The Athletic: Ranking 133 college football teams after 2023-24 bowl season, from Michigan to Kent State (73. Minnesota)

[BleedGopher]

Per The Athletic:

70	Washington State	5-7	69	46
71	San Jose State	7-6	70	91
72	Illinois	5-7	71	52
73	Minnesota	6-7	73	44
74	South Alabama	7-6	75	27
75	Western Kentucky	8-5	78	45

The Athletic 133: Ranking all of FBS after 2023, from Michigan to Kent State

This is the most difficult end-of-season ranking I’ve ever faced because of the number of bowl opt-outs for NFL or transfer purposes.

theathletic.com

Go Gophers!!

 

[Goldmember]

That list is some BigGameBoomer-level trash.

 

[MNVCGUY]

That list is some BigGameBoomer-level trash.

Disagree. It isn't a 2024 season look ahead it is a ranking of the teams from 2023 after the bowl games.

 

[CWCWCW]

Jerry Kill at 35. PJ or Rebecca, hold my beer.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Nowhere to go but up for Kenni Burns.

 

[fmlizard]

The middle of the list seems to overrate some teams that ran up gaudy records vs low level opposition. Lots of things Vegas would disagree on. Oh well.

 

[Gophergrandpa]

Ratings beyond top 20 pretty subjective in any case; SOS not necessarily a big factor in this click bait ranking. Having said that, consider how Minnesota and Northwestern started the year in terms of expectations and supposed roster strength. NW came in ranked--in this guy's estimation--at 31. The interim HC at NW did one hell of a job coaching, motivating and squeezing every strength out of his roster--especially in toss up games--the games we continually failed to play up to par in. There is always next year. With a new QB ... Go Gophers!

 

[proudgopher]

Not elite

 

[BigSchmidty17]

I believe they took into consideration preseason projections and how they felt the teams lived upped to those projections. Minnesota was picked 3rd in West and most picked them with 7-8 wins so hence the lower ranking compared to let's say Illinois, who was supposed to have a rebuild year.