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Future Power Rankings: Outside looking in
Travis Haney, ESPN Staff Writer
There were four newcomers to the 2015 Future Power Rankings, our Insiders’ three-year projection for the best teams in college football. TCU (12), Tennessee (16), Ole Miss (22) and Arizona State (25) all joined the top 25. So there’s room for change from year to year.
Which programs have the best chance to climb into the 2016 edition of the Future Power Rankings? Here are the top contenders to trend upward, beginning with the most likely:
1. Washington Huskies (FPR: 33)
This three-year projection is squarely centered on the track record of Huskies head coach Chris Petersen. Petersen, entering his second season at U-Dub, went a ridiculous 92-12 at Boise State. The competition level is ramped up in the Pac-12, granted, but so is the level of talent Petersen has at hand.
In addition to 92 wins at his previous stop, Petersen won eight games in his first season in Seattle; his predecessor, Steve Sarkisian, won eight games once in his five years (his final season). So, it’s a better start for Petersen than perhaps perceived.
The university resources and the recruiting turf are well above average -- certainly better than the landscape Petersen experienced, and thrived, in at Boise. There are compelling reasons to believe the Huskies will climb by 2017, even in a division that includes Oregon and Stanford. Petersen is No. 1.
http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/travis-haney/insider/post?id=4349
Travis Haney, ESPN Staff Writer
There were four newcomers to the 2015 Future Power Rankings, our Insiders’ three-year projection for the best teams in college football. TCU (12), Tennessee (16), Ole Miss (22) and Arizona State (25) all joined the top 25. So there’s room for change from year to year.
Which programs have the best chance to climb into the 2016 edition of the Future Power Rankings? Here are the top contenders to trend upward, beginning with the most likely:
1. Washington Huskies (FPR: 33)
This three-year projection is squarely centered on the track record of Huskies head coach Chris Petersen. Petersen, entering his second season at U-Dub, went a ridiculous 92-12 at Boise State. The competition level is ramped up in the Pac-12, granted, but so is the level of talent Petersen has at hand.
In addition to 92 wins at his previous stop, Petersen won eight games in his first season in Seattle; his predecessor, Steve Sarkisian, won eight games once in his five years (his final season). So, it’s a better start for Petersen than perhaps perceived.
The university resources and the recruiting turf are well above average -- certainly better than the landscape Petersen experienced, and thrived, in at Boise. There are compelling reasons to believe the Huskies will climb by 2017, even in a division that includes Oregon and Stanford. Petersen is No. 1.
http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/travis-haney/insider/post?id=4349
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Nobody even looks at how bad the wins were and how many games the team playes
obligatory...
Arkansas was 7-6 but was #12 in SRS...better than every pac-12 school but Oregon.
UCLA beat four teams that finished in the top 25 (#12 ASU, #18 Kansas State, #19 Arizona, #20 USC).
Arkansas would have plungered UCLA last year
Arkansas lost to Alabama by 1, Miss St by 7 on the road and crushed Ole Miss and LSU by a combined 47-0. They also beat Texas by 24 in the bowl game who UCLA only beat by 3 at the start of the year. Their last 5 games against Texas and 4 ranked teams they only gave up 9ppg.
Arkansas lost a late season game to Missouri after their impressive 47-0 two game stretch. They were plungered by Auburn and Georgia. They improved as the season went along and the arrow is pointing up, but they weren't close to being the #12 team.
Kansas State beat Texas 23-0. UCLA beat Texas by 3. Was Kansas State 20 points better than UCLA? No, and UCLA beat Kansas State in the bowl game. Stanford lost to ASU, who was plungered by UCLA. Than Stanford plungered UCLA. Comparing scores is futile.