UMass Football News--July 9th, 2019

ESPN has updated its 2019 team power rankings. The UMass predicted win total of 3.6 wins is about 2.6 wins more than I was expecting before Coach Bell was hired.

UMass rated #125
UConn #126
Akron #123
Charlotte #121
Coastal Carolina #118
Liberty #114
Rutgers #92
La Tech #90
FIU #72
Army #67
Northwestern #52

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BYU is rated as having a 91.3% winning chance over the Minutemen.

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Rutgers will bring three players to the Big Ten Media Day.

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College football's Week #1 TV schedule. UMass-Rutgers will be on Big Ten TV.

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Liberty will have a 56.9 % chance of beating UMass per the ESPN power rankings.

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The Buffalo News wonders if the AAC could be in the Bulls future.

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Athlon Sports predicts five of UMass' 2019 opponents will be invited to  a bowl. Army, FIU, BYU, La Tech and Northwestern are the teams named.

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