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Oregon Football Ranks Top 3: Highest Preseason Expectations This Decade

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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.

 

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EUGENE - College football analytics powerhouse Kelley Ford (@KFordRatings on X) released their first 2024 rankings and Oregon fans should be excited to see the

 

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Here's the latest Top 25 from ESPN's Football Power Index:

  1. Georgia
  2. Oregon
  3. Texas
  4. Ohio State
  5. Alabama
  6. Penn State
  7. Notre Dame
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Tennessee
  10. Missouri
  11. Florida State
  12. Michigan
  13. LSU
  14. Texas A&M
  15. Clemson
  16. Ole Miss
  17. Kansas
  18. USC
  19. Auburn
  20. Florida
  21. Louisville
  22. Kansas State
  23. Miami
  1. Arizona
  2. SMU

 

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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.

 

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The first FPI for the 2024 season is out, and ESPN's college football reporters are here to break it down.

 

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