Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt athletics Welcome back to our series of articles going over the preseason win totals for all 131 FBS teams. Thanks to Playoff Predictors for being a free site that allows each and every game to get picked. To ensure that we didn’t just blindly choose overs or unders, all 131 teams had their schedules picked. Explaining the Math All Power 5 … [Read more...] about 2022 Preseason Football Win Totals: SEC East
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The Longest Bowl Drought in Each Power 5 Conference Entering 2022
Photo courtesy of Nebraska athletics With more than 40 FBS bowl games, making a postseason bowl in major college football is easier than ever before. Some schools, however, haven't seen it that way of late. In what will be a 2-part series, we'll be looking at which schools have the longest droughts without a bowl appearance. In cases where teams received a bowl invitation … [Read more...] about The Longest Bowl Drought in Each Power 5 Conference Entering 2022
Where SEC Teams Sit in the SP+ ESPN Preseason Rankings
Photo courtesy of Alabama athletics This week, ESPN college football analyst Bill Connelly released his updated SP+ preseason projections. Connelly's SP+ formula relies on advanced metrics. His preseason rankings run on three different categories: returning production, recruiting and recent history. The SEC is loaded with teams high on the list. The conference … [Read more...] about Where SEC Teams Sit in the SP+ ESPN Preseason Rankings
Column: Three College Football Occurrences You’ll Never See
Photo courtesy of Notre Dame athletics In college football, the landscape is rapidly changing. From teams shifting conferences, to coaches leaving, there are only a few things in college football that won't change in your lifetime. We list three. Give your input in our comment section below or on the Fifth Quarter Message Board. 1. Vanderbilt winning the SEC If it … [Read more...] about Column: Three College Football Occurrences You’ll Never See
A Look Back on FCS-Power 5 Upsets from 2021
Photo credit: Dakota Hamilton/East Tennessee State athletics It's the offseason, so we are prime for various types of discussions. There has been no known major push from college football, but fans seem to like the idea of schools playing against other schools as the spring game instead of intrasquad scrimmages. Some might even suggest scheduling a FCS team for the … [Read more...] about A Look Back on FCS-Power 5 Upsets from 2021