Big East Power Poll: Week Five

by Mike Rutherford on Sep 30, 2008 2:36 PM EDT in Football Comment 6 comments

The first pair of conference games didn't exactly shake things up.

1. South Florida (1) (5-0, 0-0)

Last Week: Beat North Carolina State (41-10)

This Week: vs. Pittsburgh

The showing up every other week thing needs to end quickly with a Pitt team very much capable of playing up to the level of their competition coming to town on Thursday night.

2. Connecticut (2) (5-0, 1-0)

Last Week: Beat Louisville (26-21)

This Week: At North Carolina

If Zach Frazer can be as good as he looked at times against Louisville, then the Huskies have as good a shot as anyone to wear the Big East crown.

3. West Virginia (4) (2-2, 0-0)

Last Week: Beat Marshall (27-3)

This Week: vs. Rutgers

A convincing win over a D-1 opponent is a nice start, but if the Mountaineers can't take care of a struggling Rutgers squad in their conference opener then the talk of a death spiral will immediately resume.

4. Cincinnati (3) (3-1, 0-0)

Last Week: Beat Akron (17-15)

This Week: At Marshall

Brian Kelly should try and trade one of his defensive backs for Jarrett Brown.

5. Louisville (5) (2-2, 0-1)

Last Week: Lost to Connecticut (26-21)

This Week: Off

Every stat from last Friday night outside of the only one that matters says U of L should be No. 2 in this poll. The Cards desperately need this bye week to get healthy.

6. Pittsburgh (6) (3-1, 1-0)

Last Week: Beat Syracuse (34-24)

This Week: At South Florida

I thought they would lose to Syracuse, so maybe I ought to have bumped the Panthers to No. 5 as a form of apology. Regardless, a win on Thursday will be more than enough to launch them to at least No. 2.

7. Rutgers (7) (1-3, 0-0)

Last Week: Beat Morgan State (38-0)

This Week: At West Virginia

Yeah, BUT it was the FCS team with the kid who made that ridiculous catch two weeks ago.

8. Syracuse (8) (1-4, 0-1)

Last Week: Lost to Pittsburgh (34-24)

This Week: Off

Being in the game for four quarters and only losing by 10 to an average team in a home conference tilt is like a blowout win by Greg Robinson standards.

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So Much for Tradition

Has it occurred to anyone that the two best football programs in the Big East this year haven’t even had Division 1 football programs very long, Between the two of them combined they’ve been playing D1 for less than half the time I’ve been alive. On the flip side, you have two of the oldest college football programs sitting at the bottom.

by ddh1969 on Sep 30, 2008 7:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Whatever

by BR7 on Sep 30, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

#5???

If you get bored, try putting a spin on it…. were we in another conference, where would we be? (take the number of teams really in that conf and add 1 to represent our fake joining.)

ACC – I say 8th out of 13… ahead of UVA, Duke (who admitted in court that they suck, so its like a law now), NCSt, Clemson and Miami

Big 10 – 6th out of 12…. behind OSU, MichSt, PennSt, NW, and Wisco (but not in that order)

Big 12 – Who knows. How can you have a power ranking for this conference. Is baylor good? Is Colorado good? I have no idea yet. I know we’d be behind OU, Mizzou, KU, Texas, maybe OKSt and TT (who play high school teams)… but beyond that, I cant say.

Pac 10 – Behind USC and Oregon, and maybe ASU. Apparently OR St is good at home… on Thursdays… so tell TJ before we schedule that one. Aside from that, I dunno because I go out on Saturday nights and dont see the Pac 10 play. I think I heard Stanford was good? Which is another reason I don’t watch the Pac 10.

SEC – 11th of 13? sadly, I dunno if we’re better than anyone except Arkansas and MissSt. Last week I would have had us ahead of Ol Miss. But on a good note, that means we’re better than BP’s Arkansas!

Sunbelt – I think #1, but us @Troy… could be interesting.

MWC – #4 of 10 Do you really wanna play BYU, TCU, or Utah in a bowl game to prove we’re better? Me either.

CUSA – #1 of 13, depending on which ECU team we play.

MAC – #2 of 14. Ask Indiana about Ball St.

WAC- #3 of 10…. Boise and Fresno = still good.

by Macadu18 on Oct 1, 2008 12:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs