PFF Way-too-early 2020 Top 25

SteelersPride said:

@michaeljordan_fan im new to this football thing. Are teams with "rankings" in the mid to late 20's .500
Teams? I could swore those were teams usually 50+ But again. I'm new to football.

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michaeljordan_fan said:

Often when ranked early in the season, UW is a .500 team. This year, that was generous, as the Huskies were below.500 in conference.

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AlaskaGuy said:

Washington has more overall wins than Oregon, Washington leads the head to head series with Oregon, Washington has more conference championships than Oregon, more national championships, more bowl wins, more players in the NFL, etc, etc..

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SteelersPride said:

what team under achieves more washington or oregon, serious quesiton

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SteelersPride said:

Got it. Moving away from the real facts again. And moving goal posts back to the shitty acc and Pitt. Come on. You're better than this. You sure bring up the acc a lot for such a shit hole conference? In your head much? Must be annoying such a shitty conference ha recently won't it all multiple times, and gets invited to the big dance.

Ill excuse myself till someone backs u up. Notice a few have agreed with me thus far.

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ralphiewvu said:

One team does not make conference Opie. Stop hopping on Clemson’s nuts. No one in their right mind would say the ACC is the second best conference just because their best team was runner up. Just an FYI

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SteelersPride said:

Way to assume things. I never said any of that. But the op's counter argument was the conference, deflecting away from his team.

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AlaskaGuy said:

If they were nobody would notice anyways. That conference is about as relevant in football as Iran is in downhill skiing.

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2. Clemson Tigers
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence failed to show up when he was needed in the National Championship game — there’s no question about that. He still finished the year with an elite 91.0 PFF grade, topping his record-setting true freshman campaign in 2018 when he had a 90.7 grade. Even with producing one of the five best PFF grades we saw from a quarterback this season, Lawrence still had a lot of room for improvement. He got off to an incredibly slow start, ranking 48th among FBS quarterbacks in PFF grade through his first four games. Clearly, he came around and got back to elite form, adding value through the air and on the ground.

Travis Etienne is one of the rare running backs to bring a lot of value to their respective team — he improved his receiving immensely and produced the fourth most WAA for a non-quarterback this past season. As for the receivers, Lawrence will be losing the reliable Tee Higgins, who was the fifth highest-graded FBS receiver, to the NFL this past year, but he’ll still have one of the top returning receivers in Justyn Ross, who is one year removed from posting the second highest grade at his position as a true freshman. Losing Isaiah Simmons hurts, but the Tigers still bring back the second most WAA overall and fifth most when taking out quarterbacks.

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14. North Carolina Tar Heels
Sam Howell displayed an outrageous, rocket-launcher arm as a true freshman in 2019. He had the second most 20-plus yard touchdowns in the country —behind only Joe Burrow — and could complete passes as far as 40 yards downfield at a high level. Slot receiver Dazz Newsome was the recipient of these downfield targets and produced the second highest PFF grade on those from the slot. This offense is loaded with weapons all around Howell.

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15. Virginia Tech Hokies
Virginia Tech cornerbacks Caleb Farley and Jermaine Waller make their team's secondary one of the best in the country. Waller has a knack for the ball and was rarely beaten in tight coverage, allowing just two of 17 contested targets to be caught. Farley made one of the biggest jumps in PFF coverage grade from 2018 to 2019, improving from 59.3 to 90.3. The two are some of the top returning defensive backs in college football and lead the way to form the third-best unit returning in 2020:

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18. Louisville Cardinals
The Louisville offense has become a menacing one to face. After ranking 121st in EPA per play in 2018, the Cardinals improved in that facet to 25th in 2019. Players such as wide receiver Tutu Atwell, quarterback Micale Cunningham and running backs Hassan Hall and Javian Hawkins were a big part of that.

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SteelersPride said:

Such as

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SteelersPride said:

what team under achieves more washington or oregon, serious quesiton

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Olyduck said:

Oregon preseason 11 final 5
how is this under achieving?

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