2024 College Football Previews

[Leonardfan]

That time of year again. As always looking for volunteers. With the dissolution of the PAC 12 and re-alignment the conferences certainly look much stranger. Another step towards ruining the remaining few threads of integrity left in the sport (along with the transfer portal). I suppose that is a discussion for a different thread.

Just reply to this thread with any team(s) you would like to write-up. Best practice for the write-ups is to wait until at least early August to start and as the month goes on the depth chart movement becomes more settled with fall camps ongoing. Of course some of the smaller schools can be done earlier just because this is always a pretty big project that takes up our free time and it's a small group of us doing the research and doing the write-ups. Also, if you do volunteer please reference the previous year's write up to capture the White starter count as we use it as a metric to track White starters going back to 2005.


ACC
Boston College Eagles -
California Golden Bears - Leonardfan
Clemson Tigers - Carolina Speed - Done
Duke Blue Devils - Carolina Speed - Done
Florida State Seminoles -
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -
Louisville Cardinals -
Miami Hurricanes -
NC State Wolfpack - Carolina Speed
North Carolina Tarheels - Carolina Speed
Pittsburgh Panthers - Don Wassall
SMU Mustangs
Stanford Cardinal
Syracuse Orange -
Virginia Cavaliers -
Virginia Tech Hokies -
Wake Forest Demon Deacons - Carolina Speed - Done

American
Army Black Knights -
Charlotte 49ers -
East Carolina Pirates -
Florida Atlantic Owls -
Memphis Tigers -
Navy Midshipmen -
North Texas Mean Green -
Rice Owls -
South Florida Bulls -
Temple Owls - jphoss
Tulane Green Wave -
Tulsa Golden Hurricane -
UAB Blazers -
UTSA Roadrunners -

Big 12
Arizona Wildcats -
Arizona Sun Devils -
Baylor Bears -
BYU Cougars -
Cincinnati Bearcats - Leonardfan
Colorado Buffaloes - Claimjumper
Houston Cougars -
Iowa State Cyclones -
Kansas Jayhawks -
Kansas State Wildcats -
Oklahoma State Cowboys -
TCU Horned Frogs -
Texas Tech -
UCF Knights -
Utah Utes -
West Virginia Mountaineers - Don Wassall

Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini -
Indiana Hoosiers - Leonardfan
Iowa Hawkeyes - Leonardfan
Maryland Terps -
Michigan Wolverines -
Michigan State Spartans -
Minnesota Golden Gophers - Leonardfan
Nebraska Cornhuskers -
Northwestern Wildcats -
Ohio State Buckeyes -
Oregon Ducks -
Penn State Nittany Lions - Don Wassall
Purdue Boilermakers -
Rutgers Scarlet Knights - jphoss
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans - Leonardfan
Washington Huskies
Wisconsin Badgers - Bucky - Done

Conference USA
Florida International Panthers -
Jacksonville State Gamecocks -
Kennesaw State -
Liberty Flames -
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -
Mid Tennessee State Blue Raiders -
New Mexico State Aggies -
Sam Houston Bearcats -
UTEP Miners -
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers -

MAC
Akron Zips -
Ball State Cardinals -
Bowling Green Falcons -
Buffalo Bulls -
Central Michigan Chippewas -
Eastern Michigan Eagles -
Kent State Flashes -
Miami (OH) Redhawks -
Northern Illinois Huskies -
Ohio Bobcats -
Toledo Rockets -
Western Michigan Broncos -

Mountain West
Air Force Falcons - Claimjumper
Boise State Broncos -
Colorado State Rams - Claimjumper
Fresno State Bulldogs -
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors -
Nevada Wolfpack -
New Mexico Lobos -
San Diego State Aztecs -
San Jose State Spartans -
UNLV Rebels -
Utah State Aggies -
Wyoming Cowboys -

Pac 12
Oregon State Beavers - Leonardfan
Washington State Cougars - Leonardfan

SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide -
Arkansas Razorbacks -
Auburn Tigers -
Florida Gators -
Georgia Bulldogs -
Kentucky Wildcats - Leonardfan
LSU Tigers - Leonardfan
Mississippi State Bulldogs -
Missouri Tigers -
Oklahoma Sooners -
Ole Miss Rebels -
South Carolina Gamecocks -
Tennessee Volunteers -
Texas Longhorns -
Texas A&M Aggies -
Vanderbilt Commodores -

Sun Belt
Appalachian State Mountaineers - Claimjumper
Arkansas State Red Wolves - Claimjumper
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers - Claimjumper
Georgia Southern Eagles - Claimjumper
Georgia State Panthers - Claimjumper
James Madison Dukes - Claimjumper
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns - Claimjumper
Marshall Thundering Herd - Claimjumper
Old Dominion Monarchs - Claimjumper
South Alabama Jaguars - Claimjumper
Southern Miss Golden Eagles - Claimjumper
Texas State Bobcats - Claimjumper
Troy Trojans - Claimjumper
UL Monroe Warhawks - Claimjumper

Independents
Notre Dame Fighting Irish - jphoss
UCONN Huskies -
UMass Minutemen -

 

[Carolina Speed]

That time of year again. As always looking for volunteers. With the dissolution of the PAC 12 and re-alignment the conferences certainly look much stranger. Another step towards ruining the remaining few threads of integrity left in the sport (along with the transfer portal). I suppose that is a discussion for a different thread.

Just reply to this thread with any team(s) you would like to write-up. Best practice for the write-ups is to wait until at least early August to start and as the month goes on the depth chart movement becomes more settled with fall camps ongoing. Of course some of the smaller schools can be done earlier just because this is always a pretty big project that takes up our free time and it's a small group of us doing the research and doing the write-ups. Also, if you do volunteer please reference the previous year's write up to capture the White starter count as we use it as a metric to track White starters going back to 2005.


ACC
Boston College Eagles -
California Golden Bears -
Clemson Tigers -
Duke Blue Devils -
Florida State Seminoles -
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -
Louisville Cardinals -
Miami Hurricanes -
NC State Wolfpack -
North Carolina Tarheels -
Pittsburgh Panthers -
SMU Mustangs
Stanford Cardinal
Syracuse Orange -
Virginia Cavaliers -
Virginia Tech Hokies -
Wake Forest Demon Deacons -

American
Army Black Knights -
Charlotte 49ers -
East Carolina Pirates -
Florida Atlantic Owls -
Memphis Tigers -
Navy Midshipmen -
North Texas Mean Green -
Rice Owls -
South Florida Bulls -
Temple Owls -
Tulane Green Wave -
Tulsa Golden Hurricane -
UAB Blazers -
UTSA Roadrunners -

Big 12
Arizona Wildcats -
Arizona Sun Devils -
Baylor Bears -
BYU Cougars -
Cincinnati Bearcats -
Colorado Buffaloes -
Houston Cougars -
Iowa State Cyclones -
Kansas Jayhawks -
Kansas State Wildcats -
Oklahoma State Cowboys -
TCU Horned Frogs -
Texas Tech -
UCF Knights -
Utah Utes -
West Virginia Mountaineers -

Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini -
Indiana Hoosiers -
Iowa Hawkeyes -
Maryland Terps -
Michigan Wolverines -
Michigan State Spartans -
Minnesota Golden Gophers -
Nebraska Cornhuskers -
Northwestern Wildcats -
Ohio State Buckeyes -
Oregon Ducks -
Penn State Nittany Lions -
Purdue Boilermakers -
Rutgers Scarlet Knights -
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Washington Huskies
Wisconsin Badgers - Bucky - Done

Conference USA
Florida International Panthers -
Jacksonville State Gamecocks -
Kennesaw State -
Liberty Flames -
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -
Mid Tennessee State Blue Raiders -
New Mexico State Aggies -
Sam Houston Bearcats -
UTEP Miners -
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers -

MAC
Akron Zips -
Ball State Cardinals -
Bowling Green Falcons -
Buffalo Bulls -
Central Michigan Chippewas -
Eastern Michigan Eagles -
Kent State Flashes -
Miami (OH) Redhawks -
Northern Illinois Huskies -
Ohio Bobcats -
Toledo Rockets -
Western Michigan Broncos -

Mountain West
Air Force Falcons -
Boise State Broncos -
Colorado State Rams -
Fresno State Bulldogs -
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors -
Nevada Wolfpack -
New Mexico Lobos -
San Diego State Aztecs -
San Jose State Spartans -
UNLV Rebels -
Utah State Aggies -
Wyoming Cowboys -

Pac 12
Oregon State Beavers -
Washington State Cougars -

SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide -
Arkansas Razorbacks -
Auburn Tigers -
Florida Gators -
Georgia Bulldogs -
Kentucky Wildcats -
LSU Tigers -
Mississippi State Bulldogs -
Missouri Tigers -
Oklahoma Sooners -
Ole Miss Rebels -
South Carolina Gamecocks -
Tennessee Volunteers -
Texas Longhorns -
Texas A&M Aggies -
Vanderbilt Commodores -

Sun Belt
Appalachian State Mountaineers -
Arkansas State Red Wolves -
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers -
Georgia Southern Eagles -
Georgia State Panthers -
James Madison Dukes -
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns -
Marshall Thundering Herd -
Old Dominion Monarchs -
South Alabama Jaguars -
Southern Miss Golden Eagles -
Texas State Bobcats -
Troy Trojans -
UL Monroe Warhawks -

Independents
Notre Dame Fighting Irish -
UCONN Huskies -
UMass Minutemen -

I'll take:
Clemson
Duke
NC State
UNC-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest
If I see I can get these finished soon, I'll try to take on more.

 

[Leonardfan]

I'll take:
Clemson
Duke
NC State
UNC-Chapel Hill
Wake Forest
If I see I can get these finished soon, I'll try to take on more.

Thanks for volunteering! These teams are all yours my friend. The new look ACC is going to take some getting used to.

 

[Bucky]

Conference realignment has taken a turn for the worse.. Beyond stupid. I'll let some new blood have their picks, I can chip in later on if needed!

 

[Don Wassall]

I'll do Pitt, Penn State and WVU, possibly more if not enough volunteers are helping out.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Uh, so whoever has Michigan could you find out why super talented Cole Cabana is 5th on the RB depth chart? If this is true, he needs to get the H3%% out of Ann Arbor!!

 

[jphoss]

I’ll take Notre Dame, Temple, and rutgers. More if needed

 

[Leonardfan]

I'll do Pitt, Penn State and WVU, possibly more if not enough volunteers are helping out.

I’ll take Notre Dame, Temple, and rutgers. More if needed

Thanks gents!

 

[Leonardfan]

Uh, so whoever has Michigan could you find out why super talented Cole Cabana is 5th on the RB depth chart? If this is true, he needs to get the H3%% out of Ann Arbor!!

I’m hoping @Phall makes a triumphant return and can provide some insight as he is the resident expert on Michigan. Frankly, I feel that the Wolverines will have a down year - they lost their Qb, several key players on the o-line and some defensive players.

Cabana will hopefully get a chance to move up the depth chart. Right now all of the depth charts out there are just speculation in many cases.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Well, it looks like Iowa is going to be without one of the highly recruited white LB's for the time being. Ben Kueter a world amateur wrestling champion in HS, has decided to focus solely on wrestling for now. He's hoping to win an NCAA Team and individual Championship. Kueter was a 4-star recruit and one of the best athletes in his class. He was expected to replace one of the graduating LB's from last season, but that's on hold until next year now. He says he will return in the spring, but wrestling is such a grind, I'm not so sure. I hope he does.
Kueter must really love wrestling as there's really no financial future in it. He probably could have at least made an NFL squad if not been a regular starter in 3-4 years. Much respect to Kueter and his decision, but he will be sorely missed on the Iowa Hawkeye Football field.
I hope he comes back next season.
BTW, Kueter, a four-sport star was a part of the Iowa distance medley relay team for Iowa that took second place at The Drake Relays this past spring.

 

[Claimjumper]

Count me in for Colorado, Colorado State, Air Force, and the Sun Belt

 

[Leonardfan]

Count me in for Colorado, Colorado State, Air Force, and the Sun Belt

Thanks! Always appreciate your efforts every year with this project.