb Gould Andrew Doughty The Big Lead CFB Film Room Elika Sadeghi Patrick Stevens Fake Bo Pelini J.P. Scott Chris Huston |
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| Radio |
Sirius XM College Sports Chris Childers IMG Audio Bill King |
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| Senior Bowl |
Phil Savage Patrick Woo |
ACC: @theACCfootball
| Affiliation | Writers | Account |
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ESPN ACC Blog |
Andrea Adelson David Hale Jared Shanker Matt Fortuna |
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| ACC Sports Journal | ||
| Daily Press |
David Teel Norm Wood |
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| NewsObserver.com | ||
| ACC Football News | @ACCFootballNews | |
| News and Record | Brant Wilkerson-New | @BrantGNR |
| WRALSportsFan.com |
Joe Ovies Lauren Brownlow |
| Team | Official Account | Media Follows |
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Boston College
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@BCFootball | |
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Clemson
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Duke
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@Duke_FB | |
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Florida State
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@FSU_Football | |
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Georgia Tech
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@GeorgiaTechFB | |
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Louisville
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@UofLFootball | |
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Miami
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@CanesFootball | |
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North Carolina
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@TarHeelFootball | |
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NC State
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@PackFootball | |
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Pitt
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@Pitt_FB | |
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Syracuse
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@CuseFootball | |
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Virginia
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@UVa_Football | |
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Virginia Tech
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@VT_Football | |
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Wake Forest
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@WakeFB |
Big 12: @Big12Conference
| Affiliation | Writers | Account |
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ESPN Big 12 Blog |
Jake Trotter Max Olson Brandon Chatmon |
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Sports on Earth/ Freelance Writer |
David Ubben | @davidubben |
| Dallas Morning News | Chuck Carlton | @ChuckCarltonDMN |
| The Oklahoman | Berry Tramel | |
| San Antonio Express-News | Tim Griffin | @TimGriffinBig12 |
| LandGrant Gauntlet | @the_LGG |
| Team | Official Account | Media Follows |
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Baylor
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@BUFootball | |
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Iowa State
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@CycloneFB | |
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Kansas
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@KU_Football | |
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Kansas State
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@KStateFB | |
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Oklahoma
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@OU_Football | |
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Oklahoma State
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@CowboyFB | |
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TCU
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@TCUFootball | |
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Texas
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@Longhorn_FB | |
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Texas Tech
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@TexasTechFB | |
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West Virginia
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@WVUFootball |
Big Ten: (@B1GFootball)
| Affiliation | Writers | Account |
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ESPN Big Ten Blog |
Brian Bennett Austin Ward Josh Moyer Dan Murphy Jesse Temple |
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Big Ten Network |
Brent Yarina Tom Dienhart Gerry DiNardo Sean Merriman Dave Revsine Howard Griffith Mike Hall |
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| Chicago Tribune | Teddy Greenstein | @TeddyGreenstein |
| Chicago Sun-Times | Steve Greenberg | @SLGreenberg |
| Saturday Tradition | @Tradition | |
| Land of 10 |
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| Team | Official Account | Media Follows |
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Indiana
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@HoosierFootball | |
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Illinois
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@IlliniFootball | |
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Iowa
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@HawkeyeFootball | |
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Maryland
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@TerpsFootball | |
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Michigan
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@UMichFootball | |
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Michigan State
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@MSU_Football | |
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Minnesota
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@GopherFootball | |
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Nebraska
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@HuskerFBNation | |
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Northwestern
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@NUFBFamily | |
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Ohio State
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@OhioStFB | |
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Penn State
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@PennStateFball | |
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Purdue
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@BoilerFootball | |
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Rutgers
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@RFootball | |
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Wisconsin
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@BadgerFootball |
Pac-12: (@Pac12)
| Affiliation | Writers | Account |
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ESPN Pac-12 Blog |
Kevin Gemmell Ted Miller Chantel Jennings Kyle Bonagura David Lombardi |
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Pac-12 Network |
Yogi Roth Michael Yam Ashley Adamson Matt Leinart |
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| San Jose Mercury News | Jon Wilner | @WilnerHotline |
| Los Angeles Times | Lindsey Thiry | @LindseyThiry |
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Pacific Takes |
Avinash Kunnath Jack Follman |
| Team | Official Account | Media Follows |
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Arizona
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@ArizonaFBall | |
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Arizona State
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@FootballASU | |
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California
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@CalFootball | |
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Colorado
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@RunRalphieRun | |
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Oregon
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@WinTheDay | |
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Oregon State
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@BeaverFootball | |
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Stanford
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@StanfordFBall | |
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UCLA
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@UCLAFootball | |
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USC
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@USC_Athletics | |
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Utah
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@Utah_Football | |
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Washington
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@UW_Football | |
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Washington State
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@WSUCougFB |
SEC: (@SEC)
| Affiliation | Account | |
| SEC Commissioner | Greg Sankey | @GregSankey |
| SEC Communications Director | Chuck Dunlap | @SEC_Chuck |
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ESPN SEC Blog |
Alex Scarborough Edward Aschoff David Ching Greg Ostendorf Sam Khan |
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| SEC Network |
Tony Barnhart Dari Nowkhah Cole Cubelic Peter Burns |
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| SEC Logo | @SEC_Logo | |
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SEC Country |
Christopher Smith Alex Martin Smith Ken Bradley Shehan Jeyarajah |
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| SB Nation | Brandon Larrabee | @TeamSpeedKills |
| David Wunderlich | @Year2 | |
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247Sports |
Brad Crawford | @BCrawford247 |
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Saturday Down South (@SDS) |
Jon Cooper Tyler Waddell Michael Bratton John Crist Chris Wright |
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| AL.com |
Matt Scalici Kevin Scarbinsky |
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| Southern Pigskin | Matt Smith | @MattSmithCFB |
| Sports Radio WNML | Josh Ward | @Josh_Ward |
| Gridiron Now |
Chad Neipling Mike Huguenin Jimmy Hyams Frank Frangie Chadd Scott Rachel Baribeau T.J. Moe |
| Team | Official Account | Media Follows |
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Alabama
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@AlabamaFTBL | |
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Arkansas
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@RazorbackFB | |
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Auburn
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@FootballAU | |
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Florida
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@GatorsFB | |
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Georgia
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@FootballUGA | |
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Kentucky
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@UKFootball | |
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LSU
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@LSUfootball | |
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Missouri
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@MizzouFootball | |
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Mississippi State
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@HailStateFB | |
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Ole Miss
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@OleMissFB | |
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South Carolina
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@GamecockFB | |
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Tennessee
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@Vol_Football | |
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Texas A&M
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@AggieFootball | |
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Vanderbilt
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@VandyFootball |
Independents/Group of 5 Follows
| Team | Official Account | Media Follows |
| Notre Dame | @NDFootball | |
| BYU | @BYUfootball | |
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Group of 5 Conferences |
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| Boise State | @BroncoSportsFB | |
| Houston | @UHCougarFB | @Joseph_Duarte |
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Mountain West Connection |
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| Hustle Belt | @HustleBelt |
