Steele started counting down his Top 40 yesterday and has 3 free previews up so far. He’s pretty high on Cincy and says that they should be a contender for the NY6 bowl:
Another G5 team shows up today at #37: Air Force. Steele is saying that this might be the best team Calhoun has had since he’s been there as they return a number of starters on both sides of the ball.
Steele has concerns that they were lucky last year which may mean they aren’t as strong as initially thought. However, he still believes that they should be near the top of the East division.
Can’t see SD State going undefeated. They could lose two of their first 4 games. California is not going to lose to San Diego State. And San Diego State a running team is playing Northern Illinois at NI home field Northern Illinois has made 6 straight conference championship games with a home record for the last 3 years of 19-2.
The click numbers are what you would expect from Houston fans:
A&M 23 clicks
Cincy 18
USF 10
Air Force 10
San Diego St 8
Steele has not taken Baylor out of his Top 25. I wonder how much he penalizes them for the turmoil and departure of Briles? Or maybe this is the magazine Top 40 and it went to press before Briles was fired?
I believe this is the magazine edition as Steele is regularly tweeting out changes that have happened since going to press. Baylor may also still be a Top 25 team this year as they didn’t have the mass exodus of players that Penn State did when they had their scandal. More likely, especially if they keep the assistants, they will still be a Top 25 team, however, their future is bleak.
I like the click numbers next to the links; interesting to observe as you pointed out.