I apologize in advance for not having a clue how to make the table smaller and more viewer friendly. I only looked at the top 50 teams because I didn't want to go through 120+ teams and I used a few links posted in the original comments to look at the preseason S&P+ from pre-2015 season, and how the teams ended up. This first table compares the teams who were ranked in the top 50 in preseason S&P+ with their ranking at the end of the season.
|
Team |
Preseason Rank |
End Season Rank |
Difference |
|
Alabama |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Ohio State |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
Georgia |
3 |
32 |
29 |
|
Oregon |
4 |
25 |
21 |
|
Auburn |
5 |
35 |
30 |
|
Ole Miss |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
UCLA |
7 |
23 |
16 |
|
LSU |
8 |
9 |
1 |
|
Michigan State |
9 |
13 |
4 |
|
Oklahoma |
10 |
4 |
6 |
|
Stanford |
11 |
10 |
1 |
|
Arkansas |
12 |
15 |
3 |
|
USC |
13 |
17 |
4 |
|
Baylor |
14 |
14 |
0 |
|
Clemson |
15 |
2 |
13 |
|
Notre Dame |
16 |
8 |
8 |
|
Florida State |
17 |
7 |
10 |
|
TCU |
18 |
26 |
8 |
|
Georgia Tech |
19 |
68 |
49 |
|
Tennessee |
20 |
22 |
2 |
|
Mississippi State |
21 |
16 |
5 |
|
Texas A&M |
22 |
42 |
20 |
|
Missouri |
23 |
85 |
62 |
|
Arizona State |
24 |
57 |
33 |
|
Wisconsin |
25 |
31 |
6 |
|
Virginia Tech |
26 |
59 |
33 |
|
Boise State |
27 |
41 |
14 |
|
Miami |
28 |
51 |
23 |
|
Florida |
29 |
18 |
11 |
|
Nebraska |
30 |
48 |
18 |
|
South Carolina |
31 |
88 |
57 |
|
Louisville |
32 |
28 |
4 |
|
Kansas State |
33 |
84 |
51 |
|
Arizona |
34 |
77 |
43 |
|
Michigan |
35 |
6 |
29 |
|
Texas |
36 |
72 |
36 |
|
Penn State |
37 |
30 |
7 |
|
Pittsburgh |
38 |
40 |
2 |
|
Utah |
39 |
27 |
12 |
|
West Virginia |
40 |
24 |
16 |
|
Marshall |
41 |
64 |
23 |
|
Minnesota |
42 |
37 |
5 |
|
Oklahoma State |
43 |
33 |
10 |
|
North Carolina |
44 |
29 |
15 |
|
BYU |
45 |
38 |
7 |
|
Virginia |
46 |
73 |
27 |
|
Cincinnati |
47 |
74 |
27 |
|
NC State |
48 |
36 |
12 |
|
Boston College |
49 |
67 |
18 |
|
Louisiana Tech |
50 |
54 |
4 |
This next table containts the leftovers that ended up in the top 50 S&P+ at the end of the season but weren't ranked in the top 50 in the preseason
|
Team |
Preseason Rank |
Final Rank |
Difference |
|
WKU |
60 |
11 |
49 |
|
BGU |
94 |
19 |
75 |
|
Washington |
75 |
12 |
63 |
|
Navy |
58 |
20 |
38 |
|
Toledo |
69 |
21 |
48 |
|
Cal |
51 |
34 |
17 |
|
GSU |
57 |
39 |
18 |
|
App St |
103 |
43 |
60 |
|
Houston |
85 |
44 |
41 |
|
Utah St. |
59 |
46 |
13 |
|
Iowa |
57 |
47 |
10 |
|
Temple |
64 |
49 |
15 |
|
USF |
90 |
50 |
40 |
The average difference in preseason rank and end season rank is about 16.75 spots off for the first table, and ~37 sports for the second table.
