The Athletic's 2023 rankings

[PerunaPunch]

SMU comes in at #50. I was curious to see how SMU might slot-in with some of the proposed conferences (according to the brain trust at The Athletic)
https://theathletic.com/4790974/2023/08/21/college-football-preseason-fbs-rankings-georgia/

Pac-12
Oregon St.17
Washington St. 46
SMU 50
Cal 58
Stanford 95

ACC
Florida State 8
Clemson 11
Notre Dame 19
North Carolina 20
Duke 31
Louisville 39
SMU 50
Wake Forest 58
Pitt 59
Miami 60
Syracuse 64
Georgia Tech 81
Boston 83
Virginia Tech 88
Virginia 96

[AusTxPony]

And NC STATE is #38...

[White Helmet]

And current conference mates Tulane and UTSA are 24 and 25...

[Charleston Pony]

And current conference mates Tulane and UTSA are 24 and 25...

Watched CBSN's College Football preview show profiling the "contenders" in every conference. Tulane and UTSA were the only teams mentioned as contenders for the AAC title. Sure hope our guys can prove all the "experts" wrong...not unlike what Tulane accomplished last year

[Charleston Pony]

CBS rankings have SMU at # 53 behind both Tulane (22) and UTSA (31). TCU at #17 and OU at #26 offer early "opportunity" games

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -rankings/

[Charleston Pony]

The AFCA Coaches Poll has TCU #15, OU #19, Tulane #23, UTSA #29 and SMU T-46th with S. Alabama

[PNW_Stang]

And current conference mates Tulane and UTSA are 24 and 25...

Watched CBSN's College Football preview show profiling the "contenders" in every conference. Tulane and UTSA were the only teams mentioned as contenders for the AAC title. Sure hope our guys can prove all the "experts" wrong...not unlike what Tulane accomplished last year

I know we are fired up, but when nobody else seems to see the potential we do, it’s a little concerning.

For instance, go to the Colorado 247 Board and you’ll see some posts about how they are going to destroy TCU (when there’s reports CU might have the worst lines in D1 football this year). Lots of delusional posts. Makes you step back and think “are we doing the same thing because we got a bunch of transfers?”

My take is no, we are not, we should win 9-10 games this year, but I also assume we could only win 8 if chips don’t fall out way.

[Charleston Pony]

Success this year should hinge on QB play. We have talented, but young inexperienced guys who are going to have to prove they can perform at this level