scientific as one would like to think. Take Oregon for example. They played the PAC12 schedule, then laid 2 eggs against Utah's defense that BYU won against. I'm not taking the time to look up everyone's schedule, but Michigan played only Ohio State (off Oregon's schedule), but who else that Oregon played? Probably nobody else. It's just too big of a football landscape, to me, to take the career starts and previous production and say these are the best lines before the season starts.

I don't doubt that the end-of-season results based on whatever said list of metrics is used to measure these O-lines could be along the lines of what's predicted here, but to me it's along the same lines that some are arguing that BYU should be ranked in preseason polls, instead of just 'receiving votes'. It's still a best guess by these writers...or coaches...or whomever is voting in said polls/rankings.