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The 2024 season marked a period of new beginnings across college football. Fifteen teams joined new conferences, including 13 at the power conference level. In fact, all four power leagues featured a new team in their title games, while three FBS teams won titles in their new conference.
The new leagues all came with complications. Army had to play a conference schedule for only the eighth time in program history after joining the American Athletic Conference. Stanford and California had to travel across the country for most of their ACC games. UCLA had back-to-back road games in New Jersey and Nebraska after joining the Big Ten. At the end of it, though, many of them emerged better off than ever before.
To be clear, this is a list about teams that made better debuts than anyone could have expected. It’s not a ranking of teams. For example, Oregon is the No. 1 team in the nation and won the Big Ten, but will not be No. 1 on this list because expectations were so high coming into the year.
Without further ado, here’s how we rank the debuts for all 15 teams to join a new conference in 2024.
This season: 11-2, 7-2 Big 12 (Big 12 champion)
Last season: 3-9, 2-7 Pac-12
The No. 12 Sun Devils might be the biggest surprise in college football this season. Arizona State was picked last place in the Big 12 heading into the season, but instead crushed Iowa State 45-19 to win the Big 12 on Saturday at AT&T Stadium. Running back Cameron Skattebo, an FCS transfer from Sacramento State, finished second…
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah
Publish date : 2024-12-10 18:27:00
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