Phil Steele College Football Prediction Redux

[Business]

What Has Happened = Black
What Phil Steele Predicted= Red

SEC East: Tennessee (Georgia/ South Carolina)
SEC West: LSU (LSU)

Big10: Ohio State (Michigan)

Big12 South: Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Big12 North: Missouri (Missouri)

ACC Coastal: Virginia Tech (Virginia Tech)
ACC Atlantic: Boston College (Florida State)

Pac10: USC (USC)

BigEast: West Virginia (WV/ Louisville)


2007 Most Improved Teams: Each year Steele picks teams which he thinks will improve the next season. As follows is the teams he picked with their 2006 record with their 2007 record and a (BP) if Bowl game is pending.

1. Memphis (2-10) (7-5) BP
2. Illinois (2-10) (9-3) BP
3. Toledo (5-7) (5-7)
4. Alabama (6-7) (6-7) BP
5. NC State (3-9) (5-7)
6. Iowa (6-7) (6-6)
7. New Mexico State (4-8) (4-9)
8. Virginia (5-7) (9-3) BP
9. Miami (OH) (2-10) (6-7)
10. Bowling Green (4-8) (8-4) BP
11. UTEP (5-7) (4-8)
12. Fresno State (4-8) (8-4)
13. UCF (4-8) (10-3) BP
14. N'western (4-8) (6-6)
15. Florida State (7-6) (7-5) BP

2007 Surprise Teams. Phil Steele also picks "surprise" teams much like Rutgers of 2006, Boise State of 2006, etc.

1. Florida State (7-5 Going to Music City vs. KY)
2. V. Tech (11-2 ACC Champs Orange Bowl vs. KS)
3. Penn State (8-4 #5 Big10 Alamo Bowl vs. TaM)
4. Ohio State (11-1 Big10 Champs NCG vs. LSU)
5. USF (9-3 #4 Big East Sun Bowl vs. Oregon)
6. Georgia (10-2, Sugar Bowl vs. Hawaii)
7. UCLA (6-6, Coach Fired, Las Vegas Bowl vs. BYU)
8. Alabama (6-6, Independence Bowl vs. Colorado)
9. Missouri (11-2, only lost to OKLA, Cotton vs. ARK)
10. Oregon (8-4, #4 Pac10, Sun Bowl vs. USF)

Phil Steele's Top 25:

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. West Virginia
5. Michigan
6. Texas
7. Louisville
8. FSU
9. Virginia Tech
10. Penn State
11. Georgia
12. Hawaii
13. South Carolina
14. Florida
15. Ohio State
16. Wisconsin
17. Alabama
18. Oregon
19. Missouri
20. Texas A&M
21. UCLA
22. Nebraska
23. TCU
24. USF
25. Tennessee


Thoughts?

Looks like Phil really rolled the dice on Florida State being good this year. He nailed Missouri being a good football team. I don't think anyone saw Louisville coming. He was also very high on Penn State, Texas A&M, UCLA, Nebraska, and Alabama.

[kptvol]

I also expected FSU to be much better. Picking Bama to improve was a good bet, even though it didn't happen. The only thing I notice is that Phil made the mistake most people did, expecting Michigan to be anything more than Ohio State's Thanksgiving dinner.