By the numbers, 2021 looks promising for Miami. Humans are more skeptical about the Hurricanes being back. On the flip side, the math on Notre Dame suggests regression next season.
The people who put together the way-too-early rankings are more bullish on the Fighting Irish maintaining their recent run of double-digit victory seasons.
On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, ESPN’s Bill Connelly, the brains behind the SP+ power rankings, joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss the first projections for 2021.
How does a composite of notable way-too-early Top 25s compare to the SP+ early forecast? And why are the numbers more pessimistic about an Indiana encore and an LSU bounce back than the humans?