Early 2016 S&P+ Projections look good for the Bulls

[Ionbull]

Bill Connelly's ranking system, whether you're a proprietor or not, generally gets it close to right when it comes to advanced stats. This complete list was posted on Twitter this morning with all 128 FBS teams. USF clocked in at #41, behind only Boise State in the G5 (and BYU) and tops in the American. The early projections utilize Returning Starters, Recruiting Impact and Five Year Average to come up with the rankings. 

[JTrue]

4 minutes ago, Ionbull said:

Bill Connelly's ranking system, whether you're a proprietor or not, generally gets it close to right when it comes to advanced stats. This complete list was posted on Twitter this morning with all 128 FBS teams. USF clocked in at #41, behind only Boise State in the G5 (and BYU) and tops in the American. The early projections utilize Returning Starters, Recruiting Impact and Five Year Average to come up with the rankings. 

What was his projection for us preseason last year?

[Ionbull]

19 minutes ago, JTrue said:

What was his projection for us preseason last year?

90. FWIW, UCF was ranked 71 so of course these early predictions can be faulty depending on certain factors. It's nice to see advanced stats back up what we all think 2016 can be. 

[mellobull]

Not only tops in the AAC but top of 25 so called P5 teams .  Not to shabby I say...

41

South Florida

AAC

54

26

79

7.2

42	Minnesota	Big Ten	53	34	55	7
43	Texas Tech	Big 12	41	50	52	6.5
44	Syracuse	ACC	59	42	60	5.7
45	WKU	C-USA	92	22	64	5.6
46	Northwestern	Big Ten	46	58	61	5.1
47	Missouri	SEC	34	77	27	5.1
48	WSU	Pac-12	56	47	81	5
49	California	Pac-12	38	64	51	4.8
50	Boston College	ACC	64	51	58	4.7
			Recruiting impact	Returning players	Weighted 5-year	Proj. S&P+
51	Duke	ACC	37	63	66	4.6
52	GA Southern	SBC	95	36	46	4.5
53	Houston	AAC	61	56	50	4.4
54	Georgia Tech	ACC	48	70	38	4.4
55	SDSU	MWC	79	41	62	4
56	Indiana	Big Ten	55	57	75	3.9
57	Arizona State	Pac-12	22	89	30	3.7
58	Toledo	MAC	87	52	40	3.7
59	App State	SBC	115	24	80	3.7
60	Bowling Green	MAC	103	35	59	3.4
61	Temple	AAC	69	53	74	3.2
62	Maryland	Big Ten	47	65	77	2.9
63	South Carolina	SEC	28	90	28	2.8
64	Arizona	Pac-12	44	80	45	2.6
65	WMU	MAC	78	45	87	2.5
66	Navy	AAC	110	48	54	2.4
67	Kansas State	Big 12	63	79	31	2
68	Virginia	ACC	62	68	69	1.8
69	Vanderbilt	SEC	51	78	67	1.8
70	Cincinnati	AAC	70	73	49	1.4
71	Iowa State	Big 12	68	67	71	1.3
72	Southern Miss	C-USA	88	54	91	0.8
73	Utah State	MWC	104	66	41	0.7
74	Wake Forest	ACC	58	75	93	0.6
75	Marshall	C-USA	75	72	53	0.4
			Recruiting impact	Returning players	Weighted 5-year	Proj. S&P+
76	Illinois	Big Ten	67	76	73	0.4
77	Memphis	AAC	74	62	88	0.1
78	East Carolina	AAC	73	71	72	-0.1
79	NIU	MAC	117	61	56	-0.2
80	Air Force	MWC	125	55	92	-0.6
81	Connecticut	AAC	83	74	97	-2.1
82	Colorado	Pac-12	50	87	101	-2.2
83	Kentucky	SEC	36	100	86	-2.4
84	LA Tech	C-USA	84	82	65	-2.5
85	CMU	MAC	91	69	104	-2.7
86	Oregon State	Pac-12	52	102	57	-2.9
87	Rutgers	Big Ten	60	93	84	-3.1
88	Purdue	Big Ten	71	86	82	-3.1

[Ionbull]

In fact the only team in front of us on our schedule is FSU. What a difference a year makes. 

[smazza]

good thing we dont play wku

when you have never won anything it is silly to look at predictions and projections because you must do it on the field

asm cam newton

[Apis Bull]

2 hours ago, smazza said:

good thing we dont play wku

when you have never won anything it is silly to look at predictions and projections because you must do it on the field

asm cam newton

[Apis Bull]

1 minute ago, Bausfkid said:

While I'm not a Cam fan it's hard to say the guy has never won anything.  Do a bit of research before yelling out the car window.

It's just flat out wrong to say it, but hey, it's smazza.

[Ionbull]

Regardless of what the ranking says its positive press which is always a plus. In this day and age in, CFB perception is reality. We can obsess over the rankings or use it as a springboard to bolster our standing in the CFB landscape. One thing still haunts us and it's the fact we generally don't close the regular season on a positive note. Outside of the bowl game this year, we finally closed in conference and beat everyone in our division. CWT and the staff now need to use this positive press as momentum to drive ST sales and prove to us that last year was a step on the staircase and not the final landing. 

[raptorcj]

Me and preseason rankings don't get along. I like the good press, but it's basically just a way for these guys to justify paychecks until September IMO.