Callan Hooks, ESPN
A lot can happen in college football in a year.
The 2024 season brings a ton of new content, including the 12-team College Football Playoff, which will feature many new entrants, including the No. 3 seed boise state university and No. 11 singapore management university.
While some of the 12 teams entering the playoffs did so on the basis of dynasties established in previous seasons, other programs have made complete turnarounds following losing seasons in 2023.
Factors such as a coaching change, picking up previously undervalued players in the transfer portal or players having breakout seasons could all contribute to a complete turnaround.
Here are some teams turning losses into wins in the 2024 season.
Arizona State has not been to a bowl game since the 2021 season, when they participated in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl. Over the next two seasons, the Sun Devils won a combined six games and lost 18. In 2022, Arizona State hired Kenny Dillingham, who became the youngest coach in the Power 5 league at the time.
Prior to this season, Arizona State was expected to finish last in the 16-team Big 12 Conference, but proved that prediction wrong by defeating Iowa State to win their first Big 12 title.
During the offseason, the Sun Devils landed a solid quarterback in a Michigan State transfer Sam Leavittwho threw for just 139 yards his freshman season for the Spartans but entered the door with four years of eligibility remaining.
Leavitt made an impact on Arizona State’s offense, finishing the regular season with 24 touchdowns in his first full season.
Arizona (11-2) also has success at running back kamu tax officeHe finished fifth in Heisman voting with 1,568 yards rushing and 19 touchdowns.
Indiana has struggled over the past three seasons, recording just nine wins from 2021 to 2023. Indiana makes coaching changes and hires former coach after completing third straight losing season under Tom Allen james madison Coach Curt Cignetti serves as the program’s new leader.
Cignetti injects 30 transfer personnel into program, including former Ohio quarterback Curtis Lockewho is the 2022 Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-5 senior threw for 27 touchdowns during the regular season for the Indians, his only game without a touchdown and their only loss of the season. team game. Ohio State University.
Under Signetti, Indiana (11-1) has won more in one season than in the previous three seasons combined.
was a former south carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler picked up new orleans saints It forces the Gamecocks to build a new core in the 2024 NFL Draft. But the core starts with the recruiting of South Carolina’s coaching staff.
During the offseason, the Gamecocks hired running backs coach Marquel Blackwell, special teams coach Joe DeCamillis and wide receivers coach Mike Furey.
South Carolina (9-3) Landed Arkansas transfer Raheem SandersIn 2022, he was the Razorbacks’ leading rusher with 1,443 yards. At South Carolina, Sanders scored 11 touchdowns during the regular season. South Carolina also gives quarterback more time Lanoris SellersIn 2023, Sellers threw for just two touchdowns. In 2024, coach Shane Beamer handed the keys to Sellers, who threw for 2,274 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Deion Sanders leads team as Buffaloes head coach jackson state university Back-to-back Celebration Bowl appearances. After he leaves, there is no doubt that his sons, star quarterbacks Sherdel Sanders and Shiloh Sandersand five-star recruits Travis Hunter Will travel to Boulder to join him. But Sanders’ first season wasn’t exactly what he was used to in Jackson.
Colorado State begins the 2023 season with three straight wins, including a win over nebraska, colorado and 2023 National Championship Runner-up TCCU.
But Buffalo ended their season with a six-game losing streak and a 4-8 record.
Sanders signed five-star offensive lineman this offseason Jordan Seaton He helped bolster the front line this offseason, helping Scheider accumulate 3,926 passing yards and 35 touchdowns for Colorado (9-3).
However, a key part of Colorado’s turnaround came from Hunter, who, in addition to his defensive duties at cornerback, was able to cause ruckus on both sides of the ball, hauling in 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns on 92 catches.
