CMU: DE Mike Danna (though since it’s possible he transfers, I’ll also mention S Da’Quaun Jamison).Ohio’s Nathan Rourke David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports Best 2019 defensive players by team Even in an era of gaudy QB stats, that’s worth celebrating. Rourke combined 2,400 passing yards with 1,000 non-sack rushing yards. Best 2019 offensive players by team (best overall in bold):
We’ll see what the Huskies can do without Smith and with a new coaching staff. Sutton Smith led an intense, efficient NIU defense. Almost anything Jim McElwain tries will improve the Chippewas’ offense, simply via progression to the mean. Hot damn, CMU’s offense was bad last year. And hell, Kent State’s only one upset from muddying things up even further. East Divisionįour teams project within one conference win of each other in the West, and the East is nearly as tight, with three teams within 0.7 games. The Rockets are projected as the third-best team in the division but get by far the best schedule, welcoming WMU, NIU, and EMU to Toledo and missing the East’s top two teams. Projected conference wins, with overall wins in parentheses. This is going to be a delightful race to follow. Compare that to the ACC (no one within 16 points of Clemson), Big 12 (no one within 12 points of Oklahoma), or even G5 conferences like the MWC (two teams within seven points) or AAC (three). This year, the Huskies and WMU - who looked strong before losing quarterback Jon Wassink to injury (and now get him back) - have less to replace than last year’s top squads.Īlso noteworthy: there are seven teams projected within a touchdown of the top team. Ohio and Toledo easily led the way in overall quality, and NIU somehow won the conference despite basically being a mid-tier team.
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( You can find full 2019 S&P+ projections here.)
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Here’s how my statistical system has the MAC laid out for 2019, with zero equating to an average FBS team. Bowling Is the Bowling Green coaching staff the closest we’ll ever get to the Neccessary Roughness coaching staff? #AskPAPN- kirkhamw FebruHow does S&P+ see things? One of the three will probably make it, two if either Miami or Buffalo bombs at QB. The goal for Tier 3 is bowl eligibility, plain and simple. They’re not very far from the pack up top. If either team strikes gold in their search for a new starting QB, they could easily end up making a conference title run. And hell, the next two teams are basically a quarterback away from being in it, too. EMU’s rebuilding in the trenches and doesn’t quite have the skill corps depth.īut they’re all in it. NIU has to replace the one guy it might not be capable of replacing on defense and hasn’t been good offensively for a couple of years. Ohio has a green receiving corps and a lot of impressive talent to replace in the trenches. Toledo’s got a remodeled defensive line and a new receiving corps. WMU has loads of experience, but a lot comes from a defense that was really bad. Each of these five teams has quite a bit going for it - and in the case of EMU, more than it has had since the 1980s - but there are definitive flaws for each, on both sides of the ball for most of them. When I can’t decide on an order, I get a little bit excited. Here’s a link to every team’s data, and each team’s name below is linked to its preview. This is just how I would rank the teams after writing thousands of words about each of them. This is in no way based on schedules, so they are not predictions. At the end of each conference previews run-through, I take a look at how I perceive the conference’s balance of power heading into the season.
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