Includes 13 rankings

41. Memphis
48. Cincinnati
51. UCF
58. ECU
64. Houston
65. Navy
77. Temple
101. Tulane
110. USF
114. Tulsa
120. UConn
125. SMU

SEC 28.35
PAC 39.13
Big 12 44.80
ACC 46.12
Big 10 49.53
FBS Indep 64.79
MWC 80.28
AAC 80.82
CUSA 87.45
MAC 96.18
SBC 98.88

ETA: Link http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm

Poor NIU... getting dragged down by the rest of the MAC

well, we aren't last

SMU messed up when they fired June Jones

(07-17-2015 09:45 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  SMU messed up when they fired June Jones

They messed up when they hired June Jones.

(07-17-2015 06:37 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  Poor NIU... getting dragged down by the rest of the MAC

I look for the MAC to surprise this year. A lot of experience returning on teams that were strong last year and the bottom half should improve some as well.

By the end of the season, I predict the MAC, AAC and MW to be neck and neck in the Massey Composite. The top half of the MAC will be very good. Good enough to bring the conference rating as a whole, again, up there with aac/MW. Even with the bottom half of the MAC weighing the conference down.

If I were to be objective, I'd say the final Massey Composite will be as such by the end of this season's bowls...

1 thru 6: P5 + Independents. (Note: I see the ACC being way down this season)
7: AAC About 72.00 to 75.99
8: MAC. About 77.00 to 83.99
9: MW. About 79.00 to 82.99
10: CUSA. In the upper 80's to mid 90's
11: SBC: In the 90's

I see ACC ending in the 60's....which historically is pretty much unheard of for an AQ/P5 conference to be that low.

I hope AAC has a lot of head to head with ACC this year.....I can definately see AAC having the winning record between the two conferences.

Some MAC teams will shock some P5's this year.

Boise will be the G5 rep in the Access Bowl again, edging out the best AAC and MAC teams. Even though MW I predict to be down a tad this year, Boise will still climb the polls enough to get the Committee's nod.

(07-18-2015 01:10 AM)franzeal Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:45 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  SMU messed up when they fired June Jones

They messed up when they hired June Jones.

Actually, SMU didn't mess up by hiring June Jones...as Jones helped the program bring in millions of $$$ from key donors and brought a little life into that then "dead program".

The mistake SMU made was not firing Jones when all the short-term benefits had been reached and when it was obvious that Jones was just milking SMU during his last 1-2 years.

Jones was a very good short-term hire for SMU.

Got to love these threads. Lets take last years statistics and apply them to this year and be biased towards your favorites. Got to love Opinion pieces.

If I ever did a projections poll or ranking, I'd wait until the halfway point of the season to do so. Just saying.

(07-18-2015 07:09 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(07-18-2015 01:10 AM)franzeal Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 09:45 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  SMU messed up when they fired June Jones

They messed up when they hired June Jones.

Actually, SMU didn't mess up by hiring June Jones...as Jones helped the program bring in millions of $$$ from key donors and brought a little life into that then "dead program".

The mistake SMU made was not firing Jones when all the short-term benefits had been reached and when it was obvious that Jones was just milking SMU during his last 1-2 years.

Jones was a very good short-term hire for SMU.

KnightLight; you had better hope your boss does not feel the same way about YOU.

(07-18-2015 03:35 AM)fresnofanatic Wrote:  

(07-17-2015 06:37 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  Poor NIU... getting dragged down by the rest of the MAC

I look for the MAC to surprise this year. A lot of experience returning on teams that were strong last year and the bottom half should improve some as well.

By the end of the season, I predict the MAC, AAC and MW to be neck and neck in the Massey Composite. The top half of the MAC will be very good. Good enough to bring the conference rating as a whole, again, up there with aac/MW. Even with the bottom half of the MAC weighing the conference down.

If I were to be objective, I'd say the final Massey Composite will be as such by the end of this season's bowls...

1 thru 6: P5 + Independents. (Note: I see the ACC being way down this season)
7: AAC About 72.00 to 75.99
8: MAC. About 77.00 to 83.99
9: MW. About 79.00 to 82.99
10: CUSA. In the upper 80's to mid 90's
11: SBC: In the 90's

I see ACC ending in the 60's....which historically is pretty much unheard of for an AQ/P5 conference to be that low.

I hope AAC has a lot of head to head with ACC this year.....I can definately see AAC having the winning record between the two conferences.

Some MAC teams will shock some P5's this year.

Boise will be the G5 rep in the Access Bowl again, edging out the best AAC and MAC teams. Even though MW I predict to be down a tad this year, Boise will still climb the polls enough to get the Committee's nod.

I fully expect NIU to beat BC (that should please the UCONN fans) and get demolished by OSU (to no one's surprise)

Massey composite rankings change as more individual rankings are added. Now it shows:

46. Cincinnati
50. Memphis
51. UCF
58. ECU
63. Navy
68. Houston
79. Temple
104. Tulane
106. USF
115, Tulsa
118. UConn
123. SMU

The Orlando Sentinel college count down is absolutely unfathomable this year. They have the AAC as the next to the worst G5 conference (barely edging out the Sunbelt). They have Navy as our highest ranked team. Cinci at #45 and Memphis at #48 are the next two highest. Almost half of the league is ranked over 100 (UConn, SMU, Tulane, USF, and Tulsa). Houston and Temple are ranked in the 80's. ECU is at #71. UCF is at #67 (ranked worse than MTSU, Ball State, Appy St, and Rice---among other G5's). The countdown is currently at #42 and Navy hasn't been ranked yet. The countdown seems to believe the AAC will be terrible. LaTech is the highest ranked G5 named so far at #42 (but there are several G5's who have yet to have their name called). Based on the number of unnamed G5 schools yet to be named in the G5 conferences, the countdown appears to be headed towards predicting the MAC or CUSA as the highest rated G5 conference. The AAC could maybe finish last if Georgia Southern finishes way higher than Navy in the countdown---but GS would probably have to finish in the top 5 to push us into last. The countdown writer should stay away from Vegas this year. We are going to make his countdown look ridiculous. .

(07-18-2015 04:36 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The Orlando Sentinel college count down is absolutely unfathomable this year. They have the AAC as the next to the worst G5 conference (barely edging out the Sunbelt). They have Navy as our highest ranked team. Cinci at #45 and Memphis at #48 are the next two highest. Almost half of the league is ranked over 100 (UConn, SMU, Tulane, USF, and Tulsa). Houston and Temple are ranked in the 80's. ECU is at #71. UCF is at #67 (ranked worse than MTSU, Ball State, Appy St, and Rice---among other G5's). The countdown is currently at #42 and Navy hasn't been ranked yet. The countdown seems to believe the AAC will be terrible. LaTech is the highest ranked G5 named so far at #42 (but there are several G5's who have yet to have their name called). Based on the number of unnamed G5 schools yet to be named in the G5 conferences, the countdown appears to be headed towards predicting the MAC or CUSA as the highest rated G5 conference. The AAC could maybe finish last if Georgia Southern finishes way higher than Navy in the countdown---but GS would probably have to finish in the top 5 to push us into last. The countdown writer should stay away from Vegas this year. We are going to make his countdown look ridiculous. .

I look for us to be slightly better as a conference than last year. Cincy, Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, and USF will be slightly better. Memphis, UCF, and ECU will be slightly to much worse.

Top 2 G5s >>
#25 Boise
#38 Marshall

(07-18-2015 04:36 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  They have the AAC as the next to the worst G5 conference (barely edging out the Sunbelt). They have Navy as our highest ranked team.

Doesn't the Sentinel countdown represent the opinion of just one person?

Cincinnati is ranked ahead of 22 P5 schools. I'll take it. Also, I think Temple is vastly underrated in these rankings. I would put them no worse than the mid 60's.

(07-18-2015 08:12 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Top 2 G5s >>
#25 Boise
#38 Marshall

That win against a depleted NIU team playing their worst game of the year sure has the pundits convinced...

Marshall will be hot garbage without Cato this year

(07-18-2015 05:15 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(07-18-2015 04:36 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The Orlando Sentinel college count down is absolutely unfathomable this year. They have the AAC as the next to the worst G5 conference (barely edging out the Sunbelt). They have Navy as our highest ranked team. Cinci at #45 and Memphis at #48 are the next two highest. Almost half of the league is ranked over 100 (UConn, SMU, Tulane, USF, and Tulsa). Houston and Temple are ranked in the 80's. ECU is at #71. UCF is at #67 (ranked worse than MTSU, Ball State, Appy St, and Rice---among other G5's). The countdown is currently at #42 and Navy hasn't been ranked yet. The countdown seems to believe the AAC will be terrible. LaTech is the highest ranked G5 named so far at #42 (but there are several G5's who have yet to have their name called). Based on the number of unnamed G5 schools yet to be named in the G5 conferences, the countdown appears to be headed towards predicting the MAC or CUSA as the highest rated G5 conference. The AAC could maybe finish last if Georgia Southern finishes way higher than Navy in the countdown---but GS would probably have to finish in the top 5 to push us into last. The countdown writer should stay away from Vegas this year. We are going to make his countdown look ridiculous. .

I look for us to be slightly better as a conference than last year. Cincy, Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, and USF will be slightly better. Memphis, UCF, and ECU will be slightly to much worse.

Keep telling yourself that.

(07-18-2015 08:12 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Top 2 G5s >>
#25 Boise
#38 Marshall

Marshall has some talent no doubt, culled right out of the Star Wars bar scene. But Cato ain't coming back and the old saying, "An army of sheep led by a lion is to be feared more than an army of lions led by a sheep", comes to mind. They don't have a proven QB. Cato pulled their bacon out of the fire quite often and against less than the most stellar opposition. Don't see that superb level of play from the next guy.

(07-19-2015 03:27 PM)Indiana Bones Wrote:  

(07-18-2015 05:15 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(07-18-2015 04:36 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The Orlando Sentinel college count down is absolutely unfathomable this year. They have the AAC as the next to the worst G5 conference (barely edging out the Sunbelt). They have Navy as our highest ranked team. Cinci at #45 and Memphis at #48 are the next two highest. Almost half of the league is ranked over 100 (UConn, SMU, Tulane, USF, and Tulsa). Houston and Temple are ranked in the 80's. ECU is at #71. UCF is at #67 (ranked worse than MTSU, Ball State, Appy St, and Rice---among other G5's). The countdown is currently at #42 and Navy hasn't been ranked yet. The countdown seems to believe the AAC will be terrible. LaTech is the highest ranked G5 named so far at #42 (but there are several G5's who have yet to have their name called). Based on the number of unnamed G5 schools yet to be named in the G5 conferences, the countdown appears to be headed towards predicting the MAC or CUSA as the highest rated G5 conference. The AAC could maybe finish last if Georgia Southern finishes way higher than Navy in the countdown---but GS would probably have to finish in the top 5 to push us into last. The countdown writer should stay away from Vegas this year. We are going to make his countdown look ridiculous. .

I look for us to be slightly better as a conference than last year. Cincy, Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, and USF will be slightly better. Memphis, UCF, and ECU will be slightly to much worse.

Keep telling yourself that.

Until the QB proves himself under live conditions I consider us on shaky ground. Very tough opening half of the season.