Season Predictions?

[Sudden Impact]

15-2

 

[chattaboogie]

I’m still thinking 8-4. Bama, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma being the losses

I don’t think Florida has the horses to beat us. Also have a feeling we take down OK. Though I’ll admit that one can go either way. Bama or Georgia would be considered an “upset”

 

[swampfoxfan]

Ga will be a tough one but doable, SEC is just to tough to go undefeated, don't think we loose more than 2.

 

[superdave1984]

I see 3 losses max and if a break or 2 goes our way, a playoff birth. I do not see us beating uga yet, but depending on how well bama pulls together under DeBoer, we should at least hang with them and that game is one we may need a lucky bounce.

 

[Swiftybaby]

11-1. Loss to either ga or bama

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Transfer tight end who we also recruited. Starting rb. Returning WR #10. The transfer WRs from portal. They got a lot of talented kids from portal. But lets be clear i didnt say I think they beat us I specifically said I think are more of a threat IMHO than Oklahoma. Because of when we play them.

Disagree. OU is more talented and I think Veneables is better than Doern.

 

[jhcrane14]

Short and simple 10-2 and go to the playoffs.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

Yeah it's way early, but with the talent we see now, O and D, I'm curious what others believe the floor and ceiling could be. Me the floor=7ws
Ceiling=10ws

My predictions are close. Floor 8-4, ceiling 10-2 and playoffs

 

[wrharvey21]

9-3 losses to FL, GA, and OK

 

[pimo1]

Disagree. OU is more talented and I think Veneables is better than Doern.

not saying they are not more talented or that they don't have a better coach as I said its about the timing of the game. We play NC State Game 2. The team will still be finding itself at that point. We have a lot of new faces in key places on both sides of the ball. By the time we play Oklahoma, we will have a good idea who we are. Yes, Oklahoma is a 'better' team and higher ranked but all 3 teams are ranked close to each other the gap is not as wide as you may think. Every preseason poll I have seen has all 3 teams in that 12-20 range with some having Oklahoma ranked over UT and others having UT higher.

 

[perico]

9-3 losses to FL, GA, and OK

If we lose to Florida again this season then something is wrong with our program. There is no excuse when we have the more talented team, the better gameday coach, and it's played at home.

 

[Volatile68]

8-4 losses to Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, Georgia

Absolutely not. Alabama at home with a 1st year coach? Come on brother.

 

[pimo1]

Disagree. OU is more talented and I think Veneables is better than Doern.

Did I also mention NC State has a running back who is the spiritual successor to O.J. Hollywood Smothers? Can't make this crap up.

 

[wrharvey21]

If we lose to Florida again this season then something is wrong with our program. There is no excuse when we have the more talented team, the better gameday coach, and it's played at home.

Florida was terrible last year and we got walked. They didn't even make a bowl and lost to Kentucky again. There was no excuse last year either.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Projected College Football Playoff bracket: How the 2025 field would look based on post-spring top 25 rankings

In this bracket, the No. 3 team in the country will enter as the No. 5 seed. The No. 14 team jumps up to the No. 4 seed. That's how the new system works

www.cbssports.com

 

[USCGVOL]

10-2... we lose 2/5 w/ OU, UF, Bama, UGA, UK. If I had to choose the 2 I would say UGA & UF.

 

[ScornedPapaVol]

If we lose to Florida again this season then something is wrong with our program. There is no excuse when we have the more talented team, the better gameday coach, and it's played at home.

If we lose to Florida, then it will be because we weren't more talented, and/or we didn't have a better game day coach.

 

[hUTch2002]

Absolutely not. Alabama at home with a 1st year coach? Come on brother.

So you’re saying there’s no chance of losing to what will be a consensus top 5 team? Interesting take.

 

[Volatile68]

So you’re saying there’s no chance of losing to what will be a consensus top 5 team? Interesting take.

There's always a chance. They'll be lucky to be ranked at all by seasons end. Saban is gone. 1st year coaching staff. Player turnover. Deborah isn't gonna magically pick up where Saban left off 1st year in the SEC. UT wins by 2 TDs in Neyland

 

[hUTch2002]

There's always a chance. They'll be lucky to be ranked at all by seasons end. Saban is gone. 1st year coaching staff. Player turnover. Deborah isn't gonna magically pick up where Saban left off 1st year in the SEC. UT wins by 2 TDs in Neyland

There’s more than a chance as I don’t see any realistic way we’re favored by more than 7 and we might not be favored at all. That means that one or two bounces one way or the other and the game changes drastically. I do agree that DeBoer won’t be able to fill Saban’s shoes but they still have a very talented roster and he’s at least a decent coach. If I had to pick right now I’d say we do win but you’re seemingly 95% UT, 5% Bama when I’d say it more likely close to 60/40. They have a new staff and we have a new QB. While Nico is a great talent, he hasn’t proven much on the field yet. I think he will but will it be in year 1 or will he have some growing pains this year? History says the latter. We shall see. It’s a long way to Bama. Thanks for the chat though.