College FB Tiers

[SCHawkeye2]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/61...hio-state-georgia/?source=user_shared_articleMandel’s Mailbag: Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia make up CFB’s Tier 1, but where do others fit?


Tier 4 (19): Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, SMU, Louisville, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt, Baylor, BYU, Kansas State, Colorado, Cincinnati, UCF, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Washington State.

 

[CP87]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/61...hio-state-georgia/?source=user_shared_articleMandel’s Mailbag: Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia make up CFB’s Tier 1, but where do others fit?


Tier 4 (19): Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, SMU, Louisville, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt, Baylor, BYU, Kansas State, Colorado, Cincinnati, UCF, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Washington State.

Iowa in Tier 4 seems about right, although aspirationally I think we could be a Tier 3 team.

But, some of Mandel's Tier 3 teams should NOT be above Iowa:

Tier 3 (10): I’m converting this to “every three to five years,” because five is a long time: Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Auburn, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin, Michigan State, TCU, Utah, Boise State.