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Savvy Index |
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2018 |
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FINAL Top – 25 |
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Final Regular Season |
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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| value |
rank |
640-192 77% |
wins |
losses |
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| 594 |
1 |
Alabama |
13 |
1 |
#1 for all but one week of the season. Savvy’s preseason analyses had Alabama as the BIG favorite to win it all. |
| 588 |
2 |
Georgia |
13 |
2 |
Georgia’s entire defensive starting group returned. But, Savvy had a pretty solid “nod” to Alabama. |
| 581 |
3 |
Penn St. |
11 |
2 |
Any team with Saquan Barkley should be top-5. |
| 580 |
4 |
Wisconsin |
13 |
1 |
I know—only one loss, but even after alliterations, Badgers played 2nd weakest top-25 schedule. |
| 579 |
5 |
Clemson |
12 |
2 |
Only Iowa St. played as tough a sched but the Tigers played it much better. |
| 578 |
6 |
Ohio St. |
11 |
3 |
One of the highest-performing disciplines but just could not win down the stretch. |
| 578 |
7 |
Oklahoma |
12 |
2 |
Oklahoma is a strong contender for the title next season. |
| 575 |
8 |
USC |
11 |
2 |
I believe this is a top-10 team but, as much as I like Darnold, he didn’t play like a top-10 qb. OL was as disappointing as expected. Gotta fix senseless penalties. |
| 574 |
9 |
Auburn |
10 |
4 |
Started 5-1, beat both Georgia and Alabama (average 33-16), but ended with two straight losses. Tigers are close but not “there” yet.
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| 573 |
10 |
Notre Dame |
10 |
3 |
Give Kelly a hand—and a raise. He somehow managed to assemble a good offense from questionable pieces and finished two games better than predicted by Savvy. |
| 571 |
11 |
Miami Fl |
10 |
3 |
Hurricanes still have to find an offense because relying mostly on the nation’s 5th leading turnover-margin is not the way to the top. |
| 570 |
12 |
UCF |
13 |
0 |
I love UCF and I love Scott Frost but NO—in no way did this team belong in the playoff. I wish it would have, but this team was nowhere near playing a competitive schedule. |
| 570 |
13 |
Oklahoma St. |
10 |
3 |
Savvy said Cowboys would win 10 games and finish 12th in the nation. Looks like it didn’t miss by much. |
| 570 |
14 |
Washington |
10 |
3 |
Savvy figured the Huskies for 10 wins—and would somebody give Jake Browning some recognition? He’s been amazing.
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| 568 |
15 |
LSU |
9 |
4 |
Ogeron should be able to keep this moving upward. Has 10th leading recruiting class of 2018. Savvy predicted 9 wins in 2017. |
| 566 |
16 |
Northwestern |
10 |
3 |
I wonder about NW preseason training. ‘Cats always start slow. Savvy said nine wins and a 19th ranking. Not far off. |
| 566 |
17 |
Michigan St. |
10 |
3 |
Pretty tough schedule; played quite well. Nice rebound from disastrous 2016. |
| 565 |
18 |
Va Tech |
9 |
4 |
Hokies have to become better than average in passing to take the next step. |
| 564 |
19 |
Stanford |
9 |
4 |
This would have been a 10-win team and 16th-ranked except for the weirdness of holding back Bryce Love in 2nd half of the bowl game. |
| 563 |
20 |
Mississippi St. |
9 |
4 |
Had the chance to play three top-10 teams and lost all three—average of -23 points. Top-10 defense; top-11 rushing but just could not pass (112th) to keep up with the big boys. Also, MUST fix turnover issues.
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| 562 |
21 |
N Carolina St. |
9 |
4 |
NCState won 2.5 more games than expected but opponents weren’t as strong as expected either. |
| 562 |
22 |
TCU |
11 |
3 |
Just when you think Patterson will become fossil dust, he breathes genius into his team. Savvy has always liked his results; time for me to personally follow suit. |
| 561 |
23 |
S Carolina |
9 |
4 |
Keep an eye on SCarolina because Will Muschamp is coming on. Not only did USC finish higher than expected, but Will has another top-20 recruiting class. |
| 560 |
24 |
Iowa |
8 |
5 |
Savvy figured Iowa for a final 25th ranking and here the ‘Eyes are at 24th. Team just never jelled. Schedule was pretty tough. |
| 560 |
25 |
Iowa St. |
8 |
5 |
Remember 2014 when ISU was 2-and-dreadful? Even if they break the bank in Ames, Matt Campbell won’t be here long.
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