Penn State lost to Michigan the National Champion by only 9 points and Ohio State by their only 8 points . So that's only two TDs and a kick from winning the Big Ten East, the second toughest division in Div 1 and winning the Big 10. If you believe finishing 10-2 or 11-2 most years makes a team somehow inferior, you are absolutely ignorant of college football
Tennessee is the only one of these I agree with. They have talent and experience and DEPTH at every position and all anyone talks about is that Iamaleava kid. My sleeper predictions besides the above: ACC - NC State, B1G - Washington, Big 12 - Texas Tech
The thing about Tennessee is the wr room arguably isn’t even their best unit, that defensive line with big Omari Thomas and Elijah Simmons at that nose and Justin Ross and James Pearce screaming off both edges than chandavian Bradley rotating on the edge to keep legs fresh.. Vols just got get their secondary figured out and they got a squad
Ooooouh. Cal and GTech are good picks. Didn't consider either.....therefore SLEEPERS. Missouri....too much convo around both them and Ole Miss. I'd choose either OU or Auburn. WVU is an excellent pick Gotta go further back in the pack than Penn St..... Nebraska is a team that can come out of nowhere....especially considering schedule.
You are 1000% correct about Penn state, it all comes down to our offense this year. Our defense will probably take a small step back but it will still be in the top 10. We have the talent on offense but it still needs to improve or we will be stuck in CFB purgatory.
Syracuse is a huge sleeper in the ACC. Great work done in the portal by Fran Brown most notably bringing in Kyle McCord at QB. They also have one of if not the easiest schedules in the entire conference.
I appreciate your sober analysis. Arizona does have a good chance to build on last year. Winning the Big 12 will be a task but these kids are up to it. Fifita and T Mac are special kids. O line is strong and defense will be sterling. Its going to be a good year for Wildcats.
You can't really pick a sleeper team in the Big 12 because, in any given year, the team that is picked last before the season, may end up winning the conference.
I've said it before, not because they're a better team but because they have a more favorable schedule, Tennessee could end up with a better record than Georgia. If they play well, have a bit of luck, and beat ALL the teams they should, Tennessee could end up 11-1 with only loss at UGA. UGA, on the other hand, opens up against Clemson in Atlanta, and plays Kentucky, Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas all on the road. They could possibly end up 9-3. That is realistically the best case scenario for Tennessee and worst case for UGA, but not out of the realm of possibility.
I agree. I think the key games of the season are the NC State and OU games. If you win both of those games and start 4-0 it could be very similar to the 2022 year
Yep, this is the time of year all the "experts" pick penn state to compete for the B10. Never mind their passing game was atrocious last year and they lost like their 5 best WRs to graduation and the portal. Not to mention the B10 is getting a lot harder to win with the addition of Oregon, USC, WA, and UCLA. Hey, at least they won't be the 3rd best team in the conference this year, they'll be at best thr 4th best.
PSU’s whole shirt has crumpled. James Franklin and his entire staff, no matter how many times the OC/DC and positional coaches have turned over, cannot win the big games. I’d love to see PSU in the running, but absolutely nothing has given me any reason to believe it will be any different this year. They’ll be 9-3, 10-2 on the fringe of playoffs.
If I was a betting man I would say if no major stars get injured for long periods of time 99% sure they make playoffs but they sure ain't good enough to win it all.
Big12: Arizona.Noah Fifita carried the team last year after the starting qb got injured Big10: USC. They have the talent they just had a choke of a season last year. Miller Moss has looked almost as good as Caleb ACC: don't care SEC: depends if you can count Bama and Ole Miss as sleepers. The conference is deep this year
My Power 4 sleeper teams: Big 12: Gotta' go with Oklahoma State. They were the conference runner-up last year but have the seventh-best odds to win the conference, just about as sleeper as it gets. Joel Klatt mentioned them in his top 25 and made some good points-Ollie Gordon is back, Mike Gundy is a heck of a coach, and Alec Bowman has been playing football so long that he qualifies for a senior discount at Denny's. ACC: I'm going to agree with Josh and go with Louisville. Well-coached, a lot of returning production, and almost won the conference last year as well. B1G: Nebraska. I don't think they can WIN the conference per se, but their schedule is very favorable. If the Matt Rhule effect holds true and some of the big 4 in the conference (OSU, Oregon, Michigan, Penn State) get involved in chaos or just disappoint, I can see Nebraska making the conference title game (not a prediction, just a possibility). SEC: This one might bite me BADLY, but Texas A&M has the ROSTER to make a run in the conference this year, even with all the departures. I think Fanduel or Draftkings has them favored in all of their games except against Texas and/or Notre Dame, so the oddsmakers like their chances against their schedule. If Mike Elko can shore up the locker room quick, that team can give the Aggie faithful a season they've deserved for a long, long time.
Not enough people are talking about Missouri. Looking at their schedule it could very well be the case that they are 11-1 and make the SEC championship
Big-12: Arizona shouldn't be considered a sleeper. A lot of folks are talking about that team. Better examples are WVU or Ok State. I would go with OkSt. Big 10: Nebraska ACC: Agreed on Louisville, but could be VT or NC. SEC: Oklahoma or Auburn......hard to choose between these two. Flip a coin.
Penn State lost to Michigan, the National Champion by 9 points and Ohio State by 8. Penn state was only 2 TDs and a FG from winning the Big Ten and being ranked first or second in the Nation last season. Also Penn State has made a habit out of winning 10 , 11 games every year. So Josh is correct, they simply just need to generate a little bit more offensive production and they would be in the conversation, no doubt.
If you actually watched those games, Penn St never had a realistic chance of winning. Allar looked terrible at times. If he continues to look horrendous against elite defenses, Penn St isn’t going anywhere.
@@al9685 I agree things need to improve, but not were not in the gutter either. Now with the portal , NIL and the coaching carousel , trying to predict the future is almost impossible now. So who knows what is going to happen.
@@tsully4368 true Ole Miss looked great vs Penn sts 2nd and 3rd string D. Did you not pay attention to how many guys penn st didnt suit up or didnt suit up after halftime? it was like 11 starters on D and O by start of halftime and 7 before game even started. Ole Miss is good though wish they faced Penn st at 100% though. That 3 start RB did not seem like a big loss who went to Ohio St vs PSU's back ups have like 33 carries for barely over a hundo yards.
@@brettk9316 - It was PSU's starting D. Always with the excuses. PSU had 1 offensive opt out (Fashanu) and 3 defensive opt outs. King, Chop, Dixon. Everyone else on was available. Ole Miss D had Cedric Johnson, Edge rusher opt out, and offence was missing an OL starter. Ole Miss smoked that defense. 🤣
I don’t understand the Tennessee hype. I didn’t get it last year, I don’t understand it this year. I feel like they are still riding on the coattails of 2 years ago
