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What separates Notre Dame and Rice
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Rice
Last season's body of worklast year's power rating, regressed toward the averageNotre Dame +23
Roster talentoverall talent level of the roster — recruiting pedigree plus an independent preseason roster gradeNotre Dame +12
Quarterbackthe projected starter's quality and how settled the job isRice +2
Returning productionhow much of last year's production is back this seasonNotre Dame +1
Each ingredient of our projection and the side it favors — bars toward Notre Dame are why it's the pick (home field is counted separately).
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