The Coaches Poll was released August 2nd and not surprising 14 out of the top 15 teams landed in my Team Talent Formula Top 25. Only Utah at #15 does not have Top 25 talent on their roster. The back 10 of the top 25 had less teams in my Team Talent Top 25, only Stanford and Auburn. I am going to list the Top 25 in coaches poll with their Team Talent Formula ranking in parenthesis. This will help show the necessity for teams to recruit at an elite level in order to compete for national titles and power 5 conference titles.
Coaches Poll
1. Clemson (9)
2. Alabama (1)
3. Georgia (3)
4. Oklahoma (6)
5. Ohio State (2)
6. LSU (4)
7. Michigan (14)
8. Florida (15)
9. Notre Dame (13)
10. Texas (8)
11. Texas A&M (11)
12. Washington (19)
13. Oregon (18)
14. Penn State (9)
15. Utah (NR)
16. Auburn (12)
17t. UCF (NR)
17t. Wisconsin (NR)
19. Iowa (NR)
20. Michigan State (NR)
21. Washington State (NR)
22. Syracuse (NR)
23. Stanford (20)
24. Iowa State (NR)
25. Northwestern (NR)
- Below is my Team Talent Formula Top 25. Once again they were in parenthesis above.
Team Talent Formula
Team Talent Formula 2019
1. Alabama (181 points)- 11 five stars & 59 four stars (22 in top 100).
2. Ohio state (171.1 points)-13 five stars & 50 four stars (18 top 100).
3. Georgia (145 points)-13 five stars & 36 four stars (13 Top 100 )
4. LSU (125.4 points)-7 five stars & 45 four stars (11 Top 100)
5. USC-(114.5 points)-6 five stars & 37 four stars (15 Top 100)
6. Oklahoma (105 points)-5 five stars & 47 four stars (9 top 100)
7. Florida State (101.5 points)-5 five stars & 37 four stars (12 top 100)
8. Texas (98.1 points)-3 five stars & 43 four stars (13 top 100)
9t. Clemson (96.2 points)-7 five stars 36 four stars (6 top 100)
9t.Penn State (96.2 points)-4 five stars & 46 four stars (9 top 100)
11. Texas A&M (84.9 points)-2 five stars & 42 four stars (10 top 100)
12. Auburn (81.9 points)-3 five stars & 38 four stars (7 top 100)
13. Notre Dame (81.7 points)-1 five Star & 42 four stars (11 top 100)
14. Michigan (77.7 points)-4 five stars & 37 four stars (5 top 100)
15. Florida (74.4 points)-42 four stars(10 top 100)
16. Tennessee (67.2 points)-3 five stars & 30 four stars (6 top 100)
17. Miami (65.9 points)- 1 five star & 36 four stars (9 top 100)
18. Oregon (63.9 points)-1 five Star & 31 four stars (9 top 100)
19. Washington (58.7 points)-1 five stars & 40 four stars (4 top 100)
20. Stanford (50.2 points)-3 five stars & 26 four stars (4 top 100)
21. South Carolina (41.4 points)-1 five Star & 27 four stars (2 top 100)
22. Mississippi State (38.5 points)- 1 five star & 23 four stars (5 top 100)
23. UCLA (31.9 points)-2 five stars & 14 four stars (3 top 100)
24. Nebraska (26.8 points)-21 four stars (2 top 100)
25. Ole Miss (26 points)- 1 five stars & 16 four stars (2 top 100)
▪️My formula for coming up with these rankings:
-(per team it is 25 minus 5 year recruiting ranking average + 5 points per five star + 3 points per top 100 four star + 1 point per subsequent blue chip player/4 star=Final point total)
Tyler Turner is a contributor to The Sports Cast. Tyler covers all things college football: coaching searches, recruiting, etc. I also cover College basketball, Boxing, Tennis, Golf, and NFL.