After the Syracuse Orange went 10-3 and were the second-best team in college football in 2018, it’s reasonable that expectations could remain high for next season. And for several media outlets, they are.
As is time-honored tradition, college football media outlets typically release “way-too-early top 25” rankings for the following season just seconds after the final whistle sounds in the national title game. Sometimes they even publish before the game starts. The #content engine never sleeps, so you just sort of have to keep feeding the thing after all.
Usually this practice only matters to us during basketball season.