Sentences with phrase «preseason projections»

What happens when you play a particularly poor game just as your extremely favorable preseason projections are officially phased out all the way?

That tends to be the way preseason projections work, too.

Eight of these 10 teams are power conference teams who are finding the slide pretty steep as preseason projections get filtered out.

And with opponent adjustments at a minimum (and preseason projections still counting for the vast majority of the formula), you'll find plenty of «How is Team A ahead of Team B when Team B won yesterday?»

An important thing to keep in mind: for the first few weeks, it also factors in preseason projections.

And the further phase - out of preseason projections meant that the SEC fell a little bit further from the top spot.

With preseason projections almost completely filtered out of the S&P + rankings, we have been given a picture of a Big 12 in which the best team resides in the Eastern time zone.

So far in 2017, Wazzu ranks 21st in S&P +, eighth without preseason projections.

After Bama and perhaps Ohio State and OU, a mass of teams have at least briefly looked the parts of elite teams... or are being propped up by preseason projections.

A media poll conducted by The Athletic last October pegged it seventh, and SI's preseason projection model had it 40th in the nation.

The Hornets, who have only won 22 games so far this season, would need to win 24 of their final 28 games in order to reach their lofty preseason projections.

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Preseason projections still account for 30 percent of teams» ratings, which doesn't help, but neither do Arizona's poor performance against UTSA or Utah's plodding offense, which has been outgained by the opponent, on a per - play basis, in every game so far.

After going 21 - 14 and advancing past the first round of the section playoffs for the first time in recent program history in 2011, Oakmont school was still overlooked in preseason projections, especially in a league with perennial powers Bella Vista - Fair Oaks and Christian Brothers - Sacramento.

A year ago, thanks to great defense and favorable preseason projections (which still play a small role through seven weeks), Florida was still in the F / + top 10.

That result, plus the further phase - out of preseason projections, allowed Matt Campbell's Cyclones to move into the S&P + top 30.

Preseason projections are doing strange things to the numbers right now, simply because some teams have played two games (which means their ratings are still 80 percent based on preseason projections) and others have played four (50 percent).

I am again including where each team would rank if there were no preseason projections involved.

Early in the season, it still includes some preseason projections.

By the way, if you're wondering how WVU moved up despite struggling to put Kansas away on Saturday, know that because of a lack of returning production, the Mountaineers» preseason projections were terribly unfriendly.

Now that everybody has played at least seven games, and preseason projections are completely filtered out of the equation, what you're seeing above is entirely based on 2017 data.

Obviously due to injuries and overall performance, there have been some massive changes between the current odds and the preseason projections from CG Technology.

Here's a look at the conference breakdown along with the new arrivals to this 2013 preseason projection, the teams who made the 2012 field who are left out this time around, and the other squads I considered for placement in this particular group of 68.

The New Orleans Saints would need to win out to push their preseason projection, while any other outcome would results in an under.