James Madison Dukes
Sun Belt program. Took the fallen-SEC-coach play in hiring Billy Napier — a departure from the prior pattern of hiring up-and-coming FCS coaches like Cignetti and Chesney. Bill Connelly's read: Napier built a Louisiana team that was way more talented and bigger in the trenches than the Sun Belt — if he can do that here, James Madison is positioned for sustained playoff-bid runs.