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Welcome back! I hope you are enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy putting it together, and I hope it is part of your overall ritual for getting ready for the season.  As I said in part I, I tweaked my formula for my power rankings, and I think it will be much better this year.  So far, I have previewed #s 130-51 (see parts 1-8), so today I'll cover #s 50-41.  Let's get to it! 50 Ohio Coach: Frank Solich (14th yr, 20th overall) Best Case: 11-1 Worst Case: 8-4 Notes: OL returns 4 starters and QB Nathan Rourke (ran for a record-setting 21 TDs); 3 of the top 4 wideouts return; K and P will be very solid (combo is perhaps the best in the MAC); return game should be strong; OU hasn't won a MAC championship since 1968; offense was 9th at 39.1ppg (1st MAC- best in school history!) and 34th in ypg (2nd MAC); rushing was 16th (1st MAC) and passing was 96th (9th MAC); defense was 44th in ppg (4th MAC and 50th in ypg (5th MAC)...

Welcome back! I hope you are enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy putting it together, and I hope it is part of your overall ritual for getting ready for the season.  As I said in part I, I tweaked my formula for my power rankings, and I think it will be much better this year.  So far, I have previewed #s 130-61 (see parts 1-7), so today I'll cover #s 60-51.  Let's get to it! 60 Kentucky Coach: Mark Stoops (6th yr, 6th overall) Best Case: 8-4 Worst Case: 5-7 Notes: UK was 87th in scoring (10th SEC) and 103rd in ypg (11th SEC); defense was 74th in ppg (8th SEC) and 92nd in ypg (12th SEC); pass defense was 103rd (13th SEC); under Stoops, UK is 21-18 before November (.538) and 5-18 in November and bowls (.217); UK has no QB on the roster who has ever played in an FBS game; OL returns 4 starters; Benny Snell is the 1st player in UK history to rush for 1,000 yds in consecutive seasons; defense returns 9 starters; K and P must be r...

Welcome back! I hope you are enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy putting it together, and I hope it is part of your overall ritual for getting ready for the season.  As I said in part I, I tweaked my formula for my power rankings, and I think it will be much better this year.  So far, I have previewed #s 130-71 (see parts 1-6), so today I'll cover #s 70-61.  Let's get to it! 70 Indiana Coach: Tom Allen (2nd yr, 2nd overall) Best Case: 7-5 Worst Case: 5-7 Notes: Offense ranked 78th in scoring (26.8 ppg-6th in B10) and 69th in ypg (also 6th in B10); passing offense was 35th (3rd B10) and rushing was 106th (12th B10); defense was 52nd ppg (10th B10) and 27th in ypg (6th B10), but passing defense was 17th (4th B10) and rushing defense was 61st (9th B10); gained 5+ yds on only 31.8% of rush attempts, 5th worst in FBS and last in B10; only 3 starters return on defense; -7 TO margin in '17, 106th in FBS and 12th in B10; special teams are ...