If they can split those games, they should be able to roll to a 7-1 start. They’re opening the season with a home game against North Carolina followed by a road trip to Texas A&M.
Who knows? But if you want to talk extreme best-case scenario, a 7-1 start before the schedule gets tougher in November is not inconceivable.Īppalachian State: What a fun nonconference schedule for the Mountaineers this year.
Nebraska: The Huskers have a remarkably wide range of possible outcomes this year. They should be 5-0 when it’s time to play Utah and Oregon. UCLA: The Bruins also have an easy nonconference schedule. But they could get to 6-1 before home games against Oklahoma State and Texas. The Wildcats host Missouri in Week 2 and open Big 12 play at Oklahoma, so we’ll quickly find out if they’re legitimate. Kansas State: K-State looks like the dark horse contender in the Big 12 race, in part because of its schedule. Purdue: If it can find a way to pull off the upset of Penn State at home in its season opener, a 7-0 or 6-1 start seems possible before it’s time to play Wisconsin and Iowa. The Vols will have to win on the road at Pitt early on and they’re opening SEC play with Florida and LSU, but it’s not out of the question they could get to 6-1 before a defining back-to-back against Kentucky and Georgia. Tennessee: I can talk myself into Tennessee pulling off a nice early run as well. If they can knock off Kentucky in their SEC opener, they’ll have a shot to get to 7-1 or 8-0 heading into their road trip to Texas A&M at the end of October. Ole Miss: The Rebels are working with an easy nonconference slate. Fair warning: These assessments are overly optimistic and quite possibly foolish. Here are a few teams I think have that hot-start potential, at least based on their schedules. “Fraud watch” is such a good way to put it, though I suspect we should probably reserve that term for the most egregious offenders, those teams that win a bunch of games early on but still end up 6-6 or 5-7. Loved this question, thank you for sending it in. Which teams might start out 7-1 or 8-0 but still be written off based on the “eye test?” What I mean by that is, which teams might find themselves sneaking into the top 10 by midseason, in large part due to lighter early schedules rather than truly elite performance? To rephrase more bluntly: Which teams should we put on “fraud watch?” - Logan T.
(Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.) Week 1 kickoff is near! And you have questions … about possible CFB frauds this season, about Notre Dame in realignment, and much more.
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