Bobby Petrino has a simple, accurate theory about college football polls.
“I’ve always felt like preseason polls and early season polls are based off how you finish the year and what you have coming back,” the Louisville coach said earlier this week on the ACC coaches teleconference.
That’s both good news and bad news for the ACC, which will likely start the 2016 season with five ranked teams.
It’s good because the ACC has a good chunk of talent back from a relatively successful 2015 season.
It’s bad because the ACC didn’t exactly close out the season with a bang, going 3-5 in bowl play and with Clemson, the league champion, splitting its two games in the College Football Playoff.