Athlon Sports Preseason Rankings

[WrekDivr]

Athlon Sports ranks all FBS teams in the link below. The article also has links to previews for each of the teams.

Here is how the SA’s stack up:
Army: 90
AF: 78
Navy: 104

Here is where our other opponents rank:
FL Atl: 99
Rice: 91
Temple: 128
Tulsa: 112
UAB: 111
ECU: 92
N Tex: 103
ND: 9
UTSA: 52

Using these rankings, we could group our games into 3 buckets:

Should Wins (FCS or at least 20 spots lower than Army): 4
Lehigh
Temple
Tulsa
UAB

Could go Either Way (+/- 20 spots): 6
AF
Navy
FL Atl
Rice
ECU
N. Tex

Challenges (more than 20 spots higher): 2
UTSA
ND


https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... kings-2024

[gabn92]

Based on your breakdown, if Army splits the "either way" category, that would get Army to 7-5 with a bowl invite and possible CinC trophy.

Just going straight-up, if Army wins against all the teams ranked lower in the preseason, that's a 9-3 record.

I think that's unlikely...Army seems to always have 1-2 games just slip away for one reason or another.

6-6 seems like a reasonable floor, with 7-5 or even 8-4 being within reach reasonably I think. 9-3 would be fantastic, especially this first year in the conference.

But, these preseason rankings and predictions are a crapshoot really. I do think Army will be better than last year, so I'd likely settle on 7-5 if I had to put any money on this season...with a great bowl win to wrap it up and finish 8-5.