NJDuck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted June 2 The Oregon Ducks rank as the No. 3 team in college football, with the expectations that the Ducks will be 27 points per game better than the average FBS team. Oregon Football Ranks Top 3: Highest Preseason Expectations This Decade WWW.SI.COM EUGENE - College football analytics powerhouse Kelley Ford (@KFordRatings on X) released their first 2024 rankings and Oregon fans should be excited to see the 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven A Moderator No. 2 Share Posted June 2 Here's the latest Top 25 from ESPN's Football Power Index: Georgia Oregon Texas Ohio State Alabama Penn State Notre Dame Oklahoma Tennessee Missouri Florida State Michigan LSU Texas A&M Clemson Ole Miss Kansas USC Auburn Florida Louisville Kansas State Miami Arizona SMU Hopefully not AI 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 3 Share Posted June 2 What in the name of Cheech and Choong was the FPI algorithms smoking? 5 SEC teams in the playoff field could certainly happen. However, Oklahoma and Tennessee are in. LSU, Ole Miss, and Missouri are out? This by far, is the worst preseason ranking I have seen for Ole Miss and the highest that I have seen for Oklahoma. Oklahoma plays Auburn, Ole Miss, Missouri, and LSU on the road and Texas in Dallas. Tennessee and Alabama visit Oklahoma. Oklahoma has a QB whose only start was in a bowl loss to Arizona where the young man threw for over 300 yards but also threw 3 picks. Every OL starter in the bowl game is gone. BTW, where is Utah? The other ESPN computer, Bill Connolly's SP+ is a more accurate predictor of future results. Bill has four SEC teams in the playoff field, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and Ole Miss. Bill also has four B1G teams in the field, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, and Penn State. The ACC's SEC would be the 3-seed with Utah being the 4th-seed. Georgia is No. 1 in the FPI and SP+ which I understand. IMO, the FPI rankings of the SEC are off-the-wall. Thanks for the post. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 4 Share Posted June 3 Football Power Index - Which college teams are undervalued? - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The first FPI for the 2024 season is out, and ESPN's college football reporters are here to break it down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
