Irish, UCLA, Vols, Vandy return most P5 starters for 2015
If you are in the camp of returning starters equating to success, then get some money down on Notre Dame, UCLA, Tennessee and Vanderbilt
post-haste.
According to numbers provided by the esteemed Phil Steele in his 2015 Spring Guide, the Irish return 19 starters — 9 offensively, 10 defensively — which, for the moment, is the most of any Power Five team. The other three schools return 18 starters for the 2015 season. The Vols and Bruins return 10 starters each on offense, while the Commodores return nine on each side of the ball. Michigan, North Carolina, Baylor and Texas Tech are right behind that trio, though, with 17 returners apiece.
It should be noted that, of the seven teams mentioned thus far,
three of them weren’t bowl-eligible with those starters in 2014: the Commodores, Red Raiders and
Wolverines 
.
Of the four College Football Playoff participants,
defending champion Ohio State returns the most with 15 (nine offense/six defense)
; that number would jump to 17 if all three quarterbacks who started games in 2014 were included 
. Oregon is next up in that group with 12 (7/5), while Alabama (4/7) and Florida State (4/7), which both lost in the semifinals, have 11 each returning.
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