It’s still way-too-early projection season. We’ve looked at record predictions and who is most likely to make the playoff, but who are the teams with the highest potential regardless of schedule?
Legendary NFL head coach Bill Parcells once opined, “you are what your record says you are.” That might not be the case with a few college football teams who face a higher caliber schedule.
The Oklahoma Sooners, LSU Tigers, Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide come to mind as teams who might be better than their record indicates at the end of the year. We don’t think Florida is a Top 10 team, but like the other three teams they face an unusually tough schedule.
Top playoff contenders may not all face as tough of a schedule which should bear itself out in their final win-loss record. Let’s look at our Top 11 teams based on ceiling regardless of schedule.