As Matt Brown states in the third paragraph of his “Early 2018 CFB Rankings: 130 to 1” article, “This is a very early look at how all the teams stack up entering 2018.”
And he goes on to list Louisiana Tech at #84, citing us as a “Conference USA contender” with the “return of QB J'Mar Smith and DE Jaylon Ferguson and much of the defense.”
Interesting is his ranking of our CBF opponents: 121. South Alabama, 21. LSU, 61. North Texas, 97. UAB, 105. UTSA, 130. UTEP, 44. Florida Atlantic, 20. Mississippi State, 123. Rice, 101. Southern Miss and 102. Western Kentucky; four ahead of us.
You can see all his rankings and reasons at http://www.sportsonearth.com/article...s-130-fbs-2018