ESPN’s Bill Connelly recently released his College football SP+ preseason projections for the upcoming 2022 season.
Connelly had the Badgers ranked 10th in his preseason rankings. This ranking was heavily weighted by the performance of the defense in recent years, and the expectation that they’ll be good again next season.
For those of you that are unfamiliar with the metric, it combines a team’s returning production, weighs recent recruiting success, and the program’s recent history.
It also measures a teams tempo and their opponent on an adjusted analytic scale similar to that of what KenPom does for basketball.
UW was one of six Big Ten teams ranked in the SP+ top 25, a list that also included Ohio State (No. 1), Michigan (No. 4), Penn State (No. 16 ), Michigan State (No. 17), and Minnesota (No. 19).
*** 2022 SP+ PROJECTIONS ***
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) February 9, 2022
* Ohio St. starts out on top
* Buy: Tennessee! (What could POSSIBLY go wrong??)
* Sell: Okie State 🙁
* Let’s agree not to set any expectations whatsoever for USC
* Today’s not the day Utah St. fans start liking me again 🙁https://t.co/eSJt3PhsWT
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