forensicbuzz
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This is garbage. It means nothing to me. Almost all of the teams on this list have had so much turnover on their teams that the numbers from past seasons (what this is based on) don't matter. In addition, there is an SEC bias, and rising tides float all ships.Per preseason FPI, MS ST is 16th, Mizzou is 38th, and Vandy, the lowest ranked SEC team, clocks in at 88, which is better than three ACC teams, including GT. 13 of the 14 SEC teams are ranked in the top 50, 46 being the lowest other than the obvious outlier in Vanderbilt.
Rk Team A Rk Team B Rk Team C Rk Team D Rk Team E Rk Team F Rk Team G Rk Team H Rk Team I 1 Georgia 16 Mississippi State 31 Oregon State 46 Arkansas 61 Duke 76 UTSA 91 San Jose State 106 Rutgers 121 Texas State 2 Alabama 17 Washington 32 Oklahoma State 47 James Madison 62 Western Kentucky 77 UAB 92 South Alabama 107 Western Michigan 122 Rice 3 Ohio State 18 Florida 33 Cincinnati 48 Fresno State 63 Troy 78 Ohio 93 Wyoming 108 Temple 123 UTEP 4 Michigan 19 Minnesota 34 Tulane 49 Memphis 64 Indiana 79 San Diego State 94 Coastal Carolina 109 Central Michigan 124 Bowling Green 5 LSU 20 Iowa 35 Texas Tech 50 Maryland 65 Louisiana 80 Buffalo 95 Boston College 110 Arkansas State 125 Charlotte 6 Tennessee 21 Wisconsin 36 Air Force 51 Purdue 66 Marshall 81 Arizona 96 Georgia Tech 111 Northern Illinois 126 Connecticut 7 Penn State 22 Florida State 37 Wake Forest 52 Michigan State 67 Nebraska 82 Northwestern 97 Georgia State 112 Nevada 127 New Mexico 8 Clemson 23 USC 38 Missouri 53 North Carolina 68 Army 83 Stanford 98 North Texas 113 UNLV 128 New Mexico State 9 Texas 24 Auburn 39 Washington State 54 NC State 69 Navy 84 Florida Atlantic 99 Utah State 114 South Florida 129 Akron 10 Utah 25 Ole Miss 40 Illinois 55 Appalachian State 70 Kansas 85 Toledo 100 Eastern Michigan 115 Louisiana Tech 130 Florida International 11 Kansas State 26 Texas A&M 41 South Carolina 56 SMU 71 Arizona State 86 Tulsa 101 Miami (OH) 116 Old Dominion 131 Sam Houston 12 Notre Dame 27 Iowa State 42 UCLA 57 BYU 72 California 87 Liberty 102 Southern Mississippi 117 Colorado 131 Jacksonville State 13 Oregon 28 Baylor 43 Boise State 58 Houston 73 Miami 88 Vanderbilt 103 Kent State 118 UL Monroe 133 Massachusetts 14 Oklahoma 29 UCF 44 Louisville 59 Syracuse 74 East Carolina 89 Virginia Tech 104 Middle Tennessee 119 Colorado State 15 TCU 30 Kentucky 45 Pittsburgh 60 West Virginia 75 Virginia 90 Georgia Southern 105 Ball State 120 Hawaii
However, I will say, that my comment was a gut feeling and at least you have data behind what you're saying. Let's see how these teams do when they play each other. I would love to have a 1:1 comparison at the end of the season. Unfortunately, there will still be the SEC bias, so I expect it to be skewed somewhat.
All this being said, I really only care about GT and how we fare.