2016 Indie football win projections: Will defense cost Notre Dame a title shot?

The final 2016 S&P+ projections are complete, but since I teased the idea of win probabilities in the primary SB Nation post, I wanted to use Study Hall as a repository for total win projections. Below you’ll find odds of each possible given record (overall and conference-only) for each team in the independent ranks. (And here’s your reminder that UMass is independent this year!) Enjoy.

Indie total win projections

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Your national title contender: Notre Dame. That’s about it, though there are two slightly surprising things here. 1) Notre Dame’s chances of finishing at least 11-1 are only 9.5%, and 2) BYU’s on the board at 1.3%. S&P+ does not like the Irish defense very much, projecting the Irish 48th in Def. S&P+ and fifth in Off. S&P+.

Oh, and 3) Army has a 13% chance of finishing at least 6-6. That’d be fantastic.