Who would have thought that after Week 2, some of Pitt's toughest games figure to be Syracuse, Louisville, and Boston College?
Louisville has just played 2 cupcakes so far, so maybe their not as good as they look, but they will be tested with games coming up GA Tech, Notre Dame, Miami, Clemson among others. The Louisville we see later in the year will be much different...maybe more battle tested....maybe beat up.
Syracuse on the other hand...wow, they might just win 10 games this year. Their OOC schedule is an embarrassing Ohio, Holy Cross, UNLV, UCONN. In conference, they have a bit of tough stretch with 4 road games in 5 weeks at NC State/Pitt/BC/Cal. Cuse is capable of winning any of those games but also capable of losing any...so 2-2 in that stretch sets them up to be 9-2 heading into a home season final with Miami, playing for that 10th win.
BC made some effort in the OOC, playing Michigan State and Missouri. Those teams are down, but they sure aren't Holy Cross and UCONN. However, BC got a really soft conference schedule....they don't play Miami, Clemson, NC State, GA Tech. For them it's going to come down to how they fare in their Big East games against Pitt, Louisville, CUSE.
If any of Pitt, CUSE, VILLE, BC claims the mini-Big East championship by sweeping the others, they may well be in position for a #2 seed and spot in the ACC-CG. To which, I'll end up with Miami is a lock for the ACC-CG. Not because I am suddenly a believer in Miami, but their conference schedule is SOFT, especially with Florida St looking a mess.