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<blockquote data-quote="smathis30" data-source="post: 433669" data-attributes="member: 1803"><p>Honestly Seem pretty fair to me tbh.</p><p></p><p>I went ahead and updated my rankings with taking into account how many starters are returning and how teams on average do with that many starters returning and got the following projections. I wills say that at the beginning of the season, with preseason rankings, SOS has a way larger effect than anticipated, so teams with strong schedules and lots of returning pieces are a lot higher than expected. Tiers are rather interchangeable. </p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tier 1.</strong> Contenders</p><p>1. [213 points, 1 overall] <u>Clemson</u> (Duh)</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tier 2. </strong>Coastal Contender, and someone has to get second in the Atlantic right?</p><p>2. [196,9]<u>Wake Forest</u>. Suprised here, but the gap between 2-4 is tiny. Returns basically everyone from an 8 win team</p><p>3. [195,11]<u>Louisville</u>. Surprised here agian, and I expect them to be lower. But they basically keep everyone but Lamar Jackson, who was their everything. Their weakpoint last year was sloppy line play on both sides, and another year of experience should tone that down. </p><p>4. [191, 17]<u>Miami</u> . Best defense in the coastal the past 3 years returns a ton of fire power. Say what you want about the rain slowing GT down last year, but rain goes both ways and Miami scored 6 points in 5 red zone trips. Sunny Weather changes that too.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tier 3. </strong>Division Contenders</p><p>5. [186, 27]<u>Virginia Tech</u>. Although their secondary takes a beating in graduation and NFL careers, they return almost everyone on an offense that should continue to improve. Keeping a majority of their front 7 will keep the VT Defense being the VT defense we know and hate</p><p>6. [185, 29]<u>Florida State</u>. Sloppy beginning of the season, but losing your starting QB game 1 is a game changer. Coach quitting mentally half way through also hurts. They were really good on paper, and a few tough breaks away from an 8 win season (like GT) last year.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tier 4</strong>. Looking at Bowls. As you look at the overall projected ranking, you can see that almost all of this tier is interchangable</p><p>7. [179,35]. <u>Syracuse</u>. Dino Barbers finally has enough upper classman that he recruited to make things click. </p><p>8. [179, 36] <u>Boston College</u>. Lose a bit on both sides of the ball, but we saw what happened in the second half of the season when the offense clicked</p><p>9. [178, 37] <u>NC State</u> Lose a lot of NFL level talent on defense, but they return most of their offense. </p><p>10. [178, 38] <u>Georgia Tech</u>. Return a lot of big peices on O, but losing the entirety of the secondary will still show through a new scheme. </p><p>11. [179, 39] <u>Duke</u>. Snuck their way into a 7 win season last year. Pretty managable OOC will make them look good again. </p><p></p><p><strong>Tier 5. ~~ReBuildInG~~</strong></p><p>12. [168,47] <u>Pitt</u>. Still got a ways to go, but looking at sharing the 3 way title to being the armpit of the coastal</p><p>13. [166, 48] <u>UVA</u>-still program building</p><p>14. [158, 60] <u>UNC</u>- Feodra gets fired?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smathis30, post: 433669, member: 1803"] Honestly Seem pretty fair to me tbh. I went ahead and updated my rankings with taking into account how many starters are returning and how teams on average do with that many starters returning and got the following projections. I wills say that at the beginning of the season, with preseason rankings, SOS has a way larger effect than anticipated, so teams with strong schedules and lots of returning pieces are a lot higher than expected. Tiers are rather interchangeable. [B] Tier 1.[/B] Contenders 1. [213 points, 1 overall] [U]Clemson[/U] (Duh) [B] Tier 2. [/B]Coastal Contender, and someone has to get second in the Atlantic right? 2. [196,9][U]Wake Forest[/U]. Suprised here, but the gap between 2-4 is tiny. Returns basically everyone from an 8 win team 3. [195,11][U]Louisville[/U]. Surprised here agian, and I expect them to be lower. But they basically keep everyone but Lamar Jackson, who was their everything. Their weakpoint last year was sloppy line play on both sides, and another year of experience should tone that down. 4. [191, 17][U]Miami[/U] . Best defense in the coastal the past 3 years returns a ton of fire power. Say what you want about the rain slowing GT down last year, but rain goes both ways and Miami scored 6 points in 5 red zone trips. Sunny Weather changes that too. [B] Tier 3. [/B]Division Contenders 5. [186, 27][U]Virginia Tech[/U]. Although their secondary takes a beating in graduation and NFL careers, they return almost everyone on an offense that should continue to improve. Keeping a majority of their front 7 will keep the VT Defense being the VT defense we know and hate 6. [185, 29][U]Florida State[/U]. Sloppy beginning of the season, but losing your starting QB game 1 is a game changer. Coach quitting mentally half way through also hurts. They were really good on paper, and a few tough breaks away from an 8 win season (like GT) last year. [B] Tier 4[/B]. Looking at Bowls. As you look at the overall projected ranking, you can see that almost all of this tier is interchangable 7. [179,35]. [U]Syracuse[/U]. Dino Barbers finally has enough upper classman that he recruited to make things click. 8. [179, 36] [U]Boston College[/U]. Lose a bit on both sides of the ball, but we saw what happened in the second half of the season when the offense clicked 9. [178, 37] [U]NC State[/U] Lose a lot of NFL level talent on defense, but they return most of their offense. 10. [178, 38] [U]Georgia Tech[/U]. Return a lot of big peices on O, but losing the entirety of the secondary will still show through a new scheme. 11. [179, 39] [U]Duke[/U]. Snuck their way into a 7 win season last year. Pretty managable OOC will make them look good again. [B]Tier 5. ~~ReBuildInG~~[/B] 12. [168,47] [U]Pitt[/U]. Still got a ways to go, but looking at sharing the 3 way title to being the armpit of the coastal 13. [166, 48] [U]UVA[/U]-still program building 14. [158, 60] [U]UNC[/U]- Feodra gets fired? [/QUOTE]
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