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2022 College Football Schedules and Scores By Teams: All 131 Schools

2022 College Football Schedules By Teams. The schedules and scores for all 131 schools.

Every team’s 2022 college football schedule. The team-by-team schedules  and scores for all 131 schools.

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2022 College Football Schedules By Teams

ACC Atlantic

Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Louisville
NC State
Syracuse
Wake Forest

ACC Coastal

Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Pitt
Virginia
Virginia Tech

AAC

Cincinnati
East Carolina
Houston
Memphis
Navy
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UCF
USF

Big Ten East

Indiana | Analysis
Maryland | Analysis
Michigan | Analysis
Michigan State | Analysis
Ohio State | Analysis
Penn State | Analysis
Rutgers | Analysis

Big Ten West

Illinois | Analysis
Iowa | Analysis
Minnesota | Analysis
Nebraska | Analysis
Northwestern | Analysis
Purdue | Analysis
Wisconsin | Analysis

Big 12

Baylor | Analysis
Iowa State | Analysis
Kansas | Analysis
Kansas State | Analysis
Oklahoma | Analysis
Oklahoma State | Analysis   
TCU | Analysis
Texas | Analysis
Texas Tech | Analysis
West Virginia | Analysis

Conference USA

Charlotte
FIU
Florida Atlantic
Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Rice
UAB
UTEP
UTSA
WKU

Independents

Army
BYU
Liberty
New Mexico State
Notre Dame
UConn
UMass

 

MAC East

Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Miami University
Ohio

MAC West

Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan

Mountain West

Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

Pac-12

Arizona | Analysis
Arizona State | Analysis
Cal | Analysis
Colorado | Analysis
Oregon | Analysis
Oregon State | Analysis
Stanford | Analysis
UCLA | Analysis
USC | Analysis
Utah | Analysis
Washington | Analysis
Washington State | Analysis

SEC East

Florida | Analysis
Georgia | Analysis
Kentucky | Analysis
Missouri | Analysis
South Carolina | Analysis
Tennessee | Analysis
Vanderbilt | Analysis

SEC West

Alabama | Analysis
Arkansas | Analysis
Auburn | Analysis
LSU | Analysis
Mississippi State | Analysis
Ole Miss | Analysis
Texas A&M | Analysis

Sun Belt East

Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
James Madison
Marshall
Old Dominion

Sun Belt West

Arkansas State
Louisiana
South Alabama
Southern Miss
Texas State
Troy
ULM

2022 NFL All 32 Team Schedules

 

 

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NCAA Academic Progress Rate Football Rankings 1-130: Which 5-7 Teams Might Go Bowling?

NCAA Academic Progress Rate Football Rankings 1-130: Which 5-7 Might Go Bowling?

The NCAA announced the 2020-2021 version of the Academic Progress Rate. Where do all 130 college football programs rank?

Contact @PeteFiutak

The Academic Progress Rate, or APR, was released measuring the improvements and academic success for the 2020-2021 school year. It didn’t exactly skip a year, but these are the first rankings since coming out since May of 2020.

And you care, why?

Besides wondering just how good the schools and teams are in the classroom, this is a big deal in the bowl world.

If there aren’t enough teams that finish with a bowl-eligible six wins, the teams that finish 5-7 are selected based on the APR ranking below – this is why Rutgers got the call last bowl season.

What does this mean? There are currently three projected open bowl spots, but it could be two if Buffalo beats Akron on Friday. Who are the top 5-7 teams according to APR?

Rice and then UNLV. After that, Michigan State and Auburn are tied.

From the NCAA, the APR is calculated as follows:

  • Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible.
  • A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate.
  • In addition to a team’s current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability.

2022 (2020-2021 report) NCAA APR Rankings

T1 Clemson 999

Previous APR Rank: 5
Previous APR Score: 993

T1 Ole Miss 999

Previous APR Rank: 2
Previous APR Score: 997

3 Alabama 997

Previous APR Rank: T6
Previous APR Score: 990

4 Northwestern 995

Previous APR Rank: T3
Previous APR Score: 995

T5 Air Force 994

Previous APR Rank: T3
Previous APR Score: 995

T5 Rice 994

Previous APR Rank: T15
Previous APR Score: 986

7 Washington 993

Previous APR Rank: 1
Previous APR Score: 999

8 Wisconsin 992

Previous APR Rank: T15
Previous APR Score: 986

T9 Cincinnati 991

Previous APR Rank: T6
Previous APR Score: 990

T9 Ohio State 991

Previous APR Rank: T18
Previous APR Score: 985

T9 Utah 991

Previous APR Rank: T11
Previous APR Score: 988

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T12 Boise State 990

Previous APR Rank: T25
Previous APR Score: 981

T12 Wake Forest 990

Previous APR Rank: T6
Previous APR Score: 990

T14 Louisville 988

Previous APR Rank: T20
Previous APR Score: 984

T14 Minnesota 988

Previous APR Rank: T27
Previous APR Score: 980

16 Temple 987

Previous APR Rank: 14
Previous APR Score: 987

T17 Boston College 986

Previous APR Rank: 10
Previous APR Score: 989

T17 Iowa State 986

Previous APR Rank: T31
Previous APR Score: 979

T19 Duke 985

Previous APR Rank: T15
Previous APR Score: 986

T19 Stanford 985

Previous APR Rank: T6
Previous APR Score: 990

T21 Nevada 984

Previous APR Rank: T75
Previous APR Score: 964

T21 Notre Dame 984

Previous APR Rank: T58
Previous APR Score: 970

T21 Pitt 984

Previous APR Rank: T11
Previous APR Score: 988

T21 South Carolina 984

Previous APR Rank: T68
Previous APR Score: 967

T21 UCF 984

Previous APR Rank: T25
Previous APR Score: 981

T21 UNLV 984

Previous APR Rank: T75
Previous APR Score: 964

T27 Arizona State 983

Previous APR Rank: T35
Previous APR Score: 978

T27 Auburn 983

Previous APR Rank: T27
Previous APR Score: 980

T27 Michigan State 983

Previous APR Rank: T109
Previous APR Score: 952

T27 Missouri 983

Previous APR Rank: T49
Previous APR Score: 973

T27 Virginia 983

Previous APR Rank: T52
Previous APR Score: 972

T32 Miami 982

Previous APR Rank: T49
Previous APR Score: 973

T32 Mississippi State 982

Previous APR Rank: T20
Previous APR Score: 984

34 Florida 981

Previous APR Rank: T43
Previous APR Score: 974

T35 Army 980

Previous APR Rank: T41
Previous APR Score: 975

T35 Michigan 980

Previous APR Rank: T27
Previous APR Score: 980

T37 Georgia Tech 979

Previous APR Rank: T35
Previous APR Score: 978

T37 Middle Tennessee 979

Previous APR Rank: T18
Previous APR Score: 985

T39 Eastern Michigan 978

Previous APR Rank: T39
Previous APR Score: 976

T39 Kansas State 978

Previous APR Rank: T35
Previous APR Score: 978

T39 Toledo 978

Previous APR Rank: 23
Previous APR Score: 983

T42 Miami University 977

Previous APR Rank: T49
Previous APR Score: 973

T42 North Carolina 977

Previous APR Rank: T92
Previous APR Score: 959

T42 Rutgers 977

Previous APR Rank: T31
Previous APR Score: 979

T42 SMU 977

Previous APR Rank: T43
Previous APR Score: 974

T46 Arkansas State 976

Previous APR Rank: T52
Previous APR Score: 972

T46 Indiana 976

Previous APR Rank: T61
Previous APR Score: 969

T46 Liberty 976

Previous APR Rank: 98
Previous APR Score: 957

T49 Baylor 975

Previous APR Rank: T43
Previous APR Score: 974

T49 Cal 975

Previous APR Rank: 38
Previous APR Score: 977

T49 USC 975

Previous APR Rank: T58
Previous APR Score: 970

T49 USF 975

Previous APR Rank: T31
Previous APR Score: 979

T53 Georgia State 974

Previous APR Rank: T95
Previous APR Score: 958

T53 NC State 974

Previous APR Rank: T81
Previous APR Score: 962

T53 West Virginia 974

Previous APR Rank: T90
Previous APR Score: 960

T53 Wyoming 974

Previous APR Rank: T61
Previous APR Score: 969

T57 Ball State 973

Previous APR Rank: T61
Previous APR Score: 969

T57 Oklahoma State 973

Previous APR Rank: T31
Previous APR Score: 979

T57 Oregon State 973

Previous APR Rank: T41
Previous APR Score: 975

T57 Vanderbilt 973

Previous APR Rank: T20
Previous APR Score: 984

T61 Memphis 972

Previous APR Rank: T27
Previous APR Score: 980

T61 Nebraska 972

Previous APR Rank: T43
Previous APR Score: 974

T63 Kentucky 971

Previous APR Rank: T56
Previous APR Score: 971

T63 San Diego State 971

Previous APR Rank: T61
Previous APR Score: 969

T63 Texas 971

Previous APR Rank: T43
Previous APR Score: 974

T66 Navy 970

Previous APR Rank: T11
Previous APR Score: 988

T66 Penn State 970

Previous APR Rank: 24
Previous APR Score: 982

T66 Purdue 970

Previous APR Rank: T106
Previous APR Score: 954

T66 Tulane 970

Previous APR Rank: T95
Previous APR Score: 958

T66 UConn 970

Previous APR Rank: T39
Previous APR Score: 976

T71 Illinois 969

Previous APR Rank: T58
Previous APR Score: 970

T71 Utah State 969

Previous APR Rank: T75
Previous APR Score: 964

T73 Appalachian State 968

Previous APR Rank: T103
Previous APR Score: 955

T73 Buffalo 968

Previous APR Rank: T92
Previous APR Score: 959

T73 Iowa 968

Previous APR Rank: T56
Previous APR Score: 971

T73 Oklahoma 968

Previous APR Rank: T71
Previous APR Score: 965

77 Georgia 967

Previous APR Rank: T61
Previous APR Score: 969

78 FIU 966

Previous APR Rank: T66
Previous APR Score: 968

T79 Arizona 965

Previous APR Rank: T75
Previous APR Score: 964

T79 Ohio 965

Previous APR Rank: T52
Previous APR Score: 972

T81 Coastal Carolina 964

Previous APR Rank: T99
Previous APR Score: 956

T81 Fresno State 964

Previous APR Rank: T106
Previous APR Score: 954

T81 Virginia Tech 964

Previous APR Rank: T95
Previous APR Score: 958

T84 Bowling Green 963

Previous APR Rank: 117
Previous APR Score: 947

T84 Marshall 963

Previous APR Rank: 112
Previous APR Score: 951

T86 East Carolina 961

Previous APR Rank: T128
Previous APR Score: 938

T86 Kansas 961

Previous APR Rank: T90
Previous APR Score: 960

T86 San Jose State 961

Previous APR Rank: T109
Previous APR Score: 952

T89 Kent State 960

Previous APR Rank: T43
Previous APR Score: 974

T89 North Texas 960

Previous APR Rank: T85
Previous APR Score: 961

T89 Oregon 960

Previous APR Rank: T66
Previous APR Score: 968

T89 WKU 960

Previous APR Rank: T81
Previous APR Score: 962

93 Washington State 959

Previous APR Rank: 80
Previous APR Score: 963

T94 Central Michigan 958

Previous APR Rank: T52
Previous APR Score: 972

T94 Florida State 958

Previous APR Rank: T125
Previous APR Score: 942

T94 Louisiana Tech 958

Previous APR Rank: T75
Previous APR Score: 964

T94 Texas A&M 958

Previous APR Rank: T71
Previous APR Score: 965

T98 Arkansas 957

Previous APR Rank: T81
Previous APR Score: 962

T98 Northern Illinois 957

Previous APR Rank: T81
Previous APR Score: 962

T98 Syracuse 957

Previous APR Rank: T71
Previous APR Score: 965

T101 Charlotte 956

Previous APR Rank: T119
Previous APR Score: 945

T101 Texas State 956

Previous APR Rank: 130
Previous APR Score: 932

T103 Louisiana 955

Previous APR Rank: T99
Previous APR Score: 956

T103 Old Dominion 955

Previous APR Rank: T85
Previous APR Score: 961

T103 TCU 955

Previous APR Rank: T92
Previous APR Score: 959

T103 Texas Tech 955

Previous APR Rank: T113
Previous APR Score: 949

T107 Akron 954

Previous APR Rank: T119
Previous APR Score: 945

T107 Colorado 954

Previous APR Rank: T103
Previous APR Score: 955

T107 Colorado State 954

Previous APR Rank: T106
Previous APR Score: 954

T110 BYU 953

Previous APR Rank: 118
Previous APR Score: 946

T110 UTSA 953

Previous APR Rank: T85
Previous APR Score: 961

T112 Georgia Southern 952

Previous APR Rank: T113
Previous APR Score: 949

T112 Troy 952

Previous APR Rank: T85
Previous APR Score: 961

114 UMass 951

Previous APR Rank: T128
Previous APR Score: 938

T115 Florida Atlantic 949

Previous APR Rank: T71
Previous APR Score: 965

T115 South Alabama 949

Previous APR Rank: T103
Previous APR Score: 955

T117 Houston 948

Previous APR Rank: T85
Previous APR Score: 961

T117 ULM 948

Previous APR Rank: 70
Previous APR Score: 966

119 UCLA 947

Previous APR Rank: 123
Previous APR Score: 944

T120 Hawaii 946

Previous APR Rank: T113
Previous APR Score: 949

T120 Tennessee 946

Previous APR Rank: T68
Previous APR Score: 967

122 UAB 945

Previous APR Rank: T125
Previous APR Score: 942

123 Maryland 944

Previous APR Rank: T99
Previous APR Score: 956

124 New Mexico State 940

Previous APR Rank: T99
Previous APR Score: 956

125 Tulsa 939

Previous APR Rank: T119
Previous APR Score: 945

126 Western Michigan 938

Previous APR Rank: 116
Previous APR Score: 948

127 New Mexico 935

Previous APR Rank: 124
Previous APR Score: 943

T128 Southern Miss 934

Previous APR Rank: T119
Previous APR Score: 945

T128 UTEP 934

Previous APR Rank: 127
Previous APR Score: 941

130 LSU 933

Previous APR Rank: T109
Previous APR Score: 952

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NFL Coaches Against The Spread Rankings. Who Covers, Who Doesn’t

NFL Coaches Against The Spread Rankings. Which ones cover and which don’t?

How good are all of the NFL head coaches against the spread? 22 veteran head coaches are ranked on how well they cover.

Winning isn’t everything, but winning against the spread is.

How well do the current NFL coaches when it comes to covering the spread? Here’s the ranking of all the veteran head coaches and how they have done with their current teams.

Note that there are only 22 ranked here – again, these are the veterans and not the first year guys.

– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @RichCirminiello

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College Coaches Against the Spread 
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
Group of Five programs & Independents
Ranked from 1 to 108 overall

22. Robert Saleh, NY Jets

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 6-11 (35.3%)
After Bye: 0-1
After Win: 1-3
After Loss: 5-7
Home: 4-5
Road: 2-5
Favorite: 1-0
Underdog: 5-11
Home Favorite: 1-0
Home Dog: 3-5
Road Favorite: 0-0
Road Dog: 2-5

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 10-7
After bye: 1-0
Home: 6-3
Road: 3-4
Favorite: 1-0
Underdog: 9-7
Home Favorite: 1-0
Home Dog: 5-3
Road Favorite: 0-0
Road Dog: 3-4

21. Arthur Smith, Atlanta Falcons

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 6-10-1 (38.2%)
After Bye: 1-0
After Win: 1-5-1
After Loss: 5-4
Home: 0-7
Road: 5-3-1
Favorite: 3-3
Underdog: 3-7-1
Home Favorite: 0-3
Home Dog: 0-4
Road Favorite: 2-0
Road Dog: 3-3-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 7-10
After bye: 1-0
Home: 2-5
Road: 4-5
Favorite: 2-4
Underdog: 5-6
Home Favorite: 0-3
Home Dog: 2-2
Road Favorite: 1-1
Road Dog: 3-4

20. Matt Rhule, Carolina Panthers

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 14-19 (42.4%)
After Bye: 0-2
After Win: 5-5
After Loss: 8-13
Home: 4-12
Road: 10-7
Favorite: 3-8
Underdog: 11-11
Home Favorite: 1-6
Home Dog: 3-6
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 8-5

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 15-18
After bye: 2-0
Home: 6-10
Road: 9-8
Favorite: 4-7
Underdog: 11-11
Home Favorite: 3-4
Home Dog: 3-6
Road Favorite: 1-3
Road Dog: 8-5

19. Brandon Staley, LA Chargers

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 8-9 (47.1%)
After Bye: 0-1
After Win: 3-6
After Loss: 4-3
Home: 4-5
Road: 4-4
Favorite: 4-7
Underdog: 3-2
Home Favorite: 4-4
Home Dog: 0-1
Road Favorite: 0-3
Road Dog: 3-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 10-7
After bye: 1-0
Home: 6-3
Road: 4-4
Favorite: 7-4
Underdog: 2-3
Home Favorite: 5-3
Home Dog: 1-0
Road Favorite: 2-1
Road Dog: 1-3

18. Nick Sirianni, Philadelphia Eagles

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 8-9-1 (47.2%)
After Bye: 0-0-1
After Win: 3-5-1
After Loss: 4-4
Home: 3-4-1
Road: 5-5
Favorite: 4-2-1
Underdog: 3-6
Home Favorite: 2-0-1
Home Dog: 1-3
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 2-3

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 10-8
After bye: 1-0
Home: 6-2
Road: 4-6
Favorite: 5-2
Underdog: 4-5
Home Favorite: 3-0
Home Dog: 2-2
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 2-3

17. Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland Browns

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 15-20 (42.9%)
After Bye: 0-2
After Win: 10-9
After Loss: 4-10
Home: 6-11
Road: 9-9
Favorite: 6-14
Underdog: 8-6
Home Favorite: 5-10
Home Dog: 1-1
Road Favorite: 1-4
Road Dog: 7-5

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 17-18
After bye: 1-1
Home: 8-9
Road: 9-9
Favorite: 9-11
Underdog: 8-6
Home Favorite: 7-8
Home Dog: 1-1
Road Favorite: 2-3
Road Dog: 7-5

16. Mike Vrabel, Tennessee Titans

ATS Record (since 2018)

ATS Overall: 35-34-1 (50.7%)
After Bye: 4-1
After Win: 21-22
After Loss: 13-9-1
Home: 17-17-1
Road: 17-17
Favorite: 15-21-1
Underdog: 20-13
Home Favorite: 9-12-1
Home Dog: 8-5
Road Favorite: 6-9
Road Dog: 11-8

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 39-30-1
After bye: 3-2
Home: 18-16-1
Road: 21-13
Favorite: 21-15-1
Underdog: 18-15
Home Favorite: 11-10-1
Home Dog: 7-6
Road Favorite: 10-5
Road Dog: 11-8

15. Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers

ATS Record (since 2017)

ATS Overall: 44-42-1 (51.1%)
After Bye: 3-3
After Win: 24-18
After Loss: 19-20-1
Home: 17-22-1
Road: 27-17
Favorite: 16-25-1
Underdog: 28-17
Home Favorite: 8-15-1
Home Dog: 9-7
Road Favorite: 8-8
Road Dog: 19-9

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 42-44-1
After bye: 1-5
Home: 22-18
Road: 19-24-1
Favorite: 25-16-1
Underdog: 17-28
Home Favorite: 15-9
Home Dog: 7-9
Road Favorite: 9-6-1
Road Dog: 10-18

14. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers

ATS Record (since 2007)

ATS Overall: 130-122-6 (51.6%)
After Bye: 9-9
After Win: 74-77-6
After Loss: 48-36
Home: 69-58-3
Road: 61-61-3
Favorite: 83-95-3
Underdog: 47-26-3
Home Favorite: 54-54-1
Home Dog: 15-3-2
Road Favorite: 29-39-2
Road Dog: 32-22-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 117-136-5
After bye: 10-8
Home: 62-64-4
Road: 52-72-1
Favorite: 86-91-4
Underdog: 31-44-1
Home Favorite: 54-51-4
Home Dog: 8-12
Road Favorite: 30-40
Road Dog: 22-32-1

13. Ron Rivera, Washington Commanders

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 17-16-1 (51.5%)
After Bye: 1-1
After Win: 8-5
After Loss: 8-10-1
Home: 9-8
Road: 7-8-1
Favorite: 3-4
Underdog: 14-12-1
Home Favorite: 1-3
Home Dog: 8-5
Road Favorite: 2-1
Road Dog: 5-7-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 13-21
After bye: 0-2
Home: 5-12
Road: 8-8
Favorite: 2-5
Underdog: 11-16
Home Favorite: 1-3
Home Dog: 4-9
Road Favorite: 1-2
Road Dog: 7-6

12. John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens

ATS Record (since 2008)

ATS Overall: 124-112-8 (52.5%)
After Bye: 9-7
After Win: 75-67-5
After Loss: 39-41-3
Home: 56-59-2
Road: 67-52-6
Favorite: 74-78-5
Underdog: 50-34-3
Home Favorite: 47-51-2
Home Dog: 9-8
Road Favorite: 27-26-3
Road Dog: 40-26-3

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 116-125-3
After bye: 7-9
Home: 53-64
Road: 61-61-3
Favorite: 71-86
Underdog: 45-39-3
Home Favorite: 46-54
Home Dog: 7-10
Road Favorite: 24-32
Road Dog: 37-29-3

11. Mike McCarthy, Dallas Cowboys

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 18-16 (52.9%)
After Bye: 2-0
After Win: 10-8
After Loss: 7-7
Home: 8-9
Road: 10-7
Favorite: 11-11
Underdog: 7-5
Home Favorite: 5-9
Home Dog: 3-0
Road Favorite: 6-2
Road Dog: 4-5

Over/Under (to the over)
Overall: 17-17
After bye: 1-1
Home: 11-6
Road: 6-11
Favorite: 11-11
Underdog: 6-6
Home Favorite: 9-5
Home Dog: 2-1
Road Favorite: 2-6
Road Dog: 4-5

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10. Sean McVay, LA Rams

ATS Record (since 2017)

ATS Overall: 48-41-2 (53.8%)
After Bye: 4-2
After Win: 27-32-1
After Loss: 16-9-1
Home: 20-21-2
Road: 26-19
Favorite: 37-33-2
Underdog: 11-8
Home Favorite: 19-18-2
Home Dog: 1-3
Road Favorite: 16-15
Road Dog: 10-4

Over/Under (to the over)   
Overall: 43-47-1
After bye: 3-3
Home: 18-25
Road: 25-19-1
Favorite: 28-43-1
Underdog: 15-4
Home Favorite: 14-25
Home Dog: 4-0
Road Favorite: 14-16-1
Road Dog: 11-3

9. Frank Reich, Indianapolis Colts

ATS Record (since 2018)

ATS Overall: 35-30-3 (53.7%)
After Bye: 3-0-1
After Win: 20-17-1
After Loss: 15-10-1
Home: 14-18-1
Road: 21-12-2
Favorite: 21-18-1
Underdog: 14-12-2
Home Favorite: 13-13-1
Home Dog: 1-5
Road Favorite: 8-5
Road Dog: 13-7-2

Over/Under (to the over)   
Overall: 35-33
After bye: 3-1
Home: 16-17
Road: 19-16
Favorite: 19-21
Underdog: 16-12
Home Favorite: 11-16
Home Dog: 5-1
Road Favorite: 8-5
Road Dog: 11-11

8. Kliff Kingsbury, Arizona Cardinals

ATS Record (since 2019)

ATS Overall: 26-22-2 (54%)
After Bye: 1-2
After Win: 13-10-1
After Loss: 9-12-1
Home: 9-15
Road: 17-7-2
Favorite: 8-14
Underdog: 18-8-2
Home Favorite: 4-11
Home Dog: 5-4
Road Favorite: 4-3
Road Dog: 13-4-2

Over/Under (to the over)  
Overall: 22-28
After bye: 2-1
Home: 14-10
Road: 8-18
Favorite: 9-13
Underdog: 13-15
Home Favorite: 8-7
Home Dog: 6-3
Road Favorite: 1-6
Road Dog: 7-12

7. Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks

ATS Record (since 2010)

ATS Overall: 111-93-7 (54.3%)
After Bye: 7-6-1
After Win: 62-62-3
After Loss: 44-24-3
Home: 59-42-2
Road: 50-50-5
Favorite: 65-61-4
Underdog: 46-32-3
Home Favorite: 43-33-2
Home Dog: 16-9
Road Favorite: 21-28-2
Road Dog: 29-22-3

Over/Under (to the over)
Overall: 108-100-3
After bye: 6-8
Home: 56-45-2
Road: 50-54-1
Favorite: 61-69
Underdog: 47-31-3
Home Favorite: 41-37
Home Dog: 15-8-2
Road Favorite: 20-31
Road Dog: 30-23-1

6. Zac Taylor, Cincinnati Bengals

ATS Record (since 2019)

ATS Overall: 29-24 (54.7%)
After Bye: 1-2
After Win: 9-9
After Loss: 17-14
Home: 12-14
Road: 17-9
Favorite: 6-7
Underdog: 23-17
Home Favorite: 4-5
Home Dog: 8-9
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 15-7

Over/Under (to the over) 
Overall: 22-30-1
After bye: 1-1-1
Home: 15-11
Road: 7-18-1
Favorite: 9-4
Underdog: 13-26-1
Home Favorite: 7-2
Home Dog: 8-9
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 5-16-1

5. Andy Reid, Kansas City Chiefs

ATS Record (since 2013)

ATS Overall: 88-70-3 (55.6%)
After Bye: 7-6
After Win: 60-47-3
After Loss: 22-20
Home: 40-41-2
Road: 45-29-1
Favorite: 68-58-2
Underdog: 20-12-1
Home Favorite: 37-38-2
Home Dog: 3-3
Road Favorite: 28-20
Road Dog: 17-9-1

Over/Under (to the over) 
Overall: 78-82-1
After bye: 3-9-1
Home: 35-48
Road: 42-32-1
Favorite: 58-70
Underdog: 20-12-1
Home Favorite: 29-48
Home Dog: 6-0
Road Favorite: 28-20
Road Dog: 14-12-1

4. Sean McDermott, Buffalo Bills

ATS Record (since 2017)

ATS Overall: 48-35-5 (57.4%)
After Bye: 2-1-2
After Win: 28-20-3
After Loss: 17-13-2
Home: 23-18-3
Road: 24-17-2
Favorite: 26-16-3
Underdog: 22-19-2
Home Favorite: 17-10-3
Home Dog: 6-8
Road Favorite: 9-6
Road Dog: 15-11-2

Over/Under (to the over)    
Overall: 41-46-1
After bye: 3-2
Home: 22-22
Road: 18-24-1
Favorite: 22-22-1
Underdog: 19-24
Home Favorite: 15-15
Home Dog: 7-7
Road Favorite: 7-7-1
Road Dog: 11-17

3. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots

ATS Record (since 2003)

ATS Overall: 197-140-7 (58.3%)
After Bye: 18-12-1
After Win: 138-104-7
After Loss: 50-26
Home: 101-71-5
Road: 91-65-2
Favorite: 163-120-6
Underdog: 32-20-1
Home Favorite: 94-68-5
Home Dog: 6-3
Road Favorite: 64-48-1
Road Dog: 26-17-1

Over/Under (to the over) 
Overall: 175-164-5
After bye: 16-14-1
Home: 91-81-5
Road: 80-78
Favorite: 145-139-5
Underdog: 29-24
Home Favorite: 86-76-5
Home Dog: 5-4
Road Favorite: 55-58
Road Dog: 24-20

2. Matt LaFleur, Green Bay Packers

ATS Record (since 2019)

ATS Overall: 34-20 (63%)
After Bye: 3-3
After Win: 23-18
After Loss: 9-1
Home: 19-9
Road: 15-10
Favorite: 25-17
Underdog: 9-3
Home Favorite: 18-9
Home Dog: 1-0
Road Favorite: 7-7
Road Dog: 8-3

Over/Under (to the over)
Overall: 27-27
After bye: 3-3
Home: 14-14
Road: 13-12
Favorite: 20-22
Underdog: 7-5
Home Favorite: 13-14
Home Dog: 1-0
Road Favorite: 7-7
Road Dog: 6-5

1. Dan Campbell, Detroit Lions

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 11-6 (64.7%)
After Bye: 1-0
After Win: 1-1
After Loss: 8-5
Home: 6-2
Road: 5-4
Favorite: 0-0
Underdog: 11-6
Home Favorite: 0-0
Home Dog: 6-2
Road Favorite: 0-0
Road Dog: 5-4

Over/Under (to the over)
Overall: 7-10
After bye: 0-1
Home: 4-4
Road: 3-6
Favorite: 0-0
Underdog: 7-10
Home Favorite: 0-0
Home Dog: 4-4
Road Favorite: 0-0
Road Dog: 3-6

Coaches Against the Spread
A deeper dive on each coach and how they do against the spread
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
Group of Five programs & Independents
76-108 | 51-75 | 26-50 | Top 25 | Top 10

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College Football Preview 2022: CFN 131 Team Previews, Schedules, Rankings

CFN College Football Preview 2022: 131 Team Previews, Conference Previews, Predictions, Rankings

CFN College Football Preview 2022: Team Previews, Conference Previews, Predictions, Rankings

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College Football Preview 2022

CFN Preseason Ranking of Every Team 1-131
CFN Preseason Bowl Predictions

CFN Predictions of Every Game
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | Ind | MAC | M-West | Sun Belt

CFN All-Conference Teams, Top 30 Players
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | Ind | MAC | M-West | Sun Belt

2022 Unit Rankings  
QB | RB | WR&TE | OL | DL | LB | DB
Offenses | Defenses

Note: Most team previews were done earlier in the summer. We try to update everything on the fly, but if we’re missing something please let us know at @ColFootballNews

ACC 2022 Team Previews

ACC Atlantic

Boston College
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Clemson
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Florida State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Louisville
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
NC State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Syracuse
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Wake Forest
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

ACC Coastal

Duke
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Georgia Tech
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Miami
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
North Carolina
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Pitt
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Virginia
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Virginia Tech
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

American Athletic Conference 2022 Team Previews

Cincinnati
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
East Carolina
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Houston
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Memphis
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Navy
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
SMU
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Temple
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Tulane
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Tulsa
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UCF
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
USF
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

Big Ten 2022 Team Previews

Big Ten East

Indiana
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Maryland
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Michigan
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Michigan State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Ohio State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Penn State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Rutgers
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

Big Ten West

Illinois
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Iowa
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Minnesota
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Nebraska
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Northwestern
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Purdue
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Wisconsin
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

Big 12 2022 Team Previews

Baylor
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Iowa State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Kansas
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Kansas State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Oklahoma
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Oklahoma State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
TCU
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Texas
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Texas Tech
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
West Virginia
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

Conference USA 2022 Team Previews

Charlotte
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
FIU
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Florida Atlantic
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Louisiana Tech  
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Middle Tennessee
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
North Texas
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Rice
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UAB
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UTEP
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UTSA
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
WKU 
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

Independent 2022 Team Previews

Army
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
BYU
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Liberty
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
New Mexico State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Notre Dame
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UConn
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UMass
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

MAC 2022 Team Previews

MAC East

Akron
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Bowling Green
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Buffalo
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Kent State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Miami University
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Ohio
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

MAC West

Ball State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Central Michigan
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Eastern Michigan
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Northern Illinois
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Toledo
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Western Michigan 
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

Mountain West 2022 Team Previews

Air Force
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Boise State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Colorado State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Fresno State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Hawaii
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Nevada
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
New Mexico
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
San Diego State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
San Jose State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
UNLV
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Utah State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Wyoming
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

Pac-12 2022 Team Previews

Arizona
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Arizona State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Cal
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Colorado
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Oregon
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Oregon State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Stanford
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
UCLA
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
USC
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Utah
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Washington
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Washington State 
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

SEC 2022 Team Previews

SEC East

Florida
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Georgia
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Kentucky
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Missouri
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Tennessee
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
South Carolina
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Vanderbilt
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

SEC West

Alabama
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Arkansas
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Auburn
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
LSU
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Mississippi State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Ole Miss
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis
Texas A&M
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule Analysis

Sun Belt 2022 Team Previews

Sun Belt East

Appalachian State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Coastal Carolina
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Georgia Southern
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Georgia State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
James Madison
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Marshall
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Old Dominion
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

Sun Belt West

Arkansas State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Louisiana
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
South Alabama
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Southern Miss
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Texas State
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
Troy
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule
ULM
Preview | Top 10 Players | Schedule

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2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

Georgia Bulldogs Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

Georgia College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

Georgia Bulldogs Preview 2022: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the season with what you need to know and keys to the season.

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Georgia Bulldogs Preview
Head Coach: Kirby Smart, 66-15, 7th year at Georgia
2021 Preview: Overall: 14-1, Conference: 8-0
Offense, Defense Breakdown | Keys To The Season
Season Prediction, What Will Happen
Georgia Top 10 Players | Georgia Schedule & Analysis

Georgia Bulldogs Preview 2022

There’s a college basketball theory that all you can reasonably ask for is to consistently put great teams on the floor year in and year out. Do that, and you’ll eventually catch the breaks when it matters in March.

Demanding a national title is tough, but the Final Four? Yeah, if you’re a Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Gonzaga, etc., that’s a reasonable goal every season. Keep getting in it, and soon you’re going to win it.

The Georgia football program kept fielding great team after great team – that includes the Mark Richt era – and it all finally came together. It was finally its turn to have the right mix and the right things fall into place to get that national championship.

There wasn’t anything flaky or fluky about it, and it wasn’t the catch-lightning-in-a-bottle run of 2019 LSU – all-timer team, national championship program, but too up-and-down over the last few years. Georgia was due, it got the job done, and now its status goes to a whole other level.

It was national title-good over the last several seasons under Kirby Smart, but the program went from promise – like Oklahoma and Notre Dame programs that are CFP-good, but can’t take it that one extra step – to proof. It just made the jump to raise the expectations to the reasonably insane.

Georgia now gets table service in the VIP lounge of respect that Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State hang in.

What do those four have that just about everyone else doesn’t? The consistency every single season to keep rolling no matter how many generational stars they lose.

Now, being in that elite club isn’t necessarily a positive when it comes to fun – ask Alabama fans if they feel like 2021 was a success, even with a Heisman winner, an SEC championship, and a trip to the national title game – in a be careful what you wish for sort of way. However, when the question comes up during the summer of who will make the College Football Playoff, if even the most casual of fans says, “Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, and Georgia,” that’s not wrong.

Obviously that doesn’t mean it’s easy to win a national title in the CFP era – ask Ohio State – but would it be a stunner if Georgia did it again despite losing five first rounders off the defense and with 15 players selected in the last draft? Not at all, and at the very least another trip to the playoff is expected now.

Yeah, Georgia lost a ton of players, and there’s bound to be a letdown, and the rest of the SEC is nasty, and it’s impossible to repeat in the CFP era, and that roll of the dice might not come up its way this time around, and injuries could strike, and …

Go ahead, Georgia. Do it again because that’s what you’re supposed to do – keep putting great team after great team on the field.

That’s the respect the program just earned with that national championship.

Offense, Defense Breakdown | Keys To The Season
Season Prediction, What Will Happen
Georgia Top 10 Players | Georgia Schedule & Analysis

Georgia Bulldogs Preview 2022: Offense, Defense NEXT

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College Football Preseason Defensive Back Unit Rankings: CFN Preview 2022

College football unit rankings – the defensive backs. Ranking the top 10 overall, and then ranking each conference’s situations.

College Football News Preview 2022 preseason unit rankings, looking at the top ten defensive back situations and rankings by conference.

The college football secondaries are getting better and better.

In response to all of the high-powered passing games, defenses are putting even more of a premium on the top pass rushers, and they’re getting more and more creative with their defensive backfields.

Now it’s the norm to have a hybrid safety who can be used like an extra linebacker, and as a pass rusher, and as a corner, and …

Versatility is important, and lots and lots and lots of options matter, because the offenses adjusted, too.

Putting more defensive backs on the field is fine, but if there’s one weak link, or if one of part goes down, the improved passers and offensive coordinators have figured out how to take advantage of that better than ever before.

With all of that in mind, here are the defensive back unit rankings with the ten best going into the season along with the rankings in each conference.

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CFN Preview 2022 Preseason College Football Unit Rankings: Defensive Backs

Unit Rankings By Conference: Defensive Backs 
Top 10 | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | Ind | MAC | M-West | Sun Belt

1. Alabama

The Crimson Tide secondary was already great, and then it brought in corner Eli Ricks from LSU – there’s a shot he’s the first defensive back off the board in the 2023 NFL Draft. Safeties Jordan Battle and Brian Branch will also work at the next level, Kool-Aid McKinstry and Khyree Jackson are terrific corners, and Malachi Moore is sure to be special at one of the safety spots if his back problems are over.

2 Notre Dame

There’s a shot the secondary turns into the team’s biggest strength. Corners Clarence Lewis and Cam Hart can hit, the depth is – for the most part – there for all spots, the safeties are experienced, and on top of all of that, Northwestern transfer Brandon Joseph might be the best safety in college football.

3 LSU

The transfer portal taketh away, but it also giveth, and giveth some more. Losing star corner Eli Ricks to Alabama hurts, but LSU was able to load up with five excellent transfers – safeties Greg Brooks (Arkansas) and Joe Foucha (Arkansas), and corners Jarrick Bernard-Converse (Oklahoma State), Mekhi Garner (Louisiana), Sevyn Banks (Ohio State), and Quad Wilson (McNeese State) – who should work right away around veteran safety Jay Ward.

4 Georgia

Like everywhere else on the Georgia defense, a slew of key starts are missing from last year’s national championship group. However, Kelee Ringo – the new legend whose pick six sealed the CFP title – is back at one corner, Christopher Smith is an NFL starting safety, and Tykee Smith is a special free safety if he can get past his injury issues.

5 Penn State

The talent is there, and now the pass rush has to help the cause. Joey Porter might be the best corner in the Big Ten, safety JiAyir Brown is the leading returning tackler, and Kalen King is a strong corner on the other side of Porter. The latest recruiting class is strong enough to push for meaningful time.

2022 CFN Predictions For Every Game 
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | Ind | MAC | M-West | Sun Belt
CFN 2022 Preseason Ranking of all 131 Teams
CFN 2022 Preview of all 131 Teams

6 Texas A&M

The Texas A&M defense is loaded with superstar prospects, but it’s really, really young on the front six/seven. That goes for the key backups in the secondary, too, but the starting five is experienced and very, very good. Safeties Demani Richardson and Antonio Johnson are the best of the bunch, but they’re all going to have to hold off the new guys from finding their way in.

7 Michigan

The Wolverine secondary loses some huge parts from last year’s group, but it has two likely all-stars in corner DJ Turner and safety RJ Moten, and there was enough of a rotation to have new starters ready to step up. The depth is very young, but very talented.

8 Utah

Start with all-star corner Clark Phillips and rock-solid safety Cole Bishop, throw in some good parts around them, and add in former Illinois State star Clayton Isbell at safety and great-looking freshman Sione Vaki, and this will once again be one of the Pac-12’s best defensive backfields.

9 Iowa

The secondary that took the ball away in bunches should be every bit as dangerous with playmaking corner Riley Moss back from a knee injury. There’s experience across the board for what should be one of the most sound pass defenses in the country.

10 South Carolina

The SEC’s No. 1 pass defense – fine, so that’s partly because everyone ran the ball on the Gamecocks – not only gets back  good veterans – starting with safety RJ Roderick and Nickel Cam Smith – but in comes one of the MAC’s best defensive players over the last few years. Devonni Reed is transferring in from Central Michigan to take over at free safety.

Unit Rankings By Conference: Defensive Backs 
Top 10 | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
AAC | C-USA | Ind | MAC | M-West | Sun Belt

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Washington State Cougars Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

Washington State College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

Washington State Cougars Preview 2022: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the season with what you need to know and keys to the season.

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Washington State Cougars Preview
Head Coach: Jake Dickert, 3-3, 2nd year at Washington State
2021 Preview: Overall: 7-6, Conference: 6-3
Keys To The Season
Season Prediction, What Will Happen
Top 10 Players | Washington State Schedule & Analysis

Washington State Cougars Preview 2022

Washington State has been to six bowl games in the last seven seasons, with 2020 and that weird four-game campaign the lone outlier.

Cal can’t boast that. Stanford can’t make that claim. Oregon State can’t, either, and neither can USC or UCLA.

Washington hasn’t been to a bowl game in the last two seasons – granted, 2020 had something to do with that – but Washington State also had its share of adversity last year and figured it out.

Washington State hasn’t been a Pac-12 powerhouse, but it’s been solid, it finds ways to come up with enough wins to have successful seasons, and it only looks to get better with an upgraded offense to go along with some sneaky-good parts on D.

The Pac-12 is far better when Washington State is doing Washington State things with a high-powered offense rolling in high-scoring games, and that’s exactly what’s going to happen this year.

The conference needs a good Wazzu in this current expansion climate, and it’s about to get it.

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Washington State Cougars Preview 2022: Offense

Last year Western Kentucky went from meh to magnificent offensively by getting all of the key parts from the Houston Baptist attack. Washington State’s 2021 offense was mediocre – even with the Pac-12’s second-best passing game, and now it’s about to be jump-started.

Welcome to the Incarnate Word attack.

Former UIW head coach Eric Morris comes in as the new offensive coordinator after his team finished sixth in the FCS in total offense, second in scoring, and averaged 360 passing yards per game. He’s bringing along …

Cameron Ward. He’s a good pro prospect passer who threw for 4,648 yards and 47 touchdowns last year for UIW and ran for a score. It’s his offense to run now with former starting quarterback Jayden de Laura going to Arizona.

Ward also gets one of his key targets to throw to. Robert Ferrel caught 74 passes for 815 yards and nine scores last year. He’ll join the mix with De’Zhaun Stribling back after catching 44 passes and and Donovan Ollie returning after a 26-catch season – those two are 6-2ish big targets who can work in a variety of ways.

The passing game will control the offense – it’s Washington State – but the ground game should be effective. Longtime all-around playmaker Max Borghi is done, but former Wisconsin Badger Nakia Watson should take on a bigger role along with good-looking freshman Jaylen Jenkins.

The line will do some shuffling. It struggled to keep defenses out of the backfield, and it didn’t do enough for the ground game when the O gave it a shot.

Center Brian Greene left for Michigan State, but Konner Gomness is a veteran who can step in. Guard Jarrett Kingston will likely move to tackle, and Northern Colorado transfer Grant Stephens will try to step in for all-star Abraham Lucas.

Washington State Cougars Preview 2022: Defense

The defense was good at not breaking after bending. It was the best in the Pac-12 in red zone defense, it wasn’t bad in the secondary, and it was solid on third downs, What it was really, really good at was taking the ball away, coming up with a Pac-12 high 29 takeaways.

The secondary is undergoing an overhaul, but the Cougars are set on …

The defensive line. The Wazzu front four has a First Team All-Pac-12 end in Ron Stone, a fellow all-star in Brennan Jackson on the other side, and a good rotation in the interior. The pass rush has to be stronger, but the experience and options should make this one of the team’s improved strengths.

The linebacking corps loses longtime star Jahad Woods and running mate Justus Rogers, but Daiyan Henley is coming in from Nevada after a 94-tackle, four-interception season at Nevada, and Travion Brown is a 230-pound veteran who can handle the middle.

The secondary isn’t starting over, but it’s getting a slew of new parts around third-leading tackler and All-Pac-12 nickel back Armani Marsh.

Jordan Lee made 142 tackles with a whole lot of big plays for Nevada over the last three seasons. He’ll step in at one safety job, and former Utah State Aggie Sam Lockett comes in from the JUCO ranks to make a push for the other spot.

Cam Lampkin made 72 tackles with ten broken up passes as a corner for Utah State. He’ll combine with 6-3 veteran Derrick Langford at corner.

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Western Michigan Broncos Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

Western Michigan College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

Western Michigan continues to be SO frustrating.

The talent is there, but the consistent big seasons and wins aren’t. That’s a common theme in the MAC West, like with Toledo, but it just doesn’t make any sense.

The Broncos went 13-1 under PJ Fleck in 2016 and have been solid ever since – the program hasn’t had a losing season since 2013 – but last year’s team was No. 1 in the MAC in total defense, No. 2 in total offense, the running game was great, the skill guys were fantastic, the pass rush was among the best in the country, and the O line put up a phenomenal season, and …

Nope. Four MAC losses in a six game stretch killed the fun.

Beating Pitt was nice, and rolling a Nevada team without a slew of key parts was a good way to finish, but this needs to be a MAC Championship powerhouse, and that’s going to be tough this season.

Enough talent returns to be in the mix, but the schedule isn’t any easier, a slew of stars are gone, and it’s going to be hard to improve too much.

It’ll be a bowl season and another winning campaign, but Western Michigan is overdue to surprise on the positive side.

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Head Coach: Tim Lester, 32-25, 6th year at WMU
2021 Preview: Overall: 8-5, Conference: 4-4
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Western Michigan Broncos Preview 2022: Offense

The offense was terrific, but there’s some reworking to do. The Broncos finished 12th in the nation in total offense and averaged 32.5 points per game thanks to a strong rushing offense and good balance. It’s all going to start with …

The offensive line has to be back to form. It was one of the strongest in the MAC last season doing a great job at keeping teams out of the backfield with the high sack total mostly coming from then-QB Kaleb Eleby trying to make things happening.

Three starters have to be replaced, but getting Eleasah Anderson from Sam Houston State – and Baylor before that – to fit in at left tackle is a plus. Jake Gideon is a good one in the interior – he’ll likely work at center – and there’s more reshuffling from there.

The rushing combination of Sean Tyler and La’Darius Jefferson is fantastic. These two combined for close to 2,000 yards with 19 touchdowns with the speed of Tyler and power of Jefferson working in a good rotation.

It’s going to be so, so hard to replace Eleby. He was an ultra-efficient playmaker who didn’t make a lot of mistakes and did a great job of pushing the ball down the field.

Now it’s a fight for the job with backup Jack Salopek a smallish passer with good accuracy and Mareyohn Hrabowski a big, tough option who can do a little of everything. Also entering the mix is Stone Hollenbach transferring from Alabama.

Skyy Moore was unstoppable with 96 catches for 1,293 yards and ten scores, but now he’s off in the Kansas City Chief attack. Third leading target Jaylen Hall is at WKU and top tight end Anthony Torres is off to Toledo. However, Corey Crooms is back after averaging over 17 yards per catch with 44 catches and six scores.

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Western Michigan Broncos Preview 2022: Defense

The defense was among the best in the nation at generating sacks, it was second in the nation in third down stops, and it finished first in the MAC in total defense allowing just 330 yards and 28 points per game.

Seven starters are back, but some of the star power is gone. The big problem is replacing …

Ali Fayad. He was the main man who got into the backfield, and Ralph Holley is done from the interior. Trying to help at tackle is Purdue transfer Bryce Austin, and Braden Fiske is a good playmaker on the nose. Andre Carter and Marshawn Kneeland aren’t Fayad, but they can get behind the line.

The linebacking corps is the team’s second biggest strength after running back. The top three tacklers are back with Corvin Moment, Zaire Barnes, and Ryan Selig all active tacklers with all-star potential.

The secondary has to pick off more passes, but it can tackle and it should be able to hold up just fine. Dorian Jackson broke up 12 passes and led the team with two picks, and in comes Anthony Romphf from Purdue to work at the other corner.

Delano Ware is a good veteran who made 40 stops and veteran Bricen Garner is back as a longtime part of the mix after finishing third on the team in tackles in 2020 before missing time last year.

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Wisconsin Badgers Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

Wisconsin College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

2012 was the last time Wisconsin won the Big Ten Championship.

The 1999 season – technically on New Year’s Day 2000 – was the last time it won the Rose Bowl.

It’s still the best Power Five program win-wise since the start of the College Football Playoff era to not make the CFP.

Wisconsin is stuck in a bit of a rut. It’s a good rut – if there can be such a thing – but it’s stuck nonetheless.

Certainly being among the very, very good has been nice – anyone who graduated from Wisconsin before 1994 will impolitely sneer at anyone who complains in any way about the last few decades of Badger sports – but it’s been tough to come up with the magic to break back through.

So what’s missing? Besides a relatively light schedule in a Big Ten that wasn’t nearly as strong as it is now and no conference championship game to deal with – sorry, saying the quiet part out loud – what does Wisconsin need to party like it’s 1999, and 1998, and 1993 again?

The pieces to do this are already there.

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Great defense? Check – even if it’s not quite as strong as last year’s version.

Control the clock and own the tempo? Check.

A consistent passing game that moves the chains? Ehhhhhh, it should be fine if QB Graham Mertz can make a jump in his third year. Most importantly …

A blasting running game? It’s what Wisconsin does, and it should be able to do that again with a great group of running backs and an even  more consistent line.

This isn’t hard. The Badgers averaged under 3.4 yards per carry just four times – loss to Penn State, loss to Notre Dame, loss to Michigan, loss to Minnesota. There will be some tweaks, but run the ball, do it very well, win, move on.

How do you get out of a rut? You power through.

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Head Coach: Paul Chryst, 65-23, 8th year at Wisconsin
11th year overall, 84-42, 2021 Preview
2021 Record: Overall: 9-4, Conference: 6-3
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Washington Huskies Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

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Washington Huskies Preview
Head Coach: Kalen DeBoer, 0-0, 1st year at UW
3rd year overall, 12-6, 2021 Preview
2021 Record: Overall: 4-8, Conference: 3-6
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Washington Huskies Preview 2022

Is anything interesting happening with Washington football?

The 4-8 clunker of a 2021 season was a blip. It started back, ended worse, and led to the regime change that brought in new head coach Kalen DeBoer from Fresno State along with a new urgency to get back into the Pac-12 championship mix.

The program is known for being nasty-tough on defense, efficient and consistent on offense, and with bowl games and winning seasons a given after the rough run in the late 2000s.

It’s one of only two Pac-12 programs to make the College Football Playoff – Oregon being the other – it’s a terrific academic institution, it’s in a strong media market, and …

It sure as shoot has the profile of a Big Ten institution.

Or, and it’s the big question going forward, can Washington – and Oregon has to be in this mix, too – be strong enough to carry the Pac-12 as two of the biggest anchor tenants in the mall?

Washington might be one of the biggest-name schools rumored in the expansion mix, but for now, the football team has some work to do.

Again, last year was a blip. There’s plenty of talent around, lots of potential All-Pac-12 parts, help from the transfer portal, key guys coming off of injury, and a schedule that misses both USC and Utah.

DeBoer can – and probably will – flip this around fast. Washington should be a factor again, and on the expansion front …

We’ll see. On the plus side, no matter what’s about to shake out, it’s all positive on and off the field.

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