(07-25-2017 09:49 PM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  

(07-25-2017 03:05 PM)FIUFan Wrote:  Given UAB has no previous record to base a projection on, and were 'defaulted' into the #130 slot, perhaps they should be removed from this exercise.
Here's the ranking using only 2016 teams:
1.) AAC 79.54
2.) C-USA 87.69
3.) MWC 89.58
4.) MAC 93.58
5.) SBC 101.00

Let's give UAB a chance to post a mark before we try to rank them.

I cannot agree. It's not my ranking or our ranking. It's Matt Murschel's as published in the Orlando Sentinel, and he included UAB. To leave them out of the final conference rankings would be disingenuous at best. I am sure there are others who could make some kind of case to be left out (Coastal Carolina, Idaho and New Mexico State come to mind.), but it just would not be the right thing to do.

Not to be argumentative because I really enjoyed reading this entire string yesterday; however does this look like the resume of a team that should be included in any indexing of conference strength?

UAB:
Offensive starters returning: None
Offensive starters lost: None
Defensive starters returning: None
Defensive starters lost: None

Anyways, thanks for all the hard work.