Week 2 SP+ rankings

[hm101]

107. Temple

114. Navy

117. Charlotte

119. Rice

120. UConn

121. USF

 

SP+ rankings can kind of be a joke (Texas State ranked 104, well behind Baylor)  but here's where we are week 2. 

The question will be can we button up enough to just take care of that Temple/Navy/Charlotte/Rice/UConn group? That's 5 FBS wins and if you add the FCS FAMU we're bowl eligible. That's where we NEED to be this year. 

There's a big jump into a "second tier" I will call it, then Bama. 

 

1. Bama

42. Memphis

63. UTSA

71. FAU

76. WKU

86. UAB

 

Unfortunately we are in a situation where all the foundation-building and process-focus we went through under the last guy was for nothing and we're starting a new foundation/process again. I am hopeful however that there are a few rabbits in the hat this season and that "bottom 5" as I will call it are indeed winnable. 

[Brad]

12 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Unfortunately we are in a situation where all the foundation-building and process-focus we went through under the last guy was for nothing and we're starting a new foundation/process again.

 

[Outlaw]

18 minutes ago, Brad said:

 

FAMU plus wins against the 5 teams near usf and we go bowling. There is no reason we can't beat 6 teams this year with average or better coaching.

107. Temple

114. Navy

117. Charlotte

119. Rice

120. UConn

 

[hm101]

25 minutes ago, Brad said:

 

Brad bear with me I am processing my wounds and I have a positive post lined up soon. 

[Triple B]

Pardon my ignorance, but what are SP+ Rankings and why should we care, especially if they can "kind of be a joke ?"

[GoBulls84]

59 minutes ago, hm101 said:

107. Temple

114. Navy

117. Charlotte

119. Rice

120. UConn

121. USF

 

SP+ rankings can kind of be a joke (Texas State ranked 104, well behind Baylor)  but here's where we are week 2. 

The question will be can we button up enough to just take care of that Temple/Navy/Charlotte/Rice/UConn group? That's 5 FBS wins and if you add the FCS FAMU we're bowl eligible. That's where we NEED to be this year. 

There's a big jump into a "second tier" I will call it, then Bama. 

 

1. Bama

42. Memphis

63. UTSA

71. FAU

76. WKU

86. UAB

 

Unfortunately we are in a situation where all the foundation-building and process-focus we went through under the last guy was for nothing and we're starting a new foundation/process again. I am hopeful however that there are a few rabbits in the hat this season and that "bottom 5" as I will call it are indeed winnable. 

As I read it somewhere else, S&P+ rankings use some of last season's numbers to account for rankings early in the season. They'll start to normalize for this season after a few weeks' worth of data is available, although ours will still likely be skewed at that point due to the fact that we have, in consecutive weeks, FAMU (will skew our numbers lower) and then Alabama (will skew our numbers WAY higher lol). Give another few weeks after Bama and we should start to get a truer picture of the team from the S&P+

[Brad]

56 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Brad bear with me I am processing my wounds and I have a positive post lined up soon. 

I was only quoting it because it was something for all to bear in mind.

[Rocky Style]

Dumb question but what does SP+ stand for?

[Brad]

I think Standard & Poor.

We are mostly both.

Balance people.

[Triple B]

5 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

Dumb question but what does SP+ stand for?

There's no such thing as a dumb question, only dumb people who ask questions. Hopefully they'll answer yours or mine ...