SI's Preseason Top 25 - South Florida #17

[Leviathan]

https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/08/09/sports-illustrated-preseason-top-25-rankings-poll?xid=nl_siextra&utm_source=si.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=si-extra&utm_content=2017080911AM

 

Last year: 11–2 (7–1 AAC); Beat South Carolina in Birmingham Bowl

SI Top 100 players: One (QB Quinton Flowers)

Player you need to know: Wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught only 22 passes in his first season of eligibility after transferring from N.C. State, but five of those catches went for touchdowns, tying him for the team lead. With his lanky 6’ 5”, 207-pound frame and straight-line speed, the senior showed he can be a home run threat, averaging 18.9 yards per catch. USF’s offense should still revolve around Quinton Flowers’s legs, but if Valdes-Scantling can deliver consistently enough to handle a high-volume role, he should emerge as Flowers’s new favorite target.

Path to the playoff: The Bulls have the best chance of any Group of 5 team to run the table and steal a playoff spot—but their best non-conference opponent is Illinois (Sept. 15), so they’ll need chaos from the Power Five races. Their bye week falls between home tests against Houston (Nov. 4) and Tulsa (Nov. 16), which leads into a season finale at steadily improving rival UCF (Nov. 24).

Edited August 9, 2017 by Leviathan

[smazza]

THE PLAYoff spot is usf's too  lose

[Turd Ferguson]

Meh ... someone please wake me when the 2019 season bowl projections have been published.  Should be later this week.

[GaUSFBull]

We just need real football to start ASAP.  

[BullyPulpit]

24 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

We just need real football to start ASAP.  

It is impossible for it to start prior to August 26. It is literally starting ASAP. 

[GaUSFBull]

2 hours ago, BullyPulpit said:

It is impossible for it to start prior to August 26. It is literally starting ASAP. 

Nonsense.  I am playing a real pickup game this weekend ... therefore, your statement is invalid.

[BullyPulpit]

43 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

Nonsense.  I am playing a real pickup game this weekend ... therefore, your statement is invalid.

Touche. However, our definitions of what constitutes "real football" may vary wildly. 

[Triple B]

10 hours ago, Leviathan said:

which leads into a season finale at steadily improving rival UCF (Nov. 24).

"Steadily improving"?? I don't think a one year sample qualifies as steadily improving .... especially when the last time we saw the Kanigits they were getting ***** slapped by that football juggernaut Arkansas ...........State after getting blown out their last 2 reg season games.

[Ionbull]

They'll need chaos? Good cause chaos is a ladder.

[E.T.]

Hopefully this helps in the AP voter's evaluation.