4 American Athletic teams ranked ahead of UNC?

[Sean Miller Fan]

I do think the American is very very good this year but to think that UNC would be 5th on that league is ridiculous. They are considerably better than Navy, Memphis, Temple, and Houston.

The old Big East just keeps on chugging. Lose VT and Miami. No big deal. WVU, Cincy, and Lou turn into national powers. Lose Lou, WVU, Pitt, no problem. Temple, Memphis, Houston turn into powerhouses.

 

[Jpripper88]

I do think the American is very very good this year but to think that UNC would be 5th on that league is ridiculous. They are considerably better than Navy, Memphis, Temple, and Houston.

The old Big East just keeps on chugging. Lose VT and Miami. No big deal. WVU, Cincy, and Lou turn into national powers. Lose Lou, WVU, Pitt, no problem. Temple, Memphis, Houston turn into powerhouses.

I think all 4 would be/are pretty even with UNC.

 

[razzaba]

I think all 4 would be/are pretty even with UNC.

You're out of your mind.

 

[rc79]

You're out of your mind.

Actually, the committee thinks you're out of your mind.

 

[daminals76]

I think all 4 would be/are pretty even with UNC.

Lol are you high??

 

[daminals76]

I'm sure Temple and friggin Navy could score 66 on Duke too.

UNC is legit...it's crazy that they don't have any respect yet.

 

[Pittx9]

Houston is the real deal. Temple might also compete with Carolina, probably would actually. But the rest of the bunch, that's almost insane.

 

[rc79]

Memphis and Navy could absolutely compete with North Carolina. In fact, North Carolina's rushing defense is among the worst in the league. Navy, this year, would be a nightmare for them to defend.

 

[daminals76]

If we played these 4 AAC teams I'm very confident we go no worse than 2-2 against them. Probably 3-1.

 

[TD_6082]

I'm sure Temple and friggin Navy could score 66 on Duke too.

UNC is legit...it's crazy that they don't have any respect yet.

UNC doesn't have a defense. They really don't have a quality win and they have a horrible loss to South Carolina. The Tarheels will have their chance to earn some respect in the ACC Championship game.

 

[daminals76]

UNC doesn't have a defense. They really don't have a quality win and they have a horrible loss to South Carolina. The Tarheels will have their chance to earn some respect in the ACC Championship game.

They aren't good enough to beat Clemson, (nobody is this year) but they are better than the AAC teams. I think UNCs D is much improved under Gene Chizik.

 

[VAPITTALUM]

Memphis and Navy could absolutely compete with North Carolina. In fact, North Carolina's rushing defense is among the worst in the league. Navy, this year, would be a nightmare for them to defend.

While they had a tough time against GT, they still won. I still have a very hard time believing Navy has a better version of the triple option than GT given the disparity in coaches and athletes. Navy is solid, but I'm not sold on their being better than GT.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

I do think the American is very very good this year but to think that UNC would be 5th on that league is ridiculous. They are considerably better than Navy, Memphis, Temple, and Houston.

The old Big East just keeps on chugging. Lose VT and Miami. No big deal. WVU, Cincy, and Lou turn into national powers. Lose Lou, WVU, Pitt, no problem. Temple, Memphis, Houston turn into powerhouses.

As stated all season, The ACC has 2 Great to Elite Teams and Many Average to Good Teams:

ACC Ratings My Scale:
9-10 Elite-12-0 Wins TOP 5-10
8-9 Great-11-1 Wins TOP 15
7-8 Very Good 10 Wins TOP 25
6-7 Good 8-9 Wins T0P 30-40
4-5 Average 5-6-7 Wins TOP 60
1-3 Bottom Feeder 4-2 Wins BELOW TOP 60

ACC:
10 CLEMSON
9-9.5 FSU
7-8 UNC
6-7 DUKE
6-7 PITT
6-7 MIAMI
6-7 NCS
5-6 ULOU
4-5 VT
4-5 GT
4-5 UVA
4-5 BC
4-5 CUSE
4-5 WAKE

9.5-10 NOTRE DAME

BIG TEN:
10 OSU
9 IOWA
8-9 MSU
8-9 MICHIGAN
7-8 WISKY
6-7 NW
6-7 PENN STATE
5-6 NEBRASKA
4-5 MINNESOTA
4-5 ILLINOIS
4-5 INDIANA
3-1 UMD
3-1 RUTGERS
3-1 PURDUE

BIG-12
9-10 BAYLOR
9-10 OKSU
8-9 TCU
8-9 OU
6-7 WVU
5-6 TEXAS TECH
5-6 TEXAS
5-6 KSU
4 ISU
3-1 KANSAS

SEC:
9.5-10 BAMA
9 FLORIDA
8-9 LSU
7-8 MISSY SATE
7-8 OLE MISS
6-7 A&M
6-7 UGA
6-7 UTENN
6-7 ARKANSAS
6-7 AUBURN
5-6 MIZZOU
5-6 KENTUCKY
5-6 SOUTH CAROLINA
4-3 VANDY

PAC-12:
9 STANFORD
8-9 UTAH
8 USC
8 UCLA
7-6 WSU
7-6 OREGON
6-7 CAL
6-7 UA
6-7 ASU
5 COLORADO
5 WASHINGTON
4-1 OREGON STATE

AAC:
8-8.5 HOUSTON
8-8.5 MEMPHIS
8 TEMPLE
6-7 NAVY
5-6 UCINCY
5 USF
5 TULSA
4-5 UCONN
4 ECU
3-1 TULANE
3-1 SMU
3-1 UCF

I just see the AAC not having that many Average to Good Teams than the 5 Power Conferences. My take at least and others may differ as usual.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Shame that Marquise Williams threw those 2 picks in the end zone in that first game against South Cackalacky.

Because they should have won. And they would be undefeated and probably ranked right with Iowa.

 

[TempleBAPittMPA]

Houston is the real deal. Temple might also compete with Carolina, probably would actually. But the rest of the bunch, that's almost insane.

Having seen all four (and having an obvious bias), I would consider Houston to be the weakest of the four. They were a critical officiating call (dare I raise THAT issue again) from losing to Cincinnati this past Saturday.

 

[pittzap]

Houston is the real deal. Temple might also compete with Carolina, probably would actually. But the rest of the bunch, that's almost insane.

Speaking of Houston, did anyone see their game against Cincy? I was turning the channel around watching games and came across this one. Refs, as have been mentioned, are horrible this year.

Tied at 14 at halftime. First drive of the third. Houston has the ball inside the Cincy 5. 4th down, and the Houston left tackle commits a false start (it was obvious live and on replay). Cincy players point it out. Refs don't call it, the play moves on but Cincy stops them. They call a facemask on Cincy (automatic first down, half the distance), in which I'm still not 100% sure it was one. Cincy keeps saying that there was a false start. Penalty on Cincy for arguing. Half the distance. Another penalty on Cincy for arguing. Half the distance. Penalty on Tuberville for asking what the hell is going on. Half the distance. Houston scores, lead 21-14.

Next drive, pick six. Houston leading 28-14. They won 33-30 and gave up ~530 passing yards. Should have been 14-7 Cincy.

 

[pittzap]

Having seen all four (and having an obvious bias), I would consider Houston to be the weakest of the four. They were a critical officiating call (dare I raise THAT issue again) from losing to Cincinnati this past Saturday.

I agree. I just posted that about their Cincy game. Some of the worst officiating I have seen. And that's saying something.

 

[TempleBAPittMPA]

I agree. I just posted that about their Cincy game. Some of the worst officiating I have seen. And that's saying something.

A facemask call on a lower body wrap-him-up tackle!

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Having seen all four (and having an obvious bias), I would consider Houston to be the weakest of the four. They were a critical officiating call (dare I raise THAT issue again) from losing to Cincinnati this past Saturday.

I see Temple a tad better than UNC but would be a great game, Temple tad better than WVU, PITT and PSU too!

I see Memphis and Houston just a tad better than Temple we shall see soon! In any event, Temple is Very Good Team but the AAC has more Below Average Teams than the Power Conferences! Bowls will determine the difference after we see them?

 

[Consultant Panther]

I agree. I just posted that about their Cincy game. Some of the worst officiating I have seen. And that's saying something.

Officiating has been horrible across college football this year. It's really hard to believe how bad it has been.

 

[zonairish]

I do think the American is very very good this year but to think that UNC would be 5th on that league is ridiculous. They are considerably better than Navy, Memphis, Temple, and Houston.

The old Big East just keeps on chugging. Lose VT and Miami. No big deal. WVU, Cincy, and Lou turn into national powers. Lose Lou, WVU, Pitt, no problem. Temple, Memphis, Houston turn into powerhouses.

Navy is the best team nobody talks about. The Navy /d has some quality players especially on the front 7. This is unusual for an academy team. They play that gimmick triple option generally because its simple and if run correctly they have a shot at beating anyone. I agree the AAC as a whole is not strong however, the teams that are good can compete on a 1 off game with anyone I think issue is could the good teams like temple, navy, houston, memphis compete in a conference grind of the acc or b10 etc

 

[ThePanthers]

At the end of the regular, if UNC wins out, I think they will be ranked above those teams.

As of right now though, they have played 2 FCS teams, and lost to a bad USCjr team.

The committee bases everything as of right now.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Navy is the best team nobody talks about. The Navy /d has some quality players especially on the front 7. This is unusual for an academy team. They play that gimmick triple option generally because its simple and if run correctly they have a shot at beating anyone. I agree the AAC as a whole is not strong however, the teams that are good can compete on a 1 off game with anyone I think issue is could the good teams like temple, navy, houston, memphis compete in a conference grind of the acc or b10 etc

Exactly, Memphis, Houston, Temple, and Navy are all Good to Very good teams and so is UNC and maybe one will play against UNC (Although Unlikely) and we shall see?

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

At the end of the regular, if UNC wins out, I think they will be ranked above those teams.

As of right now though, they have played 2 FCS teams, and lost to a bad USCjr team.

The committee bases everything as of right now.

Agree, if UNC wins 10 games they would beat out the others!

 

[pittzap]

Officiating has been horrible across college football this year. It's really hard to believe how bad it has been.

It's unreal. I'm most surprised about replay. Refs make a call on the field knowing it could be corrected, if reviewed. But there have been quite a few replays that did not correct the call. I'm not even talking about the "not enough evidence" calls, either.

 

[pittdan77]

If Navy wins out, they get an at large into one of the premier bowls. Temple is pretty good but they're senior heavy. After that, it's just voters being voters. Media and Coaches know that their weak, "other five", matchup or conference-mate's matchup, looks a lot better if they vote it up. You don't thing Urb isn't voting for Temple because they beat PSU and it makes the conference strength look better? Writers do the same thing. They're still fan-boys and they know coaches pay attention to what their writers are doing.

 

[Pittx9]

Tied at 14 at halftime. First drive of the third. Houston has the ball inside the Cincy 5. 4th down, and the Houston left tackle commits a false start (it was obvious live and on replay). Cincy players point it out. Refs don't call it, the play moves on but Cincy stops them.

You'd think a false start can not be missed, but I've seen them miss it in Pitt games and a few other games this season.

 

[rc79]

While they had a tough time against GT, they still won. I still have a very hard time believing Navy has a better version of the triple option than GT given the disparity in coaches and athletes. Navy is solid, but I'm not sold on their being better than GT.

Navy is currently ranked 20th by the committee. The highest ranked G5 team. And ahead of UNC. Are you serious?

Navy was actually competitive with ND for much of their game. GT wasn't.

 

[rc79]

Shame that Marquise Williams threw those 2 picks in the end zone in that first game against South Cackalacky.

Because they should have won. And they would be undefeated and probably ranked right with Iowa.

Why is it a shame? F' m. lol.

 

[rc79]

At the end of the regular, if UNC wins out, I think they will be ranked above those teams.

As of right now though, they have played 2 FCS teams, and lost to a bad USCjr team.

The committee bases everything as of right now.

Their SOS is poor. That is why they lag in the polls. That's likely to continue.

 

[Jpripper88]

Lol are you high??

Nope. Just likely right. Depending on location and luck UNC would go 1-3, 2-2, or 3-1 against the 4 IMO. All 5 teams are pretty close to each other.

 

[vegasgreed]

schools that do not have a recent history of winning, will not get any favors.

 

[malenko]

I see Temple a tad better than UNC but would be a great game, Temple tad better than WVU, PITT and PSU too!

I see Memphis and Houston just a tad better than Temple we shall see soon! In any event, Temple is Very Good Team but the AAC has more Below Average Teams than the Power Conferences! Bowls will determine the difference after we see them?

Temple destroyed PSU 27-10 and it would have been worse if they did not take four knees deep in PSU territory late in the 4th quarter and turn the ball over on downs. So I am not sure how they are a tad better. Since they haven't played WVU or Pitt, there is no sure way to gauge but the eye test tells me they are more than a tad better than either as well.

Temple plays Memphis next week and could play Houston in the AAC championship so that will determine who is better.

 

[TD_6082]

They aren't good enough to beat Clemson, (nobody is this year) but they are better than the AAC teams. I think UNCs D is much improved under Gene Chizik.

Nobody? Nobody as in nobody in the ACC? Or are you talking all across college football? I think there are several teams that can beat Clemson.

 

[OriginalEther]

Speaking of Houston, did anyone see their game against Cincy? I was turning the channel around watching games and came across this one. Refs, as have been mentioned, are horrible this year.

Tied at 14 at halftime. First drive of the third. Houston has the ball inside the Cincy 5. 4th down, and the Houston left tackle commits a false start (it was obvious live and on replay). Cincy players point it out. Refs don't call it, the play moves on but Cincy stops them. They call a facemask on Cincy (automatic first down, half the distance), in which I'm still not 100% sure it was one. Cincy keeps saying that there was a false start. Penalty on Cincy for arguing. Half the distance. Another penalty on Cincy for arguing. Half the distance. Penalty on Tuberville for asking what the hell is going on. Half the distance. Houston scores, lead 21-14.

Next drive, pick six. Houston leading 28-14. They won 33-30 and gave up ~530 passing yards. Should have been 14-7 Cincy.

Well, at least those 3 penalties were only for a total of what, 3 yards?

 

[pittzap]

Well, at least those 3 penalties were only for a total of what, 3 yards?

Yeah, probably the shortest 3 personal foul and facemask penalties ever recorded. The 60 yards of penalties was about 3.

Cincy crumbled a bit after that. It should have been Cincy's ball and a tie score. Within about 40 seconds it became 28-14. They stopped them on fourth down, even by missing the false start. Then they called four penalties on Cincy. It became 1st and goal from the 1 inch line. Give them credit, as they got within 3 and had the ball with a chance to tie or win.

 

[razzaba]

I've watched every second of every Pitt game this year, prob since 2002 since I started going to school there, and every second of every UNC game since 2006 since I went there... This is the best UNC team in a long time, and they actually dominated South Carolina that game, except for where it matters most, of course. Spurrier said they deserved to lose and were very lucky to win in his post game. Legitimately should be undefeated... But three red zone turnovers, two being in the end zone, will kill you.

Their D is much, much, much improved this year under Gene Chizek.

The GA tech game, they started slow and it was "oh no, here we go again" - think they were down 21-0 before they turned it around, and outplayed GT the rest of the way. That was the only time this year they looked outmatched in any sense, and it was short lived.

Possibly scariest for opponents is that Marquise and the offense are playing with a lot of confidence. They think they are going to score every time they get the ball.

But their SOS is obviously hurting them now. Not so sure it would matter too much though had they beat South Carolina.

 

[daminals76]

Nobody? Nobody as in nobody in the ACC? Or are you talking all across college football? I think there are several teams that can beat Clemson.

Nobody... Not Ohio State, not Bama, not Notre Dame.

I think they are the best, I agree with their #1 ranking. I guess you don't.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

The Big East/American has 4 ranked teams. I wonder when was the last time that league had 4 ranked teams. Its amazing how that league continues to rise from the ashes. Good for them I guess.

 

[TD_6082]

Nobody... Not Ohio State, not Bama, not Notre Dame.

I think they are the best, I agree with their #1 ranking. I guess you don't.

I don't disagree with their ranking. Saying they deserve to be ranked #1 is something totally different than saying they can't be beat. I think there are several teams that could beat Clemson.