College Football 2018 Season Preview: The Independents

Normally when you speak of the independent teams it's Notre Dame, and everyone else. My shocker position is that the Irish will not have the best record of the independent teams this year. They won't even be in the top 2.

Team	W	L
Army	11	1
New Mexico State	10	2
Notre Dame	9	3
Umass	6	6
BYU	4	8
Liberty	2	10

Yup, Army.  Like Florida Atlantic they have to travel to Oklahoma and then?  Not too much until Air Force and Navy to end the season.  New Mexico State is in the same boat. I predict they start slowly, with losses to Wyoming and Minnesota, and then get on a roll.  

Notre Dame is still going to be pretty good, but they have a tougher schedule this year and I think Michigan beats them to start the season, then they feast on their "traditional rivalries" against cupcakes, before finding themselves up against it against Florida State and USC.

UMass barely qualifies, and gets into a bowl, while BYU continues to struggle in the current environment and Liberty is just happy to be here.