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College Football Top 130 Team Rankings for 2021
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124. Old Dominion
123. UTEP
121. FIU
119. South Alabama
117. Middle Tennessee
113. Rice
112. North Texas
109. Southern Miss
106. Troy
104. Charlotte
102. Louisiana Tech
99. WKU
98. Georgia State
97. Florida Atlantic
84. Marshall
70. UTSA
67. UAB
64. Tulane
36. Liberty
5. Georgia

Liberty is underrated here. Willis is the real deal.

They should probably be top 15-20 to open the season, if the folks that’ll vote on this stuff were going to do so with unbiased honesty.

Liberty vs Coastal was a whale of a game. That's a damn good team, and they brought even more guys back than we did.

I think Willis is probably the most talented QB the Blazers will have faced since the return. His highlights are the stuff of defensive coordinator nightmares:

https://youtu.be/CsevIr2Ocj4

10 of 14 conference teams in the 100s lol.

Yet we play in the West(considered tougher?)and the top two teams from the East are on our schedule. Along with Liberty, Tulane and Georgia. Jax St is at a neutral site too. About the toughest we could have in CUSA 2021.

I think it’s a matter of opinion on which division is stronger. Mine is that we play in the weakest division in the FBS. We’ve finally began to offset that in our SOS with our noncon opponents this year. I’d include all 4 of the noncon teams in the top half of the FBS. Yes, I think Jax state is regularly better than half of the FBS.

(06-27-2021 10:11 AM)notnow Wrote:  Yet we play in the West(considered tougher?)and the top two teams from the East are on our schedule. Along with Liberty, Tulane and Georgia. Jax St is at a neutral site too. About the toughest we could have in CUSA 2021.

To be the best, you have to BEAT the best (as possible)

(06-27-2021 11:10 AM)BlazinBham Wrote:  I think it’s a matter of opinion on which division is stronger. Mine is that we play in the weakest division in the FBS. We’ve finally began to offset that in our SOS with our noncon opponents this year. I’d include all 4 of the noncon teams in the top half of the FBS. Yes, I think Jax state is regularly better than half of the FBS.

you might want to take a look at the MAC. With UAB, UL-Ruston, Mississippi Southern and UNT the West is not the weakest conference in the FBS.