The Rest of College Football

[AlabamAlum]

The NCAA is desparetly trying to show that they are still the fierce arm of the law that they were previously. You're gonna see more petty horseshit ajudicated like this, as well.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Keystone Cops

[froot loops]

It reminds me of the quote by the great Jerry Tarkanian, "The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky they're going to give Cleveland State another year of probation."

[THE_WIZARD_]

heh

[AlabamAlum]

The Atlantic Sun Conference and the Western Athletic Conference are officially merging for football and will be known as the United Athletic Conference.

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2023/04/17/wac-asun-merge-united-athletic-conference-ncaa-football

[THE_WIZARD_]

File that under "Who Gives A Fuck"

[Dr. Strangelove]

I care.

Lot of the teams in that group helped eviscerate the old Ohio Valley and Southland conferences.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Who asked ya?

[Dr. Strangelove]

The OVC had to add a DII team called Lindenwood just to get back to 6 football members again. The other 5 are:

Tennessee Tech
Tennessee State
Tennessee-Martin
Eastern Illinois
SE Missouri State

Tech is the only program that goes back a long ways in the OVC.

[THE_WIZARD_]

shaddup

[Mike]

Not sure if this was discussed anywhere. ESPN's Football Power Index is out for 2023 and Ohio State is #1, the prohibitive favorite to win the Big Ten, and has the best odds of winning the national championship.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi

Win % projections to:

Win Division: OSU - 75.5%, UM - 17.6%
Win Confernce: OSU - 71.2%, UM - 14.3%

Make Playoff: OSU - 82.2%, UM - 25.9%

Rankings:

OSU - #1
UM - #6
PSU - #10
UW - #20
MSU - #31

This made me LOL, though. Wisconsin is at 47.9% to win the West... 5.9% to win the conference. The split for OSU and Michigan is 75.5% / 71.2% and 17.6% / 14.3%, respectively.

So is OSU returning like, everyone? No doubt they will always be in the top 2 or 3 but to be that far out in front surprised me. Especially the Big Ten prediction which essentially assumes they win in AA this year. Certainly possible, but 76% likely??

They also have the highest "win-out" percentage that applies to the regular season and CCG at 34.3%. That's for a team that plays at (as of this ranking): #6 Michigan, #8 ND, and #20 Wisconsin as has #10 PSU at home. So they are clearly considered the best team in CFB going into the season. Anything less than 15-0 is FAILURE.

EDIT: According to Athlon sports, OSU returns 57% of their offensive production from last season, The two-time defending Big Ten Champion Michigan Wolverines return 84%. Defense is even, 77/78.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-football-which-teams-return-most-starters-production-talent-2023

[THE_WIZARD_]

shaddup

[Mike]

Nebraska is considered the 52nd best team in the country by this metric, sandwiched between the California Golden Bears and Duke Blue Devils. Chance of winning the Big Ten West: 2.6%, Big Ten: 0.1%, Make Playoff: 0.0%.

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[WM Wolverine]

Nebraska seems high?