Posted February 7, 20232 yr Moderator ESPN's (Pay Wall) Bill Connelly has ranked the returning production on both offense and defense for the 133 FBS teams playing ball in 2023. These rankings reflect incoming transfers from FBS programs but not FCS or lower programs. Accordingly, Oregon receives no credit for the valued OL player transferring in from Rhode Island. Pac-12 RANKINGS: 14. USC - 76% 16. UTAH - 76% [No explanation as to why teams with an equal percentage of returnees are ranked one above the other] 22. WASHINGTON - 73% 44. CAL - 68% 53. OREGON STATE - 65% 54. OREGON - 65% 59. UCLA - 64% 78. WASHINGTON STATE - 62% 90. ARIZONA - 57% 93 - COLORADO - 57% 109 - ASU - 53% 129- STANFORD - 53% #1 is FLORIDA STATE - 87% (FWIW, I expect FSU to lose its opening game to LSU.) USUAL PLAYOFF SUSPECTS - 5. MICHIGAN - 81% 7. A+M - 80% 19. TEXAS - 74% 36. CLEMSON - 69% 48. OHIO STATE - 65% 80. GEORGIA - 61% 125. ALABAMA - 40% Out-of-Conference Oregon foe TEXAS TECH is ranked 64. 64% in returning production. Connelly lists 8 teams on the rise including USC, UTAH, and WASHINGTON. Connelly's SP+ Rankings will be released next week and I expect Georgia, ranked 80 in returning production to be SP+ #1. Connelly does have both ALABAMA and TCU among his five teams expected to regress. No Pac-12 teams are expected to regress. As Connelly notes his SP+ Rankings are an indicator of success; returning production does not directly correlate to wins. Edited February 7, 20232 yr by Jon Joseph
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