La Creme de la Creme of basketball schools definitely include:
Duke
Kansas
Kentucky
North Carolina
Indiana
UCLA
Syracuse
Their cumulative record in 2022 football to date: 21-0!!
For Duke and Kansas to be on this list is extremely surprising. The predicted win total for each school was 2.5 wins. For those “over” bettors, to have a season win ticket be a lock before the end of Summer is great fun (a third “2.5 win” team, Vanderbilt has also already won the “over” with its 3-1 start).
For Duke and Kansas, stellar QB play has been critical. Duke’s Riley Leonard, a Sophomore from Fairhope, Alabama, has completed 73% of his passes while new coach Mike Elko has the Duke D playing well beyond expectations.
Weirdly, Kansas is fortunate to have one of three excellent QBs with both the last name of Daniels and first name starting with J. With all due respect to the excellent starts from West Virginia’s JT Daniels and LSU’s Jayden Daniels, KU’s Jalon Daniels has been the best of the Daniels to date. A dangerous dual threat, Daniels has powered the usually comatose Jayhawks to impressive road wins at West Virginia and Houston. Daniels’ scintillating start has helped propel Coach Lance Leipold to the forefront of attractive candidates for other coaching openings, particularly Nebraska.
While Leipold would be a home run hire for the Huskers, the Odyssey would love to see him stick around in Lawrence and try to do what was impossible for others post-Mark Mangino.
Congrats to fans of these schools who do not have to wait for Winter to get stoked about their school.