2017 Prespring Rankings: The Bottom 50
The 2017 prespring college football rankings, taking at all the teams from the bottom up, starting with 81 to 130.
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2017 CFN Prespring College Football Rankings
We know who’s leaving early for the NFL, and we know the recruits coming in. Now, taking an early look before all the pieces start to come together, how do all the teams rank as 2017 begins?
81. Temple Owls
The AAC champ dealing with a do-over …
– Temple Prespring Analysis
82. Western Michigan Broncos
No more boat rowing, but the defense could be the difference …
– Western Michigan Prespring Analysis
83. Appalachian State Mountaineers
Welcome to the star of the Sun Belt …
– Appalachian State Prespring Analysis
84. New Mexico Lobos
After improving for four straight years, now what? …
– New Mexico Prespring Analysis
85. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Year One under Nick Rolovich was good, now …
– Hawaii Prespring Analysis
86. Troy Trojans
The passing game could be unstoppable, but …
– Troy Prespring Analysis
87. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
The team might be flaky, but it’s a whole lot of fun …
– Middle Tennessee Prespring Analysis
88. Army Black Knights
And here’s the best part – this is supposed to be the big year …
– Army Prespring Analysis
89. Ohio Bobcats
Can the Bobcats start to make that next step forward? …
– Ohio Prespring Analysis
90. Arkansas State Red Wolves
D line, D line, D line, D line, D line, D line …
– Arkansas State Prespring Analysis
91. Old Dominion Monarchs
Is ODU for real? This is the year to find out …
– Old Dominion Prespring Analysis
92. Southern Miss Golden Eagles
This could be one of the sneaky teams in the C-USA race …
– Southern Miss Prespring Analysis
93. Nevada Wolf Pack
Get ready for the Wolf Pack to start winging in …
– Nevada Prespring Analysis
94. Cincinnati Bearcats
The Luke Fickell era gets started, and it could be good …
– Cincinnati Prespring Analysis
95. East Carolina Pirates
After a big collapse, the Pirates need to find a D …
– East Carolina Prespring Analysis
96. Utah State Aggies
The Aggies have to make the Utah State defense great again …
– Utah State Aggies Prespring Analysis
97. Marshall Thundering Herd
The Herd will be much, much better than this, right? …
– Marshall Prespring Analysis
98. South Alabama Jaguars
The Jaguars might have the veterans, but can they improve? …
– South Alabama Prespring Analysis
99. Connecticut Huskies
Randy Edsall is back, but it might take a while to make a big difference …
– Connecticut Prespring Analysis
100. Eastern Michigan Eagles
After last year’s shockingly great season, is there any staying power? …
– Eastern Michigan Prespring Analysis
101. UNLV Rebels
It’s time for the Rebels to start to break through …
– UNLV Prespring Analysis
102. Northern Illinois Huskies
The perennial MAC power should be better if …
– Northern Illinois Prespring Analysis
103. Miami University RedHawks
After a breakthrough year, there are still a slew of question marks …
– Miami University Prespring Analysis
104. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns
There’s a ton of hope for a Sun Belt team that should be in the hunt …
– Louisiana-Lafayette Prespring Analysis
105. Central Michigan Chippewas
All the pieces are there except for …
– Central Michigan Prespring Analysis
106. Bowling Green Falcons
The Falcons might not be the 2015 MAC champ version, but …
– Bowling Green Prespring Analysis
107. SMU Mustangs
This might be way too low, but the D …
– SMU Prespring Analysis
108. UTSA Roadrunners
Was 2016 for real? Maybe, but the Roadrunners have to prove it …
– UTSA Prespring Analysis
109. North Texas Mean Green
Seth Littrell did wonders, there’s still a long way to go …
– North Texas Prespring Analysis
110. Ball State Cardinals
Mike Neu made some strides forward, now …
– Ball State Prespring Analysis
111. Florida Atlantic Owls
Lane Kiffin won’t make things boring …
– Florida Atlantic Prespring Analysis
112. Akron Zips
Terry Bowden has done a lot with less, but help is needed …
– Akron Prespring Analysis
113. Rice Owls
After a miserable year, the potential is there to jump up in a hurry …
– Rice Prespring Analysis
114. Idaho Vandals
After a special year, the Vandals have to try proving it was for real …
– Idaho Prespring Analysis
115. Georgia State Panthers
With a new place to play, and some going parts to build around, there’s hope …
– Georgia State Prespring Analysis
116. Tulane Green Wave
The promise is there in Willie Fritz’s second year, but …
– Tulane Prespring Analysis
117. Charlotte 49ers
It’s a bit of a rebuilding year, but with plenty of good parts …
– Charlotte Prespring Analysis
118. Georgia Southern Eagles
It might be tough to improve with so many lost starters, but …
– Georgia Southern Prespring Analysis
119. FIU Golden Panthers
The Butch Davis era begins with a whole slew of concerns.
– FIU Prespring Analysis
120. Fresno State Bulldogs
It’s Jeff Tedford’s show now, and he has way too much work to do …
– Fresno State Prespring Analysis
121. Buffalo Bulls
The miserable 2016 has to be in the rearview mirror …
– Buffalo Prespring Analysis
122. San Jose State Spartans
New coach, lots of improvements needed …
– San Jose State Prespring Analysis
123. UTEP Miners
With so many key personnel losses, the inconsistent team might have a hard time …
– UTEP Prespring Analysis
124. Kent State Golden Flashes
The defense has to reload, while the offense has to work with the veterans …
– Kent State Prespring Analysis
125. ULM Warhawks
This might be the Sun Belt’s biggest surprise, but that D …
– ULM Prespring Analysis
126. Texas State Bobcats
After a lousy year, there’s still a long way to go, but …
– Texas State Prespring Analysis
127. New Mexico State Aggies
The veterans are there, but the program is in limbo …
– New Mexico State Prespring Analysis
128. Massachusetts Minutemen
Experienced, but improved? The Minutemen need to be more competitive …
– Massachusetts Prespring Analysis
129. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
The new FBS new guy might be better than expected in the Sun Belt …
– Coastal Carolina Prespring Analysis
130. UAB Blazers
The Blazers are starting over being brought back to college football life …
– UAB Prespring Analysis
