Who had the best and worst season when taking the preseason top 25 into account

[ericd7633]

Best: Minnesota
Worst: Texas

 

[Deep Creek]

1 Clemson
2 Alabama
3 Georgia
4 Oklahoma
5 OSU
6 LSU
7 Michigan
8 Florida
9 Notre Dame
10 Texas
11 Oregon
12 Texas A & M
13 Washington
14 Utah
15 Penn State
16 Auburn
17 UCF
18 Michigan State
19 Wisconsin
20 Iowa
21 Iowa State
22 Syracuse
23 Washington State
24 Nebraska
25 Stanford

The above is the AP, the coaches poll was very similar, but #25 was Northwestern instead of Nebraska being ranked. Taking all of this into consideration, UCF should be ashamed of themselves for that showing in their conference, so should Syracuse, Northwestern, MSU and WSU. Sometimes bad luck and such happens, but what happened to those teams?

I was going to say it was a good thing they have to play games on the field instead of on paper. But the current top four teams in the CFP are in those top six preseason rankings. I guess that throws my first thought right out the damn window.

But back to the topic, I'd say:
Best - Baylor, Memphis
Worst - Texas, Texas A&M Our supposed "flagship" schools were ranked #10 and #12 preseason. Both finished unranked at 7-5 with Texas being 5-4 in conference and A&M being 4-4 in conference. (I would have put Michigan State in the top two but they ain't spending near as much for their results as the other two. )

 

[Moab]

I was going to say it was a good thing they have to play games on the field instead of on paper. But the current top four teams in the CFP are in those top six preseason rankings. I guess that throws my first thought right out the damn window.

But back to the topic, I'd say:
Best - Baylor, Memphis
Worst - Texas, Texas A&M Our supposed "flagship" schools were ranked #10 and #12 preseason. Both finished unranked at 7-5 with Texas being 5-4 in conference and A&M being 4-4 in conference. (I would have put Michigan State in the top two but they ain't spending near as much for their results as the other two. )

I didn't look so I'm not 100% sure, but I'd be willing to guess that Sparty spends damn close to what they do.

I should've checked...UT checks in at 206M in expenses...A&M checks in at 166M in expenses...Sparty is at a lowly 137M with a loss of 800K... and that is from 2 years ago

College Finances - USA TODAY


and a more recent one by Forbes

College Finances - USA TODAY

 

[7Samurai13]

1 Clemson
2 Alabama
3 Georgia
4 Oklahoma
5 OSU
6 LSU
7 Michigan
8 Florida
9 Notre Dame
10 Texas
11 Oregon
12 Texas A & M
13 Washington
14 Utah
15 Penn State
16 Auburn
17 UCF
18 Michigan State
19 Wisconsin
20 Iowa
21 Iowa State
22 Syracuse
23 Washington State
24 Nebraska
25 Stanford

The above is the AP, the coaches poll was very similar, but #25 was Northwestern instead of Nebraska being ranked. Taking all of this into consideration, UCF should be ashamed of themselves for that showing in their conference, so should Syracuse, Northwestern, MSU and WSU. Sometimes bad luck and such happens, but what happened to those teams?

Michigan State wasn’t that good to begin worth but if you saw the amount of injuries we were dealing with, our season wouldn’t be surprising.

 

[Wild Turkey]

In actuality, I think Memphis has the best argument. Appy State did fine as did Baylor, but I think the Tigers edge them.

Well your record for being incorrect is intact.

 

[BoiseMike19]

Texas
2010 Preseason #5
2010 Final NR

2011 Preseason NR
2011 Final NR

2012 Preseason #15
2012 Final #19

2013 Preseason #15
2013 Final NR

2014 Preseason NR
2014 Final NR

2015 Preseason NR
2015 Final NR

2016 Preseason NR
2016 Final NR

2017 Preseason #23
2017 Final NR

2018 Preseason #23
2018 Final #9

2019 Preseason #10
2019 Final NR

Did they really finish #9 last year? The rest is pretty much how most remember them though.

 

[TigerBait1971]

Did they really finish #9 last year? The rest is pretty much how most remember them though.

Georgia embarrassed the SEC by losing to Texas in the bowl game.

 

[Moab]

Georgia embarrassed the SEC by losing to Texas in the bowl game.

To be fair, they caught the 1 over achieving Texas team of the last 10 years...so there's that..I guess

 

[olympicoscar]

LSU had the best and Texas the worst.

 

[BoiseMike19]

Georgia embarrassed the SEC by losing to Texas in the bowl game.

Bad shell fish on the buffet the night before? Gotta be somethin'.

 

[gotigersgo]

Memphis.

 

[The Derski]

Wait, Nebraska was actually B1G west preseason champs?

 

[BamaDude]

Taking the preseason Top 25 into account, as per the OP; then further breaking them down into groups of five:

Top 5
#5 Ohio St. 12-0 best
#2 Alabama 10-2 worst

2nd 5
#6 LSU 12-0 best
#10 Texas 7-5 worst

3rd 5
#14 Utah 11-1 best
#13 Washington 7-5 worst

4th 5
#19 Wisconsin 10-2 best
#18 Michigan St. 6-6 worst

5th 5
#21 Iowa St. 7-5 best
#25 Stanford 5-7 worst

 

[Deep Creek]

I didn't look so I'm not 100% sure, but I'd be willing to guess that Sparty spends damn close to what they do.

I should've checked...UT checks in at 206M in expenses...A&M checks in at 166M in expenses...Sparty is at a lowly 137M with a loss of 800K... and that is from 2 years ago

College Finances - USA TODAY


and a more recent one by Forbes

College Finances - USA TODAY

I think this is total AD expenditures isn't it? Not just football.

If it is just football, then #s 1, 2, 4 and 8 ain't getting their money's worth IMO.

 

[BamaDude]

The AP poll was pretty good through the top 15 or 16 teams, with the exceptions of Alabama at #2, Michigan at #7, Texas at #10 and Texas A&M at #12.

Five of the top six teams are in P-5 conference championship games, as is #11, #14, & #19. Baylor & Virginia - which also made CCG's - were unranked in the preseason poll. As the fourth team ranked in the top 10 out of the SEC, Florida's ranking was not bad, and neither was Notre Dame's at #9.

 

[tducey]

Best: Baylor
Worst: Texas

 

[HuskerinBig10]

I think this is total AD expenditures isn't it? Not just football.

If it is just football, then #s 1, 2, 4 and 8 ain't getting their money's worth IMO.

It is the AD expenses. There are quite a few of the Power 5 football teams that "claim" they give MONEY back to the school from their sport. Those same teams also claim they play fair and square and do not cheat at recruiting or maintaining the grades of the athlete-students.

 

[Pariah]

OU right where they belong.

 

[86and88]

Worst: Texas
Best: Memphis

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Nebraska went from top 25 and a favorite in the west, to not making a bowl game.

I wouldn't call Nebraska the worst

This is why teams that lose 6 or more games the previous season should be forced to prove themselves first. Nebraska actually improved over last year, group thinking got their expectations too high