Phil Steel ranks CFB teams by "most experienced"

[Smart]

This is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. It considers all players in the same year of eligibility equally experienced? It doesn't consider redshirt years? It bases a bunch of experience on backups?

We have six guys who will be third or fourth year starters. But, oh, we must be inexperienced because our backup lineman is a RS Sophomore. Right....

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I think record is independent of sucking. If you only beat the bottom feeders on your schedule and get spanked by the good ones, you suck. michigan has a pretty split schedule -

OSU
MSU
Utah
BYU
Minnesota
PSU

Oregon State
UNLV
Maryland
NW
Rutgers
Indiana

If you beat the bottom 6 and lose to the top 6, yes you suck. If you can get a win against Minnesota or BYU, I guess you don't suck. If you beat 2/6, I'd call that a really good season.

By the way things are going, I'd say you're favorites against the bottom 6 and dogs vs. the top 6.

To start the season, probably. But we all know those are pointless until the games start happening.

 

[Codaxx]

A trend that was due to coaching, not talent. As already mentioned, Michigan landed two top 10 recruiting classes under Hoke, one top 5.

Oddly Urban took over a team that was top 5 in the nation in returning starters his first year at OSU. Urban is a great coach, but he saw the opportunity also

 

[Shanemansj13]

I guess experience doesnt equal victories...obviously

 

[nddulac]

Oddly Urban took over a team that was top 5 in the nation in returning starters his first year at OSU. Urban is a great coach, but he saw the opportunity also

Just wait until he gets his thugs in there! Then that team will really take off!

 

[Shanemansj13]

Just wait until he gets his thugs in there! Then that team will really take off!

He has to recruit hard in his pipeline state, Florida, to find those thugs

 

[Codaxx]

He has to recruit hard in his pipeline state, Florida, to find those thugs

Maurice Clarett disagrees

 

[GoBlueNavyNuke]

There are two things that unless you have them, you totally understate their importance in college football: talent and experience

Now, not to say that either is really necessary for success on the field, nor are they really sufficient, but they are huge enablers. And all other things being equal, you want a team with more talent than less and more experience than less.

 

[outofyourmind]

And all other things being equal, you want a team with more talent than less and more experience than less.

Was this an epiphany?

 

[GoBlueNavyNuke]

Was this an epiphany?

Considering I've said something to that effect for a while.............no.

 

[ellupo]

Just wait until he gets his thugs in there! Then that team will really take off!

He could always come borrow a rapist from ND or the should be felon Reese or some "thugs" like Andre Jones and Rober Joseph from TX. What do you think anymore you can spare?

 

[UtahUte]

Phil Steele

"For more than 8 years I have published an “Experience Chart” in my National College Football Preview. The old version of this chart just took into account the overall experience from the 2 deep for each squad. Several years ago I revised the Experience Chart and created a New and Improved version. The updated chart uses 20% of the experience grade from the old chart, 20% from the % of lettermen returning, 20% from the percent of tackles returning, 20% from the percent of yards returning and 20% from the career starts of the offensive line."



1 Michigan 91.0 14 9 4 9 4 3 0 1
2 Navy 89.0 14 6 5 11 3 5 0 0
3 Utah St 87.0 12 9 7 6 3 6 0 1
4 Air Force 85.0 9 5 13 11 0 6 0 0
5 S Alabama 83.0 13 5 6 11 3 3 0 3
6 West Virginia 82.0 9 8 10 7 3 5 0 2
7 Georgia Southern 81.0 12 7 8 7 1 5 1 3
8 Utah 80.0 11 5 6 12 4 4 1 1
8 Akron 80.0 13 7 5 8 4 1 0 6
10 Troy 79.0 11 5 9 8 2 6 0 3
11 Illinois 78.0 8 6 10 10 4 3 0 3
11 Cincinnati 78.0 10 6 8 9 3 5 1 2
11 Middle Tenn 78.0 11 6 10 8 0 3 1 5
11 Massachusetts 78.0 14 5 6 6 2 6 0 5
15 Colorado St 77.0 12 6 6 4 4 10 0 2
15 New Mexico 77.0 7 8 11 6 4 5 0 3
17 Hawaii 76.0 10 5 8 9 4 4 0 4
17 TCU 76.0 14 6 4 4 3 9 1 3
19 Southern Miss 76.0 7 6 8 11 7 3 0 2
19 Texas St 76.0 14 5 6 4 2 8 0 5
21 East Carolina 75.0 11 3 8 8 3 9 0 2
22 Iowa St 74.0 10 2 8 12 4 5 0 3
22 California 74.0 12 3 10 4 0 12 0 3
22 Georgia Tech 74.0 12 3 7 8 3 7 0 4
25 Memphis 74.0 9 4 8 9 5 7 0 2
26 Michigan St 73.0 12 3 6 9 3 7 1 3
26 Boise St 73.0 10 5 9 5 3 8 0 4
26 Idaho 73.0 9 3 9 10 4 6 0 3
29 BYU 72.0 9 5 7 8 6 5 0 4
29 Army 72.0 8 4 9 6 5 12 0 0
29 Ball St 72.0 10 6 9 5 1 8 2 3
29 WKU 72.0 12 4 7 7 2 6 1 5
33 Kansas 71.0 11 3 7 8 3 8 1 3
33 San Diego St 71.0 8 5 9 7 4 8 1 2
33 N Illinois 71.0 11 1 9 9 2 8 0 4
36 Minnesota 70.0 11 4 8 3 2 13 1 2
36 Northwestern 70.0 12 5 5 6 4 5 1 6
36 Mississippi 70.0 10 5 9 4 2 9 1 4
36 Mississippi St 70.0 6 5 15 7 1 3 0 7
36 San Jose St 70.0 9 5 7 9 5 3 1 5
36 Buffalo 70.0 11 5 5 8 5 3 1 6
36 Ohio 70.0 10 4 8 4 4 11 0 3
43 Arkansas St 70.0 7 5 10 8 4 6 1 3
44 Iowa 69.0 9 7 5 7 8 0 0 8
44 Baylor 69.0 10 2 9 7 3 9 0 4
44 Miami, Fl 69.0 6 6 9 5 7 9 0 2
44 Toledo 69.0 10 5 8 6 3 5 1 6
44 Bowling Green 69.0 10 3 6 8 6 7 0 4
44 New Mexico St 69.0 7 5 7 8 8 6 0 3
44 North Texas 69.0 10 4 7 9 4 3 1 6
44 Georgia St 69.0 10 3 9 7 2 8 1 4
44 Charlotte 69.0 5 4 13 9 4 5 0 4
53 Nebraska 68.0 8 6 11 4 2 6 1 6
53 UTEP 68.0 9 4 8 8 5 3 0 7
53 UNLV 68.0 7 7 8 7 6 2 1 6
56 Arizona 67.0 6 5 11 7 5 4 0 6
56 Houston 67.0 9 6 9 3 3 7 1 6
58 Louisiana Tech 67.0 13 3 6 4 2 9 1 6
59 Arizona St 66.0 11 4 6 4 4 9 1 5
60 Virginia 66.0 10 1 8 11 3 4 1 6
61 Marshall 66.0 10 3 7 5 5 9 0 5
62 Louisiana 66.0 8 4 10 5 4 7 0 6
63 Connecticut 66.0 7 2 7 10 8 8 0 2
64 UTSA 66.0 12 3 3 6 7 7 0 6
65 Missouri 65.0 9 4 7 4 6 9 0 5
65 Maryland 65.0 10 4 6 5 5 8 1 5
65 Duke 65.0 12 2 8 3 2 10 0 7
65 Cent Michigan 65.0 10 3 5 5 7 10 0 4
65 FIU 65.0 9 3 8 6 5 7 0 6
65 Appalachian St 65.0 7 6 7 6 8 3 0 7
71 Auburn 64.0 8 4 9 8 3 4 2 6
71 Georgia 64.0 9 4 6 6 6 7 1 5
71 Rice 64.0 10 2 6 7 6 7 0 6
71 USF 64.0 5 6 9 5 8 6 0 5
75 Colorado 63.0 5 3 12 7 5 7 0 5
75 Oklahoma St 63.0 6 3 10 6 6 9 0 4
75 Kansas St 63.0 11 2 5 7 5 7 1 6
75 Virginia Tech 63.0 8 2 6 9 8 6 0 5
75 Washington St 63.0 8 3 5 7 9 8 0 4
75 SMU 63.0 7 5 11 4 3 6 1 7
75 E Michigan 63.0 9 3 7 9 4 4 2 6
82 Notre Dame 62.0 7 4 11 2 3 12 1 4
82 Pittsburgh 62.0 6 1 12 8 4 8 0 5
82 Temple 62.0 10 3 7 9 2 3 3 7
82 Kentucky 62.0 10 3 6 5 5 8 1 6
82 ULM 62.0 12 2 7 4 3 6 0 10
87 USC 61.0 8 2 7 7 7 7 0 6
87 Alabama 61.0 9 3 7 7 5 4 1 8
87 Tennessee 61.0 7 4 7 5 7 9 1 4
87 Louisville 61.0 6 1 11 8 5 8 0 5
91 Purdue 60.0 7 2 8 8 5 9 2 3
91 Texas Tech 60.0 11 3 5 4 4 9 2 6
93 Syracuse 59.0 9 4 5 5 6 7 2 6
93 Oregon 59.0 10 2 5 4 6 11 1 5
93 LSU 59.0 5 2 9 8 7 9 1 3
93 Arkansas 59.0 6 2 10 7 6 6 0 7
93 Vanderbilt 59.0 6 3 7 5 9 10 0 4
93 Kent St 59.0 5 3 12 6 5 5 0 8
99 Ohio St 58.0 8 2 6 4 7 13 1 3
99 UCLA 58.0 5 1 11 11 4 5 2 5
99 Oregon St 58.0 8 3 9 5 4 5 1 9
99 Tulsa 58.0 9 1 8 6 4 8 1 7
103 Oklahoma 57.0 9 1 8 6 5 5 0 10
103 Rutgers 57.0 7 2 10 6 4 6 1 8
103 South Carolina 57.0 8 2 9 6 4 5 1 9
103 W Michigan 57.0 9 1 4 10 8 3 1 8
103 Nevada 57.0 8 3 5 9 5 6 4 4
108 Boston College 56.0 7 5 6 3 8 6 1 8
108 Washington 56.0 7 4 6 3 9 7 0 8
108 North Carolina 56.0 7 3 8 6 5 6 2 7
108 FAU 56.0 8 2 7 4 6 10 1 6
112 Texas A&M 55.0 5 4 7 5 9 7 1 6
112 Stanford 55.0 10 4 4 4 7 2 1 12
114 Wisconsin 54.0 9 4 7 2 4 6 2 10
115 Penn St 53.0 6 3 7 4 9 6 0 9
115 Texas 53.0 10 1 5 5 5 8 2 8
115 Wyoming 53.0 9 0 8 5 5 6 0 11
115 Old Dominion 53.0 6 3 8 6 5 7 3 6
119 Clemson 52.0 7 1 10 4 5 6 0 11
120 Indiana 51.0 6 2 6 5 8 10 2 5
120 Fresno St 51.0 11 1 4 5 4 7 3 9
122 NC State 49.0 8 1 6 3 7 9 1 9
123 Tulane 48.0 3 2 9 4 10 8 0 8
123 UCF 48.0 5 4 6 8 6 3 5 7
125 Miami, Oh 46.0 7 2 8 5 3 5 4 10
126 Florida St 44.0 4 3 7 6 6 7 5 6
127 Florida 41.0 6 0 8 4 3 12 5 6
128 Wake Forest 37.0 4 0 7 6 7 7 4 9

He also notes:
"Last season Michigan was near the bottom of this chart at #122. The young Wolverines saw their record drop for a 3rd straight year but now find themselves on top of this years article."

All I know is Utah is going to mud stomp Michigan into the Wasatch Front!

 

[7Samurai13]

All I know is Utah is going to mud stomp Michigan into the Wasatch Front!

Are you a fan of all Native American teams?

 

[UtahUte]

Are you a fan of all Native American teams?

Pretty much If there was 4 options the Tribe would also be in the mix!

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Pretty much If there was 4 options the Tribe would also be in the mix!

Swap the Tribe out with the skins and it's all good

 

[UtahUte]

Swap the Tribe out with the skins and it's all good

AH ha. I cant let go of the Redskins. They were my first sports team. since 81!

 

[Sgt Brutus]

AH ha. I cant let go of the Redskins. They were my first sports team. since 81!

Do you find the Tribe's logo racist?

 

[UtahUte]

Not one bit Ha shit Slider's always smiling ! And I don't find the nick name "Redskins" either.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

What bowl did Aurburn make in 2012? And which did they make in 2013?

what if michigan has another shit year?
what if harbaugh takes his shirt off?
what if michigna state puts the score on a ring?
what if ohio state wins another natty?
what if you rattle off 200 excuses for michigan in a row