Espn projects 6 SEC teams in the top 10

[daneblazer]

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Expect a banner SEC year if ESPN’s Football Power Index formula is to be trusted.


The formula recently spit out a preseason ranking that includes six different SEC teams in the Top 10.


Based on a combination of returning starters, average recruiting rankings, head coaching tenure and recent performance, ESPN’s FPI ranked Alabama at No. 2, just behind Ohio State this preseason.


The formula rates an unfathomable five SEC West teams in the Top 10, none of which are preseason co-favorite Auburn. (Some predictions favor Alabama, while others favor the Tide’s in-state rivals.)


Here’s the current Top 25, along with the rest of the SEC:


1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Baylor
4. TCU
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. Oregon
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. Arkansas
11. UCLA
12. USC
13. Tennessee
14. Michigan State
15. Oklahoma
16. Stanford
17. Auburn
18. Notre Dame
19. Clemson
20. Arizona State
21. Florida State
22. Georgia Tech
23. Florida
24. Virginia Tech
25. Boise State
26. Missouri
31. Mississippi State
40. South Carolina
47. Kentucky
51. Vanderbilt

[jjgold]

same cast

why texas am??

[dbnmln]

why Tennessee??

[Big Bear]

Baylor seems overrated

[jtoler]

Bama is a joke.

[Big Bear]

Bama is a joke.

not a joke but they def dont deserve the #2 ranking

this is based on a tradition of excellence more so than the actual personel on the field.

Reputation can only take you so far though.

[ZBOIZ]

You can subtract LSU

[daneblazer]

I'm biased, but FSU is too low if Alabama is #2. FSU just reloads now.

[capone1899]

No way Ark, Ole Miss, or LSU see the top 10 at the end of the year.

[Sledge187]

Texas A&M is loaded, they have passed Texas as the premier destination for college athletes.

[Big Bear]

Texas A&M is loaded, they have passed Texas as the premier destination for college athletes.

i agree with this.

Good coach and they are doing a hell of a job recruiting.

[jjgold]

College Football is one sport where small teams just cannot compete

[trytrytry]

umm what?

13. Tennessee

[trytrytry]

47. Kentucky

funny

[James Marques]

ESPN is bought and paid for

[texhooper]

Tennessee should have a bit of a break out year. 13 seems a little too much though, like when Ole Miss was preseason #4 in 09 when Jevean Sneed was the quarterback. Just a bit too lofty.

[usc1321]

Phil Steele's top 10

1. Ohio ST
2.TCU
3.USC
4.Alabama
5.Baylor
6.Georgia
7.Stanford
8.Florida ST
9.Michigan ST
10.LSU

[usc1321]

Tennessee should have a bit of a break out year. 13 seems a little too much though,

Tennessee is #25 on Phil Steele's list

[usc1321]

Bama is a joke.

Alabama only has 3 offensive returning starters they also lost their QB. I see a 9 win team.

[Da Manster!]

Ohio ST should be almost a "lock" to make it to the playoffs again...absolutely atrocious and weak schedule...un'effin'real!......I realize they got the talent and are defending champions and have a whole shitload of players returning but come on man!...lets see if the selection committee penalizes them for playing "nobodies" like they did to TCU and Baylor last year!...but it will all probably be a moot point because I don't see any way in hell the Buckeyes lose a game...they should go undefeated with that shitty schedule....Well, maybe Frank Beamer's boys can pull off the upset again!...

2015 SCHEDULE

BUY OHIO STATE TICKETS

DATE	OPPONENT	TIME/RESULT	TV	TICKETS
Sep 7	@Virginia Tech	8:00 pm		Available from $90
Sep 12	Hawaii	3:30 pm		Tickets available
Sep 19	Northern Illinois	3:30 pm		Tickets available
Sep 26	W. Michigan			Available from $93
Oct 3	@Indiana			Available from $116
Oct 10	Maryland	12:00 pm		Available from $114
Oct 17	Penn St.	8:00 pm		Available from $173
Oct 24	@Rutgers	8:00 pm		Available from $90
Nov 7	Minnesota			Available from $124
Nov 14	@Illinois			Available from $31
Nov 21	Michigan St. #5			Available from $124
Nov 28	@Michigan			Available from $166

[mikewlgm]

[Big Bear]

Ohio ST should be almost a "lock" to make it to the playoffs again...absolutely atrocious and weak schedule...un'effin'real!......I realize they got the talent and are defending champions and have a whole shitload of players returning but come on man!...lets see if the selection committee penalizes them for playing "nobodies" like they did to TCU and Baylor last year!...but it will all probably be a moot point because I don't see any way in hell the Buckeyes lose a game...they should go undefeated with that shitty schedule....Well, maybe Frank Beamer's boys can pull off the upset again!...

2015 SCHEDULE

BUY OHIO STATE TICKETS

DATE	OPPONENT	TIME/RESULT	TV	TICKETS
Sep 7	@Virginia Tech	8:00 pm		Available from $90
Sep 12	Hawaii	3:30 pm		Tickets available
Sep 19	Northern Illinois	3:30 pm		Tickets available
Sep 26	W. Michigan			Available from $93
Oct 3	@Indiana			Available from $116
Oct 10	Maryland	12:00 pm		Available from $114
Oct 17	Penn St.	8:00 pm		Available from $173
Oct 24	@Rutgers	8:00 pm		Available from $90
Nov 7	Minnesota			Available from $124
Nov 14	@Illinois			Available from $31
Nov 21	Michigan St. #5			Available from $124
Nov 28	@Michigan			Available from $166

Yeah I agree the Buckeyes are definitely going undefeated.

But hell... I don't give a damn who you put on their schedule. Put Baylor, BAMA, Texas A&M , LSU and you will get the same results. This team returns pretty much every player from last season except the great Devin Smith (But i hear they have some new guys just as good ready to step up)

and just a few months ago they just str8 up curb stomped Wisconsin, Alabama, and Oregon on neutral fields. I mean they straight put a beat down on all these teams. This year they will be even better. They may go undefeated against the spread too. You can't set a number high enough for them not to cover.

[Da Manster!]

I agree Bear...I see many games on that schedule were Ohio ST will be favored in the 24 - 28 range...however, getting back to my original point..it's still not fair that the Buckeyes will get rewarded for playing a cupcake schedule (regardless of returning players and starters) while other teams (primarily in the SEC) will be beating up on each other and eliminating themselves...and I'm not even an SEC fan...just being a straight shooter and telling it the way it is...who's to say that Baylor and TCU wouldn't have beat Alabama and Oregon as well if they were selected instead of the Buckeyes?!...that is why this system is still flawed...IMO, need to go to at least 8 teams for a legit playoff...

[brooks85]

Ohio ST should be almost a "lock" to make it to the playoffs again...absolutely atrocious and weak schedule...un'effin'real!......I realize they got the talent and are defending champions and have a whole shitload of players returning but come on man!...lets see if the selection committee penalizes them for playing "nobodies" like they did to TCU and Baylor last year!...but it will all probably be a moot point because I don't see any way in hell the Buckeyes lose a game...they should go undefeated with that shitty schedule....Well, maybe Frank Beamer's boys can pull off the upset again!...

2015 SCHEDULE

BUY OHIO STATE TICKETS

DATE	OPPONENT	TIME/RESULT	TV	TICKETS
Sep 7	@Virginia Tech	8:00 pm		Available from $90
Sep 12	Hawaii	3:30 pm		Tickets available
Sep 19	Northern Illinois	3:30 pm		Tickets available
Sep 26	W. Michigan			Available from $93
Oct 3	@Indiana			Available from $116
Oct 10	Maryland	12:00 pm		Available from $114
Oct 17	Penn St.	8:00 pm		Available from $173
Oct 24	@Rutgers	8:00 pm		Available from $90
Nov 7	Minnesota			Available from $124
Nov 14	@Illinois			Available from $31
Nov 21	Michigan St. #5			Available from $124
Nov 28	@Michigan			Available from $166

that is not why they were penalized

[daneblazer]

Virginia Tech & Niu are legitimate Ooc games. Ohio States easy schedule problem is because the Big 10 sucks

[Sledge187]

What does Michigan St look like this year?

[James Marques]

They should have 3 max

[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

Preseason polls are notoriously useless outside of maybe the top 2 or 3.

I suspect this year will be no different.

[Da Manster!]

Virginia Tech & Niu are legitimate Ooc games. Ohio States easy schedule problem is because the Big 10 sucks

the big ten is just like any other conference...a few good teams, a few bad teams, and the rest mediocre...the problem is Ohio ST dodges the other two good teams in the conference...Nebraska and Wisky...only Sparty might stand in their way and the very first game against the Hokies...Beamer is always tough to beat in Blacksburg.

[El Nino]

ESPN doesn't even hide it anymore.

[chico2663]

ihave to laugh at this. Alot of u fukks were bragging on a.m. last year. Question when was tex a m or missouri ever relevant in the 12 or 10
. They are who we think they are FRAUDULENT AT BEST!Ky. last my ass off. they will suck as always!

[The Hawk]

SI had Notre Dame #4, so, opinions vary..............