[dabigv13]

Oregon and Arizona both outperform their rankings too, though, and Oregon by a lot.

I think there is something to the academic schools outperforming rankings, but my sense is that it's more about schools that find the players that fit their systems, and that means having an established identity. Wisconsin, Oregon, Georgia Tech, Stanford....a lot of the teams at the top of these rankings are teams that have established a strong identity in the way they play football. And then they find the guys that fit into that system, even if they aren't all 5 stars.

[dabigv13]

Oregon and Arizona both outperform their rankings too, though, and Oregon by a lot.

I think there is something to the academic schools outperforming rankings, but my sense is that it's more about schools that find the players that fit their systems, and that means having an established identity. Wisconsin, Oregon, Georgia Tech, Stanford....a lot of the teams at the top of these rankings are teams that have established a strong identity in the way they play football. And then they find the guys that fit into that system, even if they aren't all 5 stars.