Why are we scared of Kelly?
Since 2014, here are the AP pre-season rankings and end-of-season rankings (color-coded by disappointments, meeting expectations, and exceeding):
2014, started 17th and finished unranked
2015, started 11th and finished 11th
2016, started 10th and finished unranked
2017, started unranked and finished 11th
2018, started 12th and finished 5th
2019, started 9th and finished 12th
2020, started 10th and finished 5th
2021, started 9th and finished 8th
2022, started unranked and finished 16th
2023, started 5th and finished 12th
2024, started 13th and finished unranked
2025, started 9th and was fired mid-season
All of these years were at two of the prominent programs in the country and he's going to have more seasons finishing unranked than top 10.