USA TODAY RE-rank

[Graddean]

USA Today has rereanked pre-season.  UNT IS 85th out of 130 schools nationwide.  Not great, but it is some upward movement.  We are not only out of the hundreds but also out of the nineties.

[cdizzle86]

I'll take it

[DemolitionDan]

Ranked above SMU

[MeanGreenTexan]

Link?

And by re-rank, what was the previous rank, and when were those done?

[MGNation92]

FWIW, If we just beat the teams ranked below us in this list(including Lamar), we'll end up 5-7 for the season. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/08/28/ohio-state-rates-no-1-re-rank-college-football/607237001/

[untjim1995]

The better way to look at this is that there are 32 G5s ranked ahead of us (not counting BYU, who is quasi Power). We are 33rd out of 64.

A year ago, we were either considered the worst or 2nd worst team in the country, for all of FBS...that is quite a leap in just one season.

But on the other side of the coin, WKU, La Tech, ODU, USM ,and UTSA, are all ahead of us.

This link also reminds us of how much easier this schedule is than we have probably ever seen since we became FBS again in 1995. Toughest games are at Iowa and La TEch, rated 45t and 46th in this poll.

[AustinFromUNT]

Last year we were 127/128, now we're 85/130. We jumped 42 SPOTS. Does anyone know if any other school made that large of a jump between the seasons? 

[Got5onIt]

Progress. I'll take it. 

[Aquila_Viridis]

Given where we've been, if this bears out, my giant flagpole will go up.

[North Texas Shep]

WOW! I am happy with that. Moving on up!