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Something that is fun to follow during the off-season is the Orlando Sentinel's daily countdown of the best college football teams. They've currently released:
130: UTEP
129: South Alabama
128: UConn
127: Akron
126: New Mexico St
125: Rice
124: UMass
123: Central Michigan
122: UTSA
121: Georgia State
120: San Jose St
119: Coastal Carolina
118: Charlotte
117: Bowling Green
116: Kent State
115: Texas State
114: Navy
113: New Mexico
112: Kansas
111: ECU
110: Rutgers
109: Old Dominion
108: Ball State
107: UL-Monroe
106: Western Kentucky
105: UNLV
104: Louisiana
103: Tulsa
102: Eastern Michigan
101: Colorado State
100: Oregon State
99: MTSU
98: Hawai'i
97: Illinois
96: Miami (OH)
95: UAB
94: Wyoming

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ ... -rankings/

[CCWMichael]

Could we break 100!!!!!

[phoenix]

lol -- they seem to think that Coastal didn't have football before Moglia.

[olldflame]

lol -- they seem to think that Coastal didn't have football before Moglia.

They say CCU "stepped up to the FBS level in 2016" and went 10-2. Yes, it was technically their first transition year, but they did not play a single FBS team.

[rogers3]

I wonder if they'll forget us!

[prototype]

I wonder if they'll forget us!

That does seem possible, or they don't consider us fully transitioned.

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110 Rutgers

[Class of 20Something]

They started at 130. I thought the Vandals took us back to 129.

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109 Old Dominion

[FlamesHighontheTide]

They could be drinking the kool-aid too . Coach Freeze has a great track record in coaching as mentioned by many of us and maybe just maybe this news source will give us a nice prediction similar to that of Paul Finebaum a few weeks ago.

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108 Ball St

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107 UL-Monroe

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106 Western Kentucky

[Jonathan Carone]

So they forgot is, right?

[Ewglenn]

So they forgot is, right?

They’ve got 130 so it seems they like us.

[TH Spangler]

110 Rutgers

So are they saying we should beat Rutgers?

[thepostman]

So they forgot is, right?

Either that or they really are putting a lot of stock in the hiring of Freeze. I did expect to see our name by now.

[Cider Jim]

Have you all seen what the USA Today wrote about Coach Freeze's LU football team?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 661361002/

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105 UNLV

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104 Louisiana

[thepostman]

Will we somehow crack the top 100???

[TH Spangler]

Will we somehow crack the top 100???

USA Today has us making a bowl. How many teams make it? 70-75?

[thepostman]

USA today has us bowl eligible. actually getting a bowl bid may prove more challenging unless there aren't many 6 win programs out there this year.

But yeah, I guess if one thinks we may be bowl eligible then that would mean we'd be in the top 100. I wouldn't feel comfortable putting us within the top 100 but what do i know? Haha

[FlamesHighontheTide]

I may be chugging the kool-aid, but I believe we as a fan base will be pleasantly surprised this season.

[TH Spangler]

USA today has us bowl eligible. actually getting a bowl bid may prove more challenging unless there aren't many 6 win programs out there this year.

But yeah, I guess if one thinks we may be bowl eligible then that would mean we'd be in the top 100. I wouldn't feel comfortable putting us within the top 100 but what do i know? Haha

My guess is somewhere between 85-95.