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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39512432/updated-2024-way-too-early-college-football-top-25-rankings

  1. Georgia
  2. Ohio State
  3. Oregon
  4. Texas
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Missouri
  8. Penn State
  9. Alabama
  10. Utah
  11. Arizona
  12. LSU
  13. Michigan
  14. OU
  15. Florida State
  16. Tennessee
  17. Oklahoma State
  18. NC State
  19. Clemson
  20. Kansas State
  21. Louisville
  22. Kansas
  23. Kentucky
  24. Miami
  25. Texas A&M

10 SEC. 4 Big 10. 5 Big 12. 

We get #1, #13, #14, #23 and #25 next season.

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Hookem2147

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42 minutes ago, texifornia said:

A&M has a ton of returning production, which is generally a pretty solid barometer for improvement. Of course, all of their depth transferred, but injuries are so rare in football, it's fine.

Their schedule is pretty favorable. They avoid Georgia, Bama and Ole Miss. Get LSU, Notre Dame and Texas at home. Of course, they always have the 3 auto wins in non-con against creampuffs.

Their road schedule is South Carolina, Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida and Arkansas in Arlington. Not exactly scary.

I'm not saying they are sniffing the playoff or anything but 8-4 is doable with that schedule if Weigman actually stays healthy. 

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5 minutes ago, ztejas said:

So we're behind 3 teams that didn't win their conference or make the CFP.

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its almost like the idea that we have AT LEAST 4 fucking games next year against a top 25 pre-season team, might, you know, have something to do with our being ranked #4.

and maybe Bama wont be as dangerous without Saban, and maybe ou sucks donkey balls against us, but we would still have games against Georgia and aggy.    

 

we could run the table. but 1 loss against GA, or Bama and we wont be ranked any higher than 4 going into the playoff anyway. 

The good news is losing 2 isnt the death sentence it used to be before.  If our 2 losses were GA and Bama and we won all the others, we have a pretty strong case to still make the playoff as long as those losses werent TCU or Fl St beatdown levels bad. 

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its almost like the idea that we have AT LEAST 4 fucking games next year against a top 25 pre-season team, might, you know, have something to do with our being ranked #4.
and maybe Bama wont be as dangerous without Saban, and maybe ou sucks donkey balls against us, but we would still have games against Georgia and aggy.    
 
we could run the table. but 1 loss against GA, or Bama and we wont be ranked any higher than 4 going into the playoff anyway. 
The good news is losing 2 isnt the death sentence it used to be before.  If our 2 losses were GA and Bama and we won all the others, we have a pretty strong case to still make the playoff as long as those losses werent TCU or Fl St beatdown levels bad. 
Bama is not on our schedule.
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13 minutes ago, Paco said:
28 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:
its almost like the idea that we have AT LEAST 4 fucking games next year against a top 25 pre-season team, might, you know, have something to do with our being ranked #4.
and maybe Bama wont be as dangerous without Saban, and maybe ou sucks donkey balls against us, but we would still have games against Georgia and aggy.    
 
we could run the table. but 1 loss against GA, or Bama and we wont be ranked any higher than 4 going into the playoff anyway. 
The good news is losing 2 isnt the death sentence it used to be before.  If our 2 losses were GA and Bama and we won all the others, we have a pretty strong case to still make the playoff as long as those losses werent TCU or Fl St beatdown levels bad. 

Bama is not on our schedule.

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53 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

its almost like the idea that we have AT LEAST 4 fucking games next year against a top 25 pre-season team, might, you know, have something to do with our being ranked #4.

I'm pretty sure that's not how preseason rankings work. 

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Tennessee's schedule is ridiculously effing easy.  I'd put them in the Top 10.

  • Aug 31: Chattanooga at Tennessee - WIN
  • Sept. 7: Tennessee vs NC State (Charlotte) - WIN
  • Sept. 14: Kent State at Tennessee -WIN
  • Sept. 21: Tennessee at Oklahoma -50/50
  • Oct. 5: Tennessee at Arkansas - WIN
  • Oct. 12: Florida at Tennessee - WIN
  • Oct. 19: Alabama at Tennessee - 50/50
  • Nov. 2: Kentucky at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 9: Mississippi State at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 16: Tennessee at Georgia - LOSS
  • Nov. 23: UTEP at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 30: Tennessee at Vanderbilt - WIN
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8 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Their schedule is pretty favorable. They avoid Georgia, Bama and Ole Miss. Get LSU, Notre Dame and Texas at home. Of course, they always have the 3 auto wins in non-con against creampuffs.

Their road schedule is South Carolina, Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida and Arkansas in Arlington. Not exactly scary.

I'm not saying they are sniffing the playoff or anything but 8-4 is doable with that schedule if Weigman actually stays healthy. 

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15 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Tennessee's schedule is ridiculously effing easy.  I'd put them in the Top 10.

  • Aug 31: Chattanooga at Tennessee - WIN
  • Sept. 7: Tennessee vs NC State (Charlotte) - WIN
  • Sept. 14: Kent State at Tennessee -WIN
  • Sept. 21: Tennessee at Oklahoma -50/50
  • Oct. 5: Tennessee at Arkansas - WIN
  • Oct. 12: Florida at Tennessee - WIN
  • Oct. 19: Alabama at Tennessee - 50/50
  • Nov. 2: Kentucky at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 9: Mississippi State at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 16: Tennessee at Georgia - LOSS
  • Nov. 23: UTEP at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 30: Tennessee at Vanderbilt - WIN

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21 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Tennessee's schedule is ridiculously effing easy.  I'd put them in the Top 10.

  • Aug 31: Chattanooga at Tennessee - WIN
  • Sept. 7: Tennessee vs NC State (Charlotte) - WIN
  • Sept. 14: Kent State at Tennessee -WIN
  • Sept. 21: Tennessee at Oklahoma -50/50
  • Oct. 5: Tennessee at Arkansas - WIN
  • Oct. 12: Florida at Tennessee - WIN
  • Oct. 19: Alabama at Tennessee - 50/50
  • Nov. 2: Kentucky at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 9: Mississippi State at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 16: Tennessee at Georgia - LOSS
  • Nov. 23: UTEP at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 30: Tennessee at Vanderbilt - WIN

How the hell does this happen again?

They had one of the easiest schedules in the country last year. The only teams they beat who won more than 7 games were UTSA and Iowa (their bowl game) 

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On 2/13/2024 at 9:25 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

Tennessee's schedule is ridiculously effing easy.  I'd put them in the Top 10.

  • Aug 31: Chattanooga at Tennessee - WIN
  • Sept. 7: Tennessee vs NC State (Charlotte) - WIN
  • Sept. 14: Kent State at Tennessee -WIN
  • Sept. 21: Tennessee at Oklahoma -50/50
  • Oct. 5: Tennessee at Arkansas - WIN
  • Oct. 12: Florida at Tennessee - WIN
  • Oct. 19: Alabama at Tennessee - 50/50
  • Nov. 2: Kentucky at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 9: Mississippi State at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 16: Tennessee at Georgia - LOSS
  • Nov. 23: UTEP at Tennessee - WIN
  • Nov. 30: Tennessee at Vanderbilt - WIN

I bet Tennessee loses to either arkie or miss st.

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I love how A&M is thrown in at #25. They likely won't finish ranked. It reminds me of our 2011-2022 run where Texas was routinely thrown in at preseason #15-25 and then routinely underachieved in comparison to the projection.

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BuckeyeU is an interesting pick at 1. They'll do well from a relatively weak big 10 schedule, but with QB being the most important position in the sport, Will fucking Howard isn't going to get the buck nuts and pedo to the promise land. 

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BuckeyeU is an interesting pick at 1. They'll do well from a relatively weak big 10 schedule, but with QB being the most important position in the sport, Will fucking Howard isn't going to get the buck nuts and pedo to the promise land. 

They are so stacked. No idea why you think they shouldn’t be number 1.
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I love how A&M is thrown in at #25. They likely won't finish ranked. It reminds me of our 2011-2022 run where Texas was routinely thrown in at preseason #15-25 and then routinely underachieved in comparison to the projection.

Kansas a couple of spots ahead of them must drive them crazy
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