haven't done massive amount of work yet, but thought i'd start something like this:
teams to improve (some are obvious... some are simply confidence in a 2nd year coach who had a rough 1st year... some can't help but get better):
california, colorado, central michigan, southern mississippi, tulsa, FIU, virginia, USF, kansas, miss state
deteriorating teams (similar incomplete logic):
buffalo, fresno state, stanford, rice, UCF, wake forest, sjsu, ASU, OK State
like i said, just combo of a bunch of things i look at (lots of personal stuff i look at plus some stuff on returning starters and teams that have played above/below normal form recently) ... meant for discussion as much as really picks for improve/deteriorate.
thanks in advance for any thoughts!