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Consensus Way To Early 2024 Rankings

Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:34 pm
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1530 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:34 pm
A combined ranking using 247Sports, Action News, Athlon, CBS, ESPN, FanSided, On3, Pro Football Focus, Saturday Down South, SI, Sporting News, USA Today, and Yahoo…

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Texas

4. Michigan
5. Oregon
6. Ohio State
7. Ole Miss
8. Notre Dame
9. Missouri
10. Penn State
11. Arizona
12. LSU
13. Oklahoma
14. Tennessee

15. Utah
16. Clemson
16. Washington
18. Florida State
19. Kansas State
20. Oklahoma State
21. Kansas
21. USC
23. Louisville
24. NC State
25. SMU
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26. Miami
27. Iowa
28. Boise State
29. Memphis
29. Wisconsin
31. Texas A&M
31. W Virginia
33. Georgia Tech
33. Liberty
33. Virginia Tech
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 12:36 pm
Posted by DownSouthJukin
Coaching Changes Board
Member since Jan 2014
27191 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:36 pm to
Auburn too high.
Posted by Nitrogen
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2016
3875 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:36 pm to
Arizona has been the trendy pick for multiple publications, should be between them and Utah for the Big 12 in general. 2024 is where Fisch makes his money
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1530 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:39 pm to
Big 12 has 5 teams in Top 25 which seems a bit high for a league that will take a huge blow by losing Oklahoma and Texas.

It might take a few years for voters to train themselves that a 3 or 4 loss team in the new SEC and Big 12 could be better than a 1-loss team from the Big 12 or ACC
Posted by Nitrogen
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2016
3875 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:47 pm to
also:

quote:

10. Penn State


don’t see Allar improving that much, losing Manny Diaz, 2 starting CB’s, Fashanu and Wallace, etc

tired of Penn St being propped up for the eventual let down
Posted by supersaints9
Colleyville,Tx
Member since Dec 2009
14144 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:48 pm to
Aggie too high
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1530 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:50 pm to
Eight SEC teams in Preseason Top 14. How often will these 8 play each other next year:

Oklahoma- 6 games (Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri, LSU, Tennessee)

Alabama- 5 games (Georgia, Missouri, LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee)

Georgia- 4 games (Bama, Texas, Ole Miss, Tennessee)

Tennessee- 3 games (Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma)

LSU- 3 games (Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma)

Ole Miss- 3 games (Georgia, Oklahoma, LSU)

Missouri- 2 games (Alabama, Oklahoma)

Texas- 1 game (Georgia)

How did the SEC office gift Texas such an easy schedule? Georgia. That’s it. And it’s in Austin.
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 12:52 pm
Posted by CelticTiger
Saint Louis
Member since Feb 2019
1138 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

Oklahoma- 6 games (Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri, LSU, Tennessee)


Wow, OU's gonna get their shite pushed in! I almost feel sorry for them.

...nah, not really. Welcome to the SEC baws!
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8070 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:55 pm to
The Top 10 is all SEC and Big 10 along with Notre Dame.

Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1530 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:55 pm to
Auburn gets 4 of these… Bama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Missouri.

I’ll take it. Easiest schedule we’ve had in more than a decade. Plus 3 of those (Bama, UGA, and OU) play extremely difficult schedules so it could mean they might be a bit beat up.
Posted by Emmanuel Goldstein
Member since Jul 2021
1302 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

How did the SEC office gift Texas such an easy schedule? Georgia. That’s it. And it’s in Austin.


Your new overlords.

Next step is SEC Championship game getting moved to Jerry World. Then the SEC HQ being moved to Dallas metro.
Posted by Mizzouligan
St. Louis, MO
Member since Aug 2014
354 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:00 pm to
You left oU off of their schedule so it’s really two, but the point remains.

And, in fairness, they do travel to Michigan.
Posted by BevoBucks
H-town
Member since Dec 2022
3906 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:05 pm to
quote:

Next step is SEC Championship game getting moved to Jerry World. Then the SEC HQ being moved to Dallas metro.


Nobody is pushing for that. Plus, Jerry’s an Arky guy and the Dallas metro is as much OU as it is UT.
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
7873 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

How did the SEC office gift Texas such an easy schedule?

It's actually two (Georgia & Oklahoma).. but here is my analysis of the schedule and I think it mostly boils down to 1 game.

Tennessee or Vanderbilt

Here is the way the schedule was created for all teams

Pick 1
Texas or Oklahoma

Pick 3
Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Texas A&M

Pick 4
Everyone else

So here is the Texas Schedule

Pick 1
Oklahoma

Pick 3
Texas A&M (rivalry) or LSU
Georgia or Alabama (we just played Alabama)
Florida or Auburn (flip a coin)

Pick 4
Arkansas (rivalry) or Missouri
Kentucky or South Carolina (flip a coin)
Miss State or Ole Miss (flip a coin)
Vanderbilt or Tennessee (flip a coin)

We probably should be playing Tennessee instead of Vanderbilt because Ole Miss & Missouri are better than Arkansas and Mississippi State, but this is the thought process that I think they used to create it.

Either way, it would balance out if we played the opposite side in 2025, but that is still tbd.
Posted by CISO
ATX
Member since Nov 2021
1082 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:03 pm to
quote:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Michigan
5. Oregon
6. Ohio State
7. Ole Miss
8. Notre Dame
9. Missouri
10. Penn State
11. Arizona
12. LSU
13. Oklahoma
14. Tennessee


I'm good with this.

quote:

31. Texas A&M


Too high.
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 2:04 pm
Posted by Locoguan0
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2017
4232 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:05 pm to
Washington and Oregon are laughable. They will both regress after losing their QB, especially Washington.
Posted by CISO
ATX
Member since Nov 2021
1082 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

How did the SEC office gift Texas such an easy schedule?


We play Michigan in Ann Arbor in addition to our SEC slate. Easy schedule, my arse.
Posted by Monsusta
Making aggy cry
Member since Oct 2023
1071 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

Texas- 1 game (Georgia)

How did the SEC office gift Texas such an easy schedule? Georgia. That’s it. And it’s in Austin.


Texas plays OU too.

Not to mention they have Michigan in OoC play.

Playing the two most recent national champs is tough no matter what your bias.

Curious how many other 2024 SEC teams have a top 5 opponent for OoC play? Or a top 10?
Posted by Sooner1984
Boone's Farm, Texas
Member since Jan 2017
443 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:14 pm to
quote:

How did the SEC office gift Texas such an easy schedule?


There was actually a theory for it. Don't quote me verbatim, but the SEC basically crunched the numbers for both Texas and OU going back X amount of years in the Big 12 and calculated W-L records, conference championships, and/or some other criteria. OU was given the harder SEC schedule because of their performance in the Big 12.

Something like that, more or less.
Posted by AUBTIG47
GoM
Member since Mar 2021
346 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:58 pm to
dirt robbers way too high
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