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College football podcast Shutdown Fullcast is trying something unusual: talking about college football. To be specific, we're doing weekly previews of random batches of five power-conference teams at a time for the 2016 season, including a predicted win-loss record for each.
Several batches in, here's how things are developing. I'll update this after we sort of cover each cluster of five teams, unless I forget. Georgia Tech is running wild based on Paul Johnson randomness, and everything else kind of makes sense?
If we fail to agree on a record or forget to declare one, I'll estimate a number that reflects the tenor of our sentiment, maybe clearing it with Ryan and Spencer or maybe not.
Conference standings should not actually use overall records, but we're doing our best to deliver even those. New additions italicized:
| ACC Atlantic | ACC Coastal | ||
| Clemson | 11-1 | Georgia Tech | 10-2 |
| Florida State | 10-2 | Miami | 9-3 |
| Louisville | 8-4 | Virginia Tech | 8-4 |
| NC State | 6-6 | Pitt | 8-4 |
| Syracuse | 5-7 | North Carolina | 7-5 |
| Boston College | 5-7 | Duke | 5-7, with APR bragging |
| Wake Forest | 3-9 | Virginia | Hard pass |
| Notre Dame can go here, I guess | idk | ||
| Big 12 | |||
| TCU | 11-1 | ||
| Oklahoma | 10-2 | ||
| Texas | 9-3 | ||
| Oklahoma State | 8-4 | ||
| West Virginia | 8-4 | ||
| Texas Tech | 6-6 | ||
| Kansas State | 5-7 | ||
| Iowa State | 4-8 | ||
| Kansas | 1-11 | ||
| B****r | *-* | ||
| Big Ten East | Big Ten West | ||
| Michigan | 12-0 | Wisconsin | 7-5 |
| Ohio State | 10-2 | Nebraska | 6-6 |
| Michigan State | 8-4 | Minnesota | 6-6 |
| Penn State | 6-6 | Northwestern | 6-6 |
| Indiana | 6-6 | Purdue | 3-9 |
| Maryland | 4-8 | Iowa | 1-0 vs. Iowa State |
| Rutgers | 2-10 | Illinois | Skip |
| Pac-12 North | Pac-12 South | ||
| Stanford | 9-3 | UCLA | 9-3 |
| Washington | 9-3 | Utah | 8-4 |
| Oregon | 9-3 | USC | 7-5 |
| Washington State | 9-3 | Arizona | 6-6 |
| Cal | 3-9 | Arizona State | 6-6 |
| Oregon State | Check back in 2017 | Colorado | 5-7 |
| SEC East | SEC West | ||
| Tennessee | 10-2 | LSU | 11-1 |
| Georgia | 9-3 | Alabama | 10-2 |
| Florida | 8-4 | Ole Miss | 8-4 |
| Missouri | 5-7 but bowling this time! | Auburn | 7-5 |
| Kentucky | 5-7 | Arkansas | 6-6 |
| South Carolina | 5-7 | Texas A&M | 6-6 |
| Vanderbilt | 5-7 | Mississippi State | 5-7 |