2018 Simplified Football Top 25

And we are back for the 2018 College Football Season.  Hope everyone had an enjoyable off-season.

Just a quick reminder of what the formula entails:

1. Composite Star Recruiting Rankings
2. Experience (Years in College, and Starts)
3. Outstanding Player Bonus (Awards, All-American, All-Conference)
4. Coaching Rating (Based on previous years)

 

Last Year’s Top 25 correctly had Alabama #1 (as they won the National Championship).

It had 2 of the top 5 correct

5 of the top 10

11 of the top 15

14 of the top 20

& 15 of the top 25

Only 1 team that finished in the Top 10 was not in the Simplified Football top 25 (UCF, although we did have UCF having a good year, no one predicted that).

Only 3 teams in the SF top 25 did not make a bowl (Florida, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt).

 

Here is this year’s Top 25:

1. Alabama (5.13)
2. Clemson (5.10)
3. Penn St (4.99)
4. Georgia (4.96)
5. FSU (4.91)
6. Wisconsin (4.84)
7. Auburn (4.84)
8. Washington (4.77)
9. Michigan (4.77)
10. Stanford (4.76)
11. Ohio St (4.63)
12. Southern Cal (4.63)
13. Oklahoma (4.61)
14. LSU (4.54)
15. Florida (4.52)
16. Missouri (4.48)
17. Texas (4.45)
18. Tennessee (4.42)
19. Notre Dame (4.40)
20. Michigan St (4.40)
21. Mississippi St (4.39)
22. Oregon (4.38)
23. Miami (4.37)
24. UCF (4.29)
25. UCLA (4.23)

A few notes:

• This appear as it could be a banner year for a Big 10 Ten. If someone comes out of their unscathed that will be a legit NC contender
• Clemson and Alabama are easily the 2 best teams.
• UCF has the highest pre-season rating for a Group of 5 school ever.
  • Of Note is FAU this year at 4.08 has the 2nd highest.
• A few Head Coaches in the first year at current schools have a lot of talent to work with (FSU, Florida, Miss St, UCF, Tennessee, and UCLA), ALL should be able to have quick turn around’s at the new schools.
• Probably the most wide-open year after Clemson and Alabama.  We can see about 13-14 schools getting those last 2 spots (after Clemson and Alabama).

 

Conference Rankings (new Feature):

1. SEC – 4.38
2. Pac12 – 4.17
3. B1G – 4.12
4. ACC – 4.12
5. Big12 – 4.09
6. AAC – 3.60
7. MWC – 3.22
8. CUSA – 3.22
9. MAC – 3.16
10. SBC – 3.05

Those are the Average School Ratings. The nation wide average is 3.71.

Good luck to all schools, all players, and all coaches this season!