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belcherboy
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Honestly, I think this is a pretty good ranking here, if they are guesstimating what the final rankings next season will be.Link
ESPN has their new updated Top 25
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. Oklahoma
15. Florida State
16. Tennessee
17. Oklahoma State
18. NC State
19. Clemson
20. Kansas State
21. Louisville
22. Kansas
23. Kentucky
24. Miami FL
25. Texas A&M
Just Missed: USC, Washington, SMU, Iowa, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Boise State, Air Force, and Liberty
I think Ohio will end the season #1, and will do it in a dominating fashion. Georgia will have a couple of close calls, but I think they manage to squeak out an undefeated regular season, especially with Bama in sort of a free fall (only because they lost some key players to the draft and portal).
Oregon and Texas should both be solid. I think Ole Miss is the wildcard. They should have enough talent to give Georgia a run at home in November. If they can pull off a win in that game they may have one or less losses at seasons end.
I think if Michigan can stay in the top 15, it should be considered a great season. They are losing A LOT and will have a whole new coaching staff on defense. If they can just sneak into the playoffs, they should consider that a home run season. I think I see them ranked just outside the playoffs next year somewhere around 15-20.
The good news is that this top 25 have A LOT of games against each other next season. Michigan plays 4 top 10 teams from last year's end of the playoffs rankings. I'm hoping they keep those games close and can win at least 2 of them, but I'm thinking they lose 3. Again, I hope I'm wrong.