| Phil Steele Blog • September 1, 2015 |
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2015 Returning Starters. (updated info 9/1/15)
Back on the January 6th blog we listed the returning starters for this year. Here is the updated list through today September 1st. The list below will be ranked by total returning starters first then I will have the breakdown of Offense with returning starting QB and finally the returning starters on Defense. Check back Wednesday and I will have the updated Experience Chart (pg. 29) from My College Magazine. Then on Thursday we will talk about my Projected stats for the 2015 Season (pg. 43) in My Magazine.
| Rank | Team | Total | Off | QB | Def | Rank | Team | Total | Off | QB | Def | |
| 1 | Appalachian St | 20 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 59 | Iowa St | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 19 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 59 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ball St | 18 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 59 | Michigan St | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Baylor | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 59 | N Illinois | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | New Mexico St | 18 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 59 | New Mexico | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Temple | 18 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 59 | Oklahoma | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tennessee | 18 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 59 | Old Dominion | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | UCLA | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 59 | Stanford | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Boise St | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 59 | Toledo | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 9 | California | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 59 | Troy | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | Charlotte | 17 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 59 | Utah | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | Georgia St | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 76 | Akron | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | Kent St | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 76 | Auburn | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 9 | North Carolina | 17 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 76 | BYU | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | Ohio | 17 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 76 | FAU | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 17 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 76 | Idaho | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 17 | Middle Tenn | 16 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 76 | Iowa | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 17 | Mississippi | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 76 | Kansas St | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 76 | Louisiana | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma St | 16 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 76 | Miami, Oh | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 17 | San Jose St | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 76 | Minnesota | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 16 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 76 | Nebraska | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 17 | Tulane | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 76 | North Texas | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 17 | Tulsa | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 76 | Oregon | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 76 | South Carolina | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 76 | Texas | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| 25 | W Michigan | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 91 | Air Force | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 25 | WKU | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 91 | Buffalo | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 29 | Arizona St | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 91 | Duke | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 29 | Arkansas | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 91 | East Carolina | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 29 | Arkansas St | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 91 | Florida | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 29 | Colorado | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 91 | Florida St | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 29 | Colorado St | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 91 | Fresno St | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 29 | FIU | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 91 | Houston | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 29 | Illinois | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 91 | Indiana | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| 29 | LSU | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 91 | Memphis | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 | Michigan | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 91 | Miami, Fl | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 29 | NC State | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 91 | Missouri | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 29 | Penn St | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 91 | Nevada | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 91 | USF | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 29 | Purdue | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 91 | Virginia | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 29 | SMU | 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 91 | Wisconsin | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 29 | Southern Miss | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 107 | Alabama | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 29 | TCU | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 107 | Army | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 29 | West Virginia | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 107 | Boston College | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 46 | Bowling Green | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 107 | Marshall | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 46 | Connecticut | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 107 | Maryland | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 46 | Hawaii | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 107 | Navy | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 46 | Kentucky | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 107 | Oregon St | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |
| 46 | Northwestern | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 107 | Rutgers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 46 | Ohio St | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 107 | Syracuse | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 46 | San Diego St | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 107 | UNLV | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 46 | Texas St | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 107 | UTEP | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 46 | ULM | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 118 | Cent Michigan | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 46 | USC | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 118 | Louisville | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 46 | Utah St | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 118 | Rice | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| 46 | Wake Forest | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 118 | UCF | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 46 | Washington St | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 118 | Wyoming | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 59 | Arizona | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 123 | Clemson | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| 59 | Cincinnati | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 123 | Washington | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 59 | E Michigan | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 125 | Mississippi St | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 59 | Georgia | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 126 | Kansas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 59 | Georgia Southern | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 126 | UTSA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 59 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 128 | S Alabama | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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