ND may be able to hang by 2024 or 2025.
by MrE (2021-11-04 09:27:30)
Edited on 2021-11-04 10:00:39

In reply to: Soon Bama will beat us by only 10 points *  posted by SEE

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If ND lands a top 5 class this year (2022 recruiting class), that would pair with the most recent class which ranked #9 overall.

So ND's upperclassmen (Jr/Sr) would have a 7.5 ranking in the 2024 season (averaging the 2 classes, simply).

Next year, ND will have a 16.5 ranking in this category, and then 13.5 in 2023.

USC is in big trouble next year (42.0) and in 2023 (35.5). Thank you, Clay Helton.

As always, the SEC will be loaded in 2022-2023 with 6 of the top 12 Jr/Sr. class rosters (Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M, Florida), including 5 in the SEC West alone. If Texas and OU get into the SEC early, that would make 8 of the Top 12.

On ND's schedule for 2022-2023, only Clemson (6.5 and 3.5) and Ohio State (9.5 and 3.5) will have comparable or better Jr/Sr talent. Stanford 2022 comes in at 20.0 and UNC 2022 comes in at 21.5. Every other game in 2022-2023 is against teams ranked 35 or lower.

Too early to call 2024, but the senior classes ranked in top 25 will be USC 7, Texas A&M 8, FSU 22, Miami 11. USC and Miami may have dumpster fire classes in this cycle (which would be juniors in 2024).

*Edit/add: the path to outplaying these rankings is for Tyler Buchner to be an elite, Heisman-caliber QB.




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