College Football: Initial SP+ Top 25 Released for 2024

“Way too early” college football projections and rankings have been out since before the national championship even got underway back in January and we tend to soak all of them up.

Along those lines, Bill Connelly released his first SP+ projections on Valentine’s Day.  His SP+ projections are used as a predictive measure, not as a traditional top 25 rankings method.

SP+ brings in returning production, recruiting and transfer portal successes, and recent team success (or lack thereof) into account to determine its rankings.

So what did Connelly’s rankings say about Notre Dame and the rest of the top 25 in mid-February?

Below is how the top 25 checked in and included are overall, offense, defense, and special teams rankings on SP+.

Wisconsin

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Wisconsin SP+: 11.0
Offense SP+: 24.8 (78th)
Defense SP+: 13.8 (7th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.4 (29th)

Louisville

Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports

Louisville SP+: 11.4
Offense SP+: 30.5 (44th)
Defense SP+: 19.1 (21st)
Special Teams SP+: 0.1 (64th)

USC

Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

USC SP+: 11.5
Offense SP+: 44.7 (4th)
Defense SP+: 33.2 (98th)
Special Teams SP+: -0.4 (100th)

Iowa State

Brian Powers-USA TODAY Sports

Iowa State SP+: 11.7
Offense SP+: 30.1 (46th)
Defense SP+: 18.3 (18th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.4 (37th)

Miami (FL)

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

Miami (FL) SP+: 12.3
Offense SP+: 36.2 (17th)
Defense SP+: 23.9 (38th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.7 (3rd)

Oklahoma State

Nathan J. Fish-USA TODAY Sports

Oklahoma State SP+: 13.1
Offense SP+: 37.8 (13th)
Defense SP+: 24.7 (41st)
Special Teams SP+: 0.3 (42nd)

Arizona

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Arizona SP+: 14.4
Offense SP+: 39.4 (11th)
Defense SP+: 25.0 (45th)
Special Teams SP+: 0.0 (79th)

Kansas State

USA TODAY SPORTS

Kansas State SP+: 14.4
Offense SP+: 33.9 (28th)
Defense SP+: 19.5 (25th)
Special Teams SP+: -0.3 (91st)

Utah

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Utah…

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Publish date : 2024-02-16 21:03:39

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