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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4725926, member: 4819"] Don't get me wrong, if they lose to Hobart or Albany, something went terribly wrong. That said, depending on which fifth years decide to come back, both teams bring back a lot, especially on offense. Hobart was not good last year, but Albany was one game away from the NCAA tournament and I think their only big loss is Elija Gash. The big question for them is if Piseno, Pucci and Hogg all come back for their fifth year. Vermont might not actually be very good next year. They bring back their leading scorer on offense, but after that the next leading scorer only had 27 points. They lose about half their defense to Maryland and their very good FOGO to Ohio State. BU brings back a ton on offense and their very good LSM Meyer who is a caused turnover machine. Oderina and the BU offensive coordinator are close as they've done a ton of youtube videos together. Navy loses their top FOGO and their best offensive player who was hurt most of the year last year. Not sure there is much upside to this game, can probably lump this game and Vermont together. Given investment and recruiting hard to understand what's going on at Navy. Seems they are losing some recruits recently as well. All things considered, I think I would have liked them to add another Big 10 team to the mix. I think talent wise they are very close to Michigan. I wouldn't be surprised to see them ranked very close together throughout the season next year. The ACC and Big 10 are clearly the top two conferences next year and when it comes to RPI, that will be a big factor. I think Rutgers and Ohio State are risky given they have talent, but I could easily see both teams having poor seasons next year. Michigan would be a relativly "safe" choice. They play Virginia and Notre Dame though, so maybe they are "ACC'ed" out. Given that the Orange have to play the top three teams next season in conference play, this is a pretty reasonable schedule. The Ivy teams are the wild cards, I think 2025 is when the Ivy takes a big step forward as a number of teams have had really good recruiting classes this year and next. On paper though they all have pretty big holes. Agree with nyclax though, Cornell should still be good - they have either Kelleher who saved the game for the Big Red two season ago in the Dome, or an NB All American. Princeton I think might suprise people given they had so many injuries last year and still made the playoffs. Mackesy is also very very good. Curious which of these games are home and away - you could always count on a good number of the "cupcake" teams to automatically be in the Dome. Guessing Vermont, Army and Albany will be in the Dome. [/QUOTE]

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