to expand on this part, around how solid rosters are this year and how much a ton of teams lost. no flawless rosters out there right now and a huge opportunity for Texas
pulling a few teams who have made the CFP and using Bill C's early returning production metric:
Alabama: 115 plus no Saban
Clemson: 54
Georgia: 47, but 80th on defense and replacing their center, a bunch of experienced/good secondary players, their 2 best pass catchers, their 2 best RB, etc. they bring back Beck and got the RB from Florida, but beyond that...it's going to be interesting.
Ohio State: 70, Will Howard lol + sure, maybe Chip Kelly can be a good OC - the last time he was just a coordinator was 16 years ago and he still has Ryan Day looking over his shoulder in the creepiest way possible
Michigan: 128
LSU: 60, + a new QB (Nussmeier) and a new OC (who is less impressive than Nussmeir) - plus 4 new defensive coaches
Washington: 130
Oregon: 28, but lost Bo Nix and gained a guy who isn't as good as Bo on offense. they also have a favorable schedule setup overall, other than the yo yo of Eugene to Purdue to Eugene to Ann Arbor to Eugene to Madison
Oklahoma: 67
Notre Dame: 74
Texas: 25
SEC teams on Texas schedule
Miss St: 122
Vanderbilt: 76
Florida: 32
Arkansas: 109
Kentucky: 102
A&M: 18
Texas is set up very, very well for a run in 24. soft first 5 games, then OU and UGA back to back, then Vandy/Florida (will they have fired Napier by then)/Arky/Kentucky, and then they have the opportunity to burn Kyle Field down and win by 30