“Way too early” college football projections and rankings have been out since before the national championship even got underway back in January and we tend to soak all of them up.
Along those lines, Bill Connelly released his first SP+ projections on Valentine’s Day. His SP+ projections are used as a predictive measure, not as a traditional top 25 rankings method.
SP+ brings in returning production, recruiting and transfer portal successes, and recent team success (or lack thereof) into account to determine its rankings.
So what did Connelly’s rankings say about Notre Dame and the rest of the top 25 in mid-February?
Below is how the top 25 checked in and included are overall, offense, defense, and special teams rankings on SP+.
Wisconsin
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Wisconsin SP+: 11.0
Offense SP+: 24.8 (78th)
Defense SP+: 13.8 (7th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.4 (29th)
Louisville
Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports
Louisville SP+: 11.4
Offense SP+: 30.5 (44th)
Defense SP+: 19.1 (21st)
Special Teams SP+: 0.1 (64th)
USC
Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
USC SP+: 11.5
Offense SP+: 44.7 (4th)
Defense SP+: 33.2 (98th)
Special Teams SP+: -0.4 (100th)
Iowa State
Brian Powers-USA TODAY Sports
Iowa State SP+: 11.7
Offense SP+: 30.1 (46th)
Defense SP+: 18.3 (18th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.4 (37th)
Miami (FL)
Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports
Miami (FL) SP+: 12.3
Offense SP+: 36.2 (17th)
Defense SP+: 23.9 (38th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.7 (3rd)
Oklahoma State
Nathan J. Fish-USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma State SP+: 13.1
Offense SP+: 37.8 (13th)
Defense SP+: 24.7 (41st)
Special Teams SP+: 0.3 (42nd)
Arizona
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona SP+: 14.4
Offense SP+: 39.4 (11th)
Defense SP+: 25.0 (45th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.0 (79th)
Kansas State
USA TODAY SPORTS
Kansas State SP+: 14.4
Offense SP+: 33.9 (28th)
Defense SP+: 19.5 (25th)
Special Teams SP+: -0.3 (91st)
Utah
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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Author : Fighting Irish Wire
Publish date : 2024-02-16 21:03:39
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