They have a good coach and will have a talent advantage

over all but two opponents on their schedule (OSU and ND) both of who they get at home. OSU is breaking in a brand new QB with absolutely no depth behind him and ND is certainly capable of losing in Ann Arbor as we've seen in 2013, 2011, 2009, and 2007.

They're not really a threat to beat a Clemson or Bama, but they could certainly get some luck and wind up in the playoffs similar to ND last year. I will say that I don't think they have a playoff caliber DLine, but they still have some talent there.