Picked up the magazine a few weeks ago, along with some others. Phil Steele's preview is always the most informative and full of statistically based predictions and evaluations. The magazine also claims to be the most accurate preseason magazine the last 17 years over it's competition (Athlon, Lindy's TSN, Street & Smith, Gameplan, CFN, Sports Illustrated, etc..)
A look at it's preseason power poll/rankings: 1. Ohio State 2. TCU 3. Alabama 4. USC 5. Baylor 6. Oregon 7. Georgia 8. Stanford 9. Florida State 10. LSU 11. Sparty/MSU 12. UCLA 13 Notre Dame 14. Auburn 15. Mississippi 16. Oklahoma 17. Wisconsin 18. Arkansas 19. Tennessee 20. Virginia Tech 21. Utah 22. Clemson 23. Ok. State 24. Ga. Tech 25. Miami, FL 26 Penn State 27. AZ State 28. Texas 29 West Virginia 30. Boise State OTHERS 34 Nebraska 35 Michigan 39 Minnesota 40 Florida 42 PITT 49. San Diego State 54. Northwestern 57 Iowa 60 Rutgers 61 Temple 62 Illinois 72 Indiana 73 Maryland 78 Purdue 93 Syracuse 118 Buffalo 119 Idaho 121 Army 127 UNLV 128 Charlotte (last FBS team)
2015 Surprise Teams: 1 Stanford 2 LSU 3 Notre Dame 4 Wisconsin 5 UCLA 6 Oklahoma 7 Virginia Tech 8. Penn State 9 Clemson 10 Mississippi 11 Nebraska
Team/Individual Unit Ratings for Penn State: QB # 24, RB N/R, Receivers #18 OLine N/R DLine #8 Linebackers #13 Def. Backs #20 Special Teams N/R NOTE Unit ratings only for top 45 teams.
Toughest Schedules : Penn State has the #56 toughest schedule Top 5 Alabama, USC, Arkansas, California, Washington...
Team Experience Chart: Penn State #65 most experienced team (based on returning Letterman and senior starters with experience and production. Temple is #9. Maryland # 111 Rutgers #112 Florida State #128
A look at it's preseason power poll/rankings: 1. Ohio State 2. TCU 3. Alabama 4. USC 5. Baylor 6. Oregon 7. Georgia 8. Stanford 9. Florida State 10. LSU 11. Sparty/MSU 12. UCLA 13 Notre Dame 14. Auburn 15. Mississippi 16. Oklahoma 17. Wisconsin 18. Arkansas 19. Tennessee 20. Virginia Tech 21. Utah 22. Clemson 23. Ok. State 24. Ga. Tech 25. Miami, FL 26 Penn State 27. AZ State 28. Texas 29 West Virginia 30. Boise State OTHERS 34 Nebraska 35 Michigan 39 Minnesota 40 Florida 42 PITT 49. San Diego State 54. Northwestern 57 Iowa 60 Rutgers 61 Temple 62 Illinois 72 Indiana 73 Maryland 78 Purdue 93 Syracuse 118 Buffalo 119 Idaho 121 Army 127 UNLV 128 Charlotte (last FBS team)
2015 Surprise Teams: 1 Stanford 2 LSU 3 Notre Dame 4 Wisconsin 5 UCLA 6 Oklahoma 7 Virginia Tech 8. Penn State 9 Clemson 10 Mississippi 11 Nebraska
Team/Individual Unit Ratings for Penn State: QB # 24, RB N/R, Receivers #18 OLine N/R DLine #8 Linebackers #13 Def. Backs #20 Special Teams N/R NOTE Unit ratings only for top 45 teams.
Toughest Schedules : Penn State has the #56 toughest schedule Top 5 Alabama, USC, Arkansas, California, Washington...
Team Experience Chart: Penn State #65 most experienced team (based on returning Letterman and senior starters with experience and production. Temple is #9. Maryland # 111 Rutgers #112 Florida State #128
