College Football 2014: Power Ranking The Top 20 Quarterbacks

The quarterback, along with the center, is the only player on the football field who touches the ball on every play. In the NFL, according to Forbes.com, the quarterback gets paid the most money. Even mediocre professional quarterbacks retire as millionaires. Through high school football, typically the best player and best athlete plays quarterback. The quarterback is the inherent leader of the offense, and the spokesman for the team.

In effect, it is no coincidence that the best quarterbacks play for the best teams. In other words, the teams that will compete for a spot in the first college football playoffs will all have top-notch quarterback play.

The following list will look at the 20 best quarterbacks in the FBS level of college football for the 2014 season. It will begin with the 20th best and work its way down to No. 1. The criteria for this list is not only who are the most inherently talented quarterbacks in the country, but also who will be most valuable to his team. This does not mean the quarterback in question has to play on a team destined to win its conference, but it certainly wouldn't hurt. Moreover, even the casual reader will quickly notice that if one compiles a list of the top 20 teams in the country heading into the 2014 season, many of these quarterbacks have a spot on those respective teams' rosters.

Lastly, Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller would have made the list, but he is been withheld, because he will not compete this season due to injury.