He's releasing his top 40 through June 12. Currently has released 40-29. He tweeted last Friday that 10 SEC teams were in his top 30. A&M was 30 and Auburn was 29. Given that I assume 7 of the other 8 are - LSU Bama Arkansas Georgia Carolina Florida Missouri I ask - is the 10th team UT or Mississippi State?
They have us ranked 25th and 3rd in the east, but the game predictions sound just like they came off of Volnation.
I think Steele is one of the better ones around. I remember he didn't have us winning the east and outside the top ten in '05. Thought he was an idiot then.
Steele puts a lot of focus on returning starters, and I recall Missouri losing their top RB and almost their entire O-line. That's not a recipe for success in the SEC.
He had us in the Music City Bowl that year. He then had us winning the East in 2006, and we were one Tebow run (or one ticky-tack personal foul call) from doing it.
He's got a good formula. Too bad for him it doesn't take into account how contagious losing is within a lockeroom.