ESPN's Preseason Football Power Index Rankings Has LSU #1

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Looks about right to me. Of course we all know Bama will probably be better than #6. But going off of just returning starters, I'd say they about nailed it.

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ESPN's preseason FPI #1 LSU
#5 Tennessee
#6 Alabama
#7 Ole Miss
#9 Georgia
#21 Auburn
#23 Florida
#27 Arkansas
#39 South Carolina
#50 Vanderbilt
#51 Missouri
#54 Kentucky

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Aggie is not in the top 54??

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#27 Arkansas

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Higher than expected, but probably fair.

Just because I was curious, I went back to the 2015 preseason FPI to see how accurate it was:

#2 Alabama (15-1, 7-1)
#4 LSU (9-3, 5-3)
#8 Ole Miss (10-3, 6-2)
#9 Georgia (10-3, 5-3)
#10 Arkansas (8-5, 5-3)
#11 TAMU (8-5, 4-4)
#14 Tennessee (9-4, 5-3)
#18 Auburn (7-6, 2-6)
#22 Mississippi State (9-4, 4-4)
#24 Missouri (5-7, 1-7)
#28 Florida (10-4, 7-1)
#40 South Carolina (3-9, 1-7)
#48 Kentucky (5-7, 2-6)
#51 Vanderbilt (4-8, 2-6)

Some numbers stand out:

#10 Arkansas losing to #72 Toledo
#10 Arkansas losing to #45 Texas Tech
#8 Ole Miss losing to #68 Memphis

I think this index is useful so long as you're saying things like "Alabama is going to be very good" and "Vanderbilt and Kentucky aren't going to be very good." Other than that, seems like a crapshoot.

The year. This is it.

WE GOIN' TO DA SHIP!