2024-25 ISU FB Early Predictions and Offseason Discussion

[Nolaeer]

Upheaval in CFB creates 2024 rankings shake-up: Stewart Mandel's too-early Top 25 2.0

An onslaught of transfers benefited contenders like Ohio State and Texas. Poor Washington fell out altogether.

theathletic.com

Utah ranked highest at 9, Cowboys 10, arz 13, kansas 18 ISU 24 and wvu and kstate just missed.

 

[CYFanKC]

Upheaval in CFB creates 2024 rankings shake-up: Stewart Mandel's too-early Top 25 2.0

An onslaught of transfers benefited contenders like Ohio State and Texas. Poor Washington fell out altogether.

theathletic.com

Utah ranked highest at 9, Cowboys 10, arz 13, kansas 18 ISU 24 and wvu and kstate just missed.

I think this is the first athletic article I have ever been able to read without a Pay wall blocking me

 

[Nolaeer]

I think this is the first athletic article I have ever been able to read without a Pay wall blocking me

I have a membership and I think i can share links.

 

[Thomasrickj]

8-4 or bust. A lot of returning starters on offense.

And we finally got an edge rusher on defense (the transfer from ULM). Losing Tampa is going to hurt as was evidenced in our Liberty Bowl spanking.

Having Higgins, Noel, and Brahmer is going to make our passing attack so dirty. Sama seems poised for a breakout sophomore year as well. Offensive line looks to be improved as well. For once I'm less worried about the offense than the defense with this squad.

This should be an 8 or 9 win squad, not including the bowl game.

 

[mustangcy]

We've settled in to where CMC has us as a 6-7 win program. Frankly, I'll take that all day long. 6-7 wins a year means some fun wins, a bowl game, etc. I see people on here thinking we win 8-9 games? Just not going to happen. If the ball bounces our way tremendously this year, maybe 8. But 7 is probably the number.

 

[Gunnerclone]

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[1100011CS]

We've settled in to where CMC has us as a 6-7 win program. Frankly, I'll take that all day long. 6-7 wins a year means some fun wins, a bowl game, etc. I see people on here thinking we win 8-9 games? Just not going to happen. If the ball bounces our way tremendously this year, maybe 8. But 7 is probably the number.

With the updated conference, depending on schedule I could see some 8-9 win seasons.

 

[mustangcy]

With the updated conference, depending on schedule I could see some 8-9 win seasons.

No, I agree some 8-9 win seasons can, and probably will, pop up here and there. But ISU is a 6-7 win average program. with 3-5 win seasons just as likely as 8-9 win seasons. My point, was that was ok. I feel like the people out there thinking 8-9 win seasons are the goal at ISU are the same ones overreacting to loses and seasons we don't win 8-9.

 

[MartyFine]

 

[MartyFine]

 

[NetflixAndClone]

the running game left a lot to be desired but I didn’t really hold that against the rbs and staff. So I don’t know how I feel about this. I thought STs were better this year but I think going from no ST coach to having one is going to improve no matter what. I wonder if it was just different philosophies or if he got a job somewhere else.

 

[RagingCloner]

****. This is concerning

 

[MartyFine]

 

[ClubCy]

****. This is concerning

Don’t want to give premium info away but it’s a Meh from me.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Returning production rankings for all 134 FBS college football teams

Is Texas A&M's rebuild off the a better start? Is the new-look Big 12 about to be loaded while some College Football Playoff hopefuls rebuild? We look at which teams bring back the most production and who has the most to replace.

www.espn.com

 

[CoachHines3]

Returning production rankings for all 134 FBS college football teams

Is Texas A&M's rebuild off the a better start? Is the new-look Big 12 about to be loaded while some College Football Playoff hopefuls rebuild? We look at which teams bring back the most production and who has the most to replace.

www.espn.com

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thought I'd add just a little more:

"For a 134-team FBS, that's equivalent to about 6.7 teams. Only two currently top that mark, however. Transfers and official roster updates -- which could reveal that some of my assumptions about departing seniors were incorrect -- could change that, but for now the national returning production averages are lower than normal. Again, cycling out of those bonus years of eligibility has potentially created some noticeable experience issues.

On average, teams returning at least 80% of production improve by about 6.4 adjusted points per game in the following season's SP+ ratings. That's a pretty significant jump! For a team ranked 25th in SP+ last year, adding 6.4 points to its rating would have bumped it to about 13th. And if we lower the bar to just 70% returning production -- a bar 25 teams currently clear -- that's been enough to boost teams by an average of 4.0 points since 2014."

 

[MartyFine]

 

[MyNameEhJeff]

Hammer the over

 

[CoachHines3]

 

[cycloneman003]

ESPN SP+ has us at 22 going into next year Bill Connelley lists us as one of his teams to buy stock in. Of note, Utah #17, Kansas State #18, Arizona #19 and Ok State #20. Then a little gap from us at #22 down to TCU #32, WVU #34 and Kansas #35.