13. Tulane 1-4 (13)

Best Win: 35-20 vs. SE Louisiana | Worst Loss: 38-21 at Tulsa 2OT

Average Score: 21.2-34.8 | This Week: vs. UConn

It's somewhat of a rarity for a team in this rankings to stick in the same spot when it doesn't play a game, but that's what the Green Wave does. I just hope it was a productive week off because UConn lurks this weekend.


11. Tulsa 1-3 (14)

Best Win: 38-31 2OT vs. Tulane | Worst Loss: 37-34 3OT vs. Texas State

Average Score: 16.6-35.0 | This Week: at Temple

I was actually worried that Tulsa would screw up and beat Colorado State this weekend, but nope. The Hurricane got rocked 42-17, and they're starting to look like a real contender here.


6. UConn 1-4 (7)

Best Win: 19-16 vs. Stony Brook | Worst Loss: 36-10 vs. Temple

Average Score: 14.8-28.4 | This Week: at Tulane

UConn took last week off, and now it returns to action with a big game against No. 13 Tulane. UConn has one of the tougher schedules remaining of any team outside the MAC, as it has this week's game with the Green Wave and dates with both Army and SMU in the future.


1. SMU 0-5 (1)

Best Win: None | Worst Loss: 43-6 at North Texas

Average Score: 7.2-49.4 | This Week: No game

SMU could use this coming weekend off, because it was showing some chinks in the armor over the weekend. Holding East Carolina to only 45 points? Scoring 24 points of its own after scoring 12 in the first four games? Listen, even the greatest teams slip up now and then, so we shouldn't panic. Hopefully this bye week will help get everything back in tip-top losing condition.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...ts-to-join

At this point most of the bottom ten is better.

At least we'll have a lot of teams vying for the first pick in the off season!

(10-07-2014 04:38 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  At least we'll have a lot of teams vying for the first pick in the off season!

Once our defense hits its stride, I think we'll be a serious contender.

Best Win: 19-16 vs. Stony Brook


is that school up stream or down stream from Slippery Rock

Hold us a slot!!! I feel us making a bid after this week.

(10-07-2014 05:22 PM)MickMack Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 04:38 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  At least we'll have a lot of teams vying for the first pick in the off season!

Once our defense hits its stride, I think we'll be a serious contender.

^^^^
THIS.

I would objectively already put us there even though we have 2 wins. This current UC team is so altered by injuries and the coaching staff seems so disoriented, that it's hard to think that somehow we aren't down there somehow. Contrast that with SMU which is starting to show signs of improvement and UConn which at least isn't getting any worse and it's hard for me to see UC as not being in a worse state than them.

Think about it for a moment.... The only team below us in some of the Defensive standings is SMU... Not UNLV, not Hawaii...

(10-07-2014 08:21 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 05:22 PM)MickMack Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 04:38 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  At least we'll have a lot of teams vying for the first pick in the off season!

Once our defense hits its stride, I think we'll be a serious contender.

^^^^
THIS.

I would objectively already put us there even though we have 2 wins. This current UC team is so altered by injuries and the coaching staff seems so disoriented, that it's hard to think that somehow we aren't down there somehow. Contrast that with SMU which is starting to show signs of improvement and UConn which at least isn't getting any worse and it's hard for me to see UC as not being in a worse state than them.

Think about it for a moment.... The only team below us in some of the Defensive standings is SMU... Not UNLV, not Hawaii...

Just a few years ago (and a previous DC) we had the WORST defense in FBS. Which really sucked, because our offense was hovering in the 50s.

(10-08-2014 09:22 AM)PGPirate Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 08:21 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 05:22 PM)MickMack Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 04:38 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  At least we'll have a lot of teams vying for the first pick in the off season!

Once our defense hits its stride, I think we'll be a serious contender.

^^^^
THIS.

I would objectively already put us there even though we have 2 wins. This current UC team is so altered by injuries and the coaching staff seems so disoriented, that it's hard to think that somehow we aren't down there somehow. Contrast that with SMU which is starting to show signs of improvement and UConn which at least isn't getting any worse and it's hard for me to see UC as not being in a worse state than them.

Think about it for a moment.... The only team below us in some of the Defensive standings is SMU... Not UNLV, not Hawaii...

Just a few years ago (and a previous DC) we had the WORST defense in FBS. Which really sucked, because our offense was hovering in the 50s.

Thankfully now that Kiel is out and Munchie is back in, we don't have to worry about that.

There is a small chance that Tulane leaves this list after this week.

3 of the 4 losses are against Rutgers, Duke, and GT - who are a combined 14-2.