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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/usffan on 2025-05-16 14:39:44+00:00.
The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found here.
Troy (high = 77, low = 113) checks in at #99, coming off a 4-8 season following back to back Sun Belt championships under previous coach Jon Sumrall. Gerad Parker came in last season, and will clearly have to step up his game if he’s going to avoid Chip Lindsey’s fate of following up a successful coach with a string of disappointments. Bill Connelly’s returning production would have you believe the Trojans are in good shape, ranking 19th nationally (and on defense), but that sure looks deceiving. Starting QB Matthew Caldwell and leading rusher Damien Taylor are lost to the portal, and Parker’s attempts to reload (82nd ranked recruiting class and 107th ranked portal class, leading to the 91st ranked overall incoming class nationally, good for 7th in the Sun Belt) don’t appear to be off to a rousing start. They follow their season opening tune up game against Nicholls with 5 consecutive games against teams ranked ahead of them on here, and if they do get off to a 1-5 start after having their worst season in almost a decade last year, it has the potential to get really ugly.
I should note that as of today, the daily countdown will start matching the actual cumulative rankings again, which means we’re due for a new one to appear to change the aggregated averages. In fact, I saw Bill Connelly post that he’s going to be updating his SP+ rankings soon, so those numbers will undoubtedly change the cumulative rankings.