re: 2024 Spring Power Rankings: SEC

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LSU finishes above where they were ranked to start the year probably about 75% of the time, just a guess.

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over-rated & under-rated AP Poll era

All-Time Underrated
Here are the most underrated programs in AP poll history, and the total number of ranking places these teams gained in the fixed polls 1936-2023:

1) Florida +148 (underrated 34 times, overrated 5)
2) Purdue +130.5 (underrated 21, overrated 5)
3) Southern Cal +109 (underrated 31, overrated 14)
4) Auburn +107 (underrated 32, overrated 11)
5) UCLA +93.5 (underrated 23, overrated 14)
6) Georgia Tech +87.5 (underrated 23, overrated 6)
7) Georgia +74.5 (underrated 27, overrated 7)
Washington (underrated 22, overrated 11)
9) Tennessee +67.5 (underrated 30, overrated 19)
Michigan (underrated 29, overrated 24)
11) Texas +66 (underrated 25, overrated 15)
12) Mississippi State +62.5 (underrated 11, overrated 2)
13) Northwestern +61 (underrated 17, overrated 5)
14) Notre Dame +54.5 (underrated 30, overrated 16)
Ohio State (underrated 27, overrated 21)
16) Miami (Florida) +53 (underrated 17, overrated 5)
17) Wisconsin +50 (underrated 17, overrated 8)
18) Oklahoma State +49 (underrated 13, overrated 5)
19) Louisiana State +42.5 (underrated 25, overrated 14)
20) Florida State +34.5 (underrated 20, overrated 9)
Minnesota " (underrated 7, overrated 8)