The offseason is over! SP+ is here! With the 2023 recruiting class -- both traditional signings and transfers -- in the books for now, and with a reasonable feel for who's returning and who isn't, we can take our first step toward the 2023 college football season with the initial SP+ projections.
When last we saw college football, Georgia was finishing the season as an easy No. 1. What's changed since then?
I base SP+ projections on three primary factors, weighted by their predictiveness:
1. Returning production. The returning production numbers are based on rosters I have updated as much as possible to account for transfers and attrition.