Saunders Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Here is a look at Steele’s complete Top 25 rankings. 1. Florida State 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma 4. LSU 5. Clemson 6. Ohio State 7. Tennessee 8. Washington 9. Notre Dame 10. Stanford 11. TCU 12. Michigan 13. Michigan State 14. Iowa 15. UCLA 16. Boise State 17. Ole Miss 18. Baylor 19. Miami 20. Houston 21. Louisville 22. Nebraska 23. Georgia 24. Texas 25. USC Others to consider: Penn State, Wisconsin http://btn.com/2016/06/28/five-big-ten-teams-ranked-in-phil-steeles-preseason-top-25/ 3 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Why is everyone so high on Tennessee this year? Sure they have most of their starters back. But they're back from a squad that dropped four games last year. I'm guessing they drop at least three or four games again this year. And finish around 20th or so. : Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Why is everyone so high on Tennessee this year? Sure they have most of their starters back. But they're back from a squad that dropped four games last year. I'm guessing they drop at least three or four games again this year. And finish around 20th or so. : I wonder that as well. I like Phil Steele but tbh, I don't agree with a lot this list Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Why is everyone so high on Tennessee this year? Sure they have most of their starters back. But they're back from a squad that dropped four games last year. I'm guessing they drop at least three or four games again this year. And finish around 20th or so. : Because they've recruited in the top 10 since Butch Jones got there, they're in the SEC, but they're in the SEC East, which is bad. Honestly, I get Tennessee more than the Washington or Iowa love. 1 Quote Link to comment
cm husker Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I think the Washington love being a result of the P12 being generally down, particularly in the north. And the fact that, probably rightly, Peterson is considered the best HC in the P12 right now (except maybe Shaw) and people think he'll get it going this year. Iowa will be good but not great. I'd guess you could flip Iowa and nebraska's finishes based on who wins that game. Quote Link to comment
Treand3 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Why is everyone so high on Tennessee this year? Sure they have most of their starters back. But they're back from a squad that dropped four games last year. I'm guessing they drop at least three or four games again this year. And finish around 20th or so. : Because they've recruited in the top 10 since Butch Jones got there, they're in the SEC, but they're in the SEC East, which is bad. Honestly, I get Tennessee more than the Washington or Iowa love. All based on what they done in February. They do return Dobbs and Hurd though. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 No Oregon? I believe they were around 29. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Has anyone ever taken the time to figure out if any of the preseason predictors are consistently better than the others? Quote Link to comment
onlyHskrfaninIL Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 No Oregon? I believe they were around 29. I'm not surprised after taking a quick look at their potential depth chart. They are going to have a lot of new starters to break in. Huskers should win that game. 1 Quote Link to comment
cm husker Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Has anyone ever taken the time to figure out if any of the preseason predictors are consistently better than the others? I've seen some analysis. Will try to find the link. The short answer is none of them are particularly good at picking the "non obvious" teams or ranking the teams in proper order (eg, they may get 15 of 25 teams right, but maybe 5 or so will be within 2 spots of the preseason position). Quote Link to comment
Street Novelist Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Washington at 8? Where did that come from? Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Has anyone ever taken the time to figure out if any of the preseason predictors are consistently better than the others? Why yes. http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/ 3 Years: http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2016-3yr.html 5 years: http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2016-5yr.html 10 years: http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2016-10yr.html Since 1992: http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2016-all.html 2 Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Since 2011 Steele has been in the top 4 every year, and #1 over the last 5 years Thanks Saunders Quote Link to comment
Scratchtown Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Why is everyone so high on Tennessee this year? Sure they have most of their starters back. But they're back from a squad that dropped four games last year. I'm guessing they drop at least three or four games again this year. And finish around 20th or so. : So, why is everyone here so ready to crown NU at 10-2? They return less than Tennessee and NU lost 7 games last year. I think Tennessee has WAY more talent stock piled than NU and QB play that trumps NU's 100 times over. Maybe you are endorsing the SEC as being tough? Quote Link to comment
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