College Football Rankings: UNT No. 100

[MGNation92]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college-football-rankings/os-sp-2017-college-football-rankings-north-texas-0517-story.html

For reference the other C-USA rankings so far:

UAB No. 130

Charlotte No. 126

UTEP No. 114

Rice No. 110

FAU No. 106

FIU No. 91

Marshall No. 89(Very surprised by this one)

UTSA No. 83

Southern Miss No. 81

[untjim1995]

Here's the great news. Last year, we were either 128 or 127 on most of these lists. Now, with UAB back and Coastal Carolina moving up, we now have 64 G5 programs, including Army and UMass, but not including BYU. That means in one year, we went from being the worst or second worst program to now being ahead of 27 other G5s. That's what I see as progress, getting better than other G5 schools we compete against. Now, there are 36 squads in front of us at this level, but it just shows how much SL moved us up in the minds of college football fans and media. I truly didn't think we would win more than 2 games last year, so winning 5 with a brand new QB, under a brand new offense, with a brand new staff was damn near miraculous to me. Its why I feel like 6 wins is very attainable this fall, as the roster gets stronger and more used to SL and his staff while the schedule in conference gets MUCH easier than last year. We play FCS Lamar, 4 CUSA teams ranked below us, 2 CUSA teams in front of us by less than 20 spots, and SMU who is ranked 97th. I don't know where Army or ODU will be ranked, but it won't be considerably hire than USM at 81 and we play both of them at home. Getting at least 6 wins will be the bar for success and progression this fall.

[BTG_Fan1]

Honesetly, if this offense can click like it has in SL previous stops in year 2, we will move up a lot. The question is how far can this OL and QB take us. 

Agreed 6 wins will be the bar for but again, this is a young team. I doubt SL and them want to play freshman but if they do elect to go young, we need to be sure that this doesn't sour us.