Overrated College Football Teams

[LA Ute]

This is an interesting window into how much reputation affects pre-season rankings, and how some programs consistently under-perform or out-perform expectations. Utah is consistently underrated and over-performing.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-college-football-teams-are-always-overrated-in-august/?ex_cid=538fb

Being underrated all the time is not completely a great thing. It shows that our reputation is still not where it should be, IMO.

[SoCalPat]

This is an interesting window into how much reputation affects pre-season rankings, and how some programs consistently under-perform or out-perform expectations. Utah is consistently underrated and over-performing.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-college-football-teams-are-always-overrated-in-august/?ex_cid=538fb

Being underrated all the time is not completely a great thing. It shows that our reputation is still not where it should be, IMO.

If we weren't historically underrated, we would've had a No. 1 ranking in the AP poll for a week or 2 in 2015.