College Football Playoff: Which Top 25 teams are contenders, pretenders?
TCU has one of the most complete teams in the nation.
After failing to record a winning record in their first season without former quarterback Trevone Boykin, the team has turned it around in impressive fashion.
After failing to deliver a top-20 offense last season, TCU currently ranks 18th in the nation in total offense.
Returning starters Kenny Hill and Kyle Hicks have helped to deliver a balanced attack to Fort Worth that is capable of running both a two-minute, quick strike aerial offense, and a four-minute, clock-hogging run game, which may seem minor, but has been incredibly effective at closing out games this year.
Because of this new offensive wrinkle, the Horned Frogs’ defense has spent much less time on the field than last season, and delivered a much-improved product as a result.
Currently ranked the 32nd-best defense in the nation, TCU’s much-improved unit has outlasted opponents by a score of 191-74 and is second in the Big 12 with 11 sacks in only four games.
After defeating Oklahoma State in Week 4, the Horned Frogs have climbed from an unranked team at the beginning of the season to the ninth-ranked school in the nation, a trend that could continue going forward.
If TCU can defeat No. 3 ranked Oklahoma at home on Nov. 11, it will all but guarantee it a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game, an upset that could very well turn the college football world on its head.
Regardless of the outcome against Oklahoma, TCU should be able to finish the season with at least an 11-1 record and could very well end up in the conversation for the fourth and final spot in the 2017 College Football Playoff.