Phil Steele's 2019-2020 Preseason Top 25

[romeo212000]

no u

Already did.

 

[PSUTE]

I’m having a beer while in Tahoe watching a band play and septimus (band) and old devil dawg (beer) post. All is right with the world.

Okay, I get Utah being ranked, but 8th seems a little high to me.

8. Utah
14. TCU

We return a lot. Does seem high at this point though...

 

[Red_Alert]

No Wisconsin, or Northwestern. Looks like he's got Nebraska winning the Big 10 West at #19 and Iowa at #23.

 

[Voltaire26]

Phil Steele's 2019-2020 Preseason Top 25

(based on how he thinks teams will finish up the season, not how they will be ranked to start the season)

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Michigan
4 Georgia
5 Oklahoma
6 Ohio St
7 LSU
8 Utah
9 Notre Dame
10 Florida
11 Texas
12 Oregon
13 Mich St
14 TCU
15 Miami
16 Washington
17 Texas A&M
18 Auburn
19 Nebraska
20 Penn St
21 Iowa St
22 Stanford
23 Iowa
24 Miss St
25 Va Tech

I don't want any high rankings given to Michigan ... we need to earn it or shut the fuck up!!

 

[AlaskaGuy]

I don't want any high rankings given to Michigan ... we need to earn it or shut the fuck up!!

 

[outofyourmind]

10 Florida
11 Texas

Not sure why he didn't flip these.
4 SEC teams in the top 10, who cares.
Texas as Top 10, just looks better down the line for the LSU and Oklahoma games.

 

[rmilia1]

I think Matt Campbell has done a great job in Ames but Iowa St lost basically their entire skill position roster ( save QB ) and they went 7-6 last year .

I'm not saying they won't be decent but a .500 team with poor historical recruiting that needs to replace so much being top 20ish is a real stretch .

 

[Deep Creek]

I think Matt Campbell has done a great job in Ames but Iowa St lost basically their entire skill position roster ( save QB ) and they went 7-6 last year .

I'm not saying they won't be decent but a .500 team with poor historical recruiting that needs to replace so much being top 20ish is a real stretch .

True. But I'm wondering if his thinking with Iowa State is the same as with Utah, TCU, etal and comes under the heading of "someone has to occupy these positions". And when he looks at some of the other options, these teams look better than the rest of 'em he has to choose from! JMO.

 

[rmilia1]

True. But I'm wondering if his thinking with Iowa State is the same as with Utah, TCU, etal and comes under the heading of "someone has to occupy these positions". And when he looks at some of the other options, these teams look better than the rest of 'em he has to choose from! JMO.

Possible . ISU does return a lot on both lines and on D. I just think it's tough for teams who don't consistently churn out NFL talent to replace multiple NFL players . It'd be different if they'd been 10-3 last year but losing so much off a 7-6 team is tough

 

[Justin Tyme]

Clean up on aisle #8.

Looks like the spam that was on aisle #8 has been deleted. Just my garbage is there now.

 

[navamind]

Already did.

Goddammit.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

No Wisconsin, or Northwestern. Looks like he's got Nebraska winning the Big 10 West at #19 and Iowa at #23.

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Note that he has Michigan at #3, ahead of Ohio State and only behind Alabama and Clemson.

Harbaugh promised Phil his own sleepover if he favored Michigan higher than normal.

 

[Rolltide94]

Harbaugh promised Phil his own sleepover if he favored Michigan higher than normal.

Does it come with tummy rubs or just the usual three handed shoulder/butt massage.

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Does it come with tummy rubs or just the usual three handed shoulder/butt massage.

all of the above, except Harbaugh wants to be the recipient of the Three handed shoulder and butt massage.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

I think Matt Campbell has done a great job in Ames but Iowa St lost basically their entire skill position roster ( save QB ) and they went 7-6 last year .

I'm not saying they won't be decent but a .500 team with poor historical recruiting that needs to replace so much being top 20ish is a real stretch .

Iowa State went 8-5

Lost to Iowa, Oklahoma, Washington State, TCU, and Texas

 

[SignalBama]

I think Michigan is a legitimate 3 this year. Solely based on schedule and who they have returning compared to their division.

Ohio State is changing coaches
Penn State has a few questions to answer
Michigan State seems to be trending downward recently

Michigan returns all but 1 starter on Offense
Michigan returns all but 3 starters on Defense

They were 10-3 last year with 2 bad losses to end the season. Before that they were 10-1. I think this is the first year the hype is legitimate for them largely because of Urban's departure from tOSU. This is a program that has won 10 games 3 of the past 4 seasons. It isn't like they haven't perform well. They just haven't performed great yet.

They get 3 key games at home. Notre Dame, Michigan State and Ohio State with road trips to Wisconsin and Penn State. The rest of their schedule is a breeze. They could even drop the game to Notre Dame and still have no Big 10 ramifications in doing so.

 

[ericd7633]

I think Michigan is a legitimate 3 this year. Solely based on schedule and who they have returning compared to their division.

Ohio State is changing coaches
Penn State has a few questions to answer
Michigan State seems to be trending downward recently

Michigan returns all but 1 starter on Offense
Michigan returns all but 3 starters on Defense

They were 10-3 last year with 2 bad losses to end the season. Before that they were 10-1. I think this is the first year the hype is legitimate for them largely because of Urban's departure from tOSU. This is a program that has won 10 games 3 of the past 4 seasons. It isn't like they haven't perform well they just haven't performed great yet.

They get 3 key games at home. Notre Dame, Michigan State and Ohio State with road trips to Wisconsin and Penn State. The rest of their schedule is a breeze. They could even drop the game to Notre Dame and still have no Big 10 ramifications in doing so.

They don't return that many starters on offense or defense.

 

[SignalBama]

They don't return that many starters on offense or defense.

Yes they do. Mason at Fullback has a few starts and was swapped in a lot. He wasn't the full time starter sure. But he did have starts at the position and played a ton.

Tarik Black at receiver was the starter before a foot injury sidelined him a year ago.

 

[ericd7633]

Yes they do.

Considering they had a LB, 2 DE's and a CB drafted, no they don't. Also they don't return their RB or TE. So no they don't.