(12-07-2014 09:48 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Rank 'em 1-11.

We already did - it's called playing:

1 - Memphis 7-1
1 - UCF 7-1
1 - Cincinnati 7-1
4 - East Carolina 5-3
4 - Houston 5-3
6 - Temple 4-4
7 - South Florida 3-5
8 - Tulane 2-6
8 - Tulsa 2-6
10 - SMU 1-7
10 - Connecticut 1-7

(12-08-2014 12:34 AM)willhclark Wrote:  1. Houston
2. Memphis
3. ECU
4. UCF
5. Cinci
6. Temple
7. USD
8. Tulane
9. UConn

This is fantastic. Not only is the order completely random, but there is an obvious homer element by ranking Houston first and they didn't even bother to include all of the teams.

10/10. About the best you can do in a straight rankings thread/post with no other words.

1) Memphis
2) UC
3) UCF
4) ECU
5) Houston
6) Temple
7) USF
8) Tulane
9) Tulsa
10) SMU
11) UConn

(12-08-2014 12:34 AM)willhclark Wrote:  1. Houston
2. Memphis
3. ECU
4. UCF
5. Cinci
6. Temple
7. USD
8. Tulane
9. UConn

Football IQ of 10....

(12-08-2014 12:05 PM)stxrunner Wrote:  

(12-08-2014 12:34 AM)willhclark Wrote:  1. Houston
2. Memphis
3. ECU
4. UCF
5. Cinci
6. Temple
7. USD
8. Tulane
9. UConn

This is fantastic. Not only is the order completely random, but there is an obvious homer element by ranking Houston first and they didn't even bother to include all of the teams.

10/10. About the best you can do in a straight rankings thread/post with no other words.

Tulane and UCONN are weaker than the US Dollar... ouch.

Ucf
Cincy
Memphis
ECU
Houston
Temple
USF
Tulane
Tulsa
Uconn
SMU

1. Memphis
2. Cincinnati
3. UCF
4. East Carolina
5. Houston
6. Temple
7. USF
8. Tulane
9. Tulsa
10. SMU
11. UConn

1 - Memphis - Well rounded team. The best.
2 - UCF - Defending champs have flaws but still have the magic
3 - Cincinnati - Good second half of the season
4 - East Carolina - Hard to believe a team with this much talent could lose 3 conference games.
5 - Houston - Started poorly, ended poorly. Mid-season they looked like the best team in the AAC.
6 - Temple - Anytime you improve your win total by 4 games, beat an SEC team and a top 25 team you have done pretty well.
7 - South Florida - Never developed a FBS quality QB. The OC deserved his firing. USF was never that far from being competitive.
8 - Tulane - So disappointing. Tanner Lee is not the answer at QB. Team makes tons of mental errors. I thought Tulane would be bowl eligible this season.
9 - Tulsa - How did Blankenship run this program into the ground so quickly. Tulsa looked smaller and slower than there conference mates.
10 - SMU - A lost season. But the new coach may have himself a QB in Davis. Winning the last game of the year showed heart.
11 - Connecticut - How can UConn be so good at everything but football? This team is slow and has no playmakers. The OC is unimaginative. This team desperately needs a capable QB and some play makers on offense.

The College Football Playoff uses combined opponent record as one of their criteria in addition to body of work and championships. Since the top 3 teams all have the same record and are all champions, I used the opponent record totals as my qualifying factor. This would put Cincy at #1 with a combined opponent record of 68-77, UCF at #2 with 66-79, and Memphis at #3 with 59-85.

Seeing as how Cincy lost to Memphis, that would put them a notch below due to the assessed head-to-head tiebreaker. Thus, here is my final regular season ranking, which may change after bowl season.

1. UCF
2. Memphis
3. Cincinnati
4. East Carolina
5. Houston
6. Temple
7. South Florida
8. Tulsa
9. Tulane
10. UConn
11. SMU

1 UCF
2 Memphis
3 Cincy
4 ECU
5 Houston
6 Temple
7 USF
8 Tulane
9 Tulsa
10 UConn
11 SMU

Watched the replay of SMU v. UConn. Not great football to put it mildly. SMU at least had some spark. Turnovers were rampant (mostly weather related), with Davis fumbling out of bounds (which saved SMU's bacon) two or three times. UConn needs a competent QB. Boy, do our lowest 5 need to upgrade their games.
#1s - MEMPHIS, UC, UCF
#4s - ECU, UH, TEMPLE
#7s - TULANE, USF, TULSA, SMU, UCONN.