(08-02-2016 04:11 PM)Mestophalies Wrote:  

(08-02-2016 03:35 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Big 12 candidates:

#34 BYU
#49 Houston
#61 Boise State
#77 Colorado State
#81 Cincinnati

Nice except that USF is on that list and we've only had a Football team for 19 years. So how far up that list would we be with 60 more years or so.

You could say the same thing about Boise St. Who knows where they'd both be with an additional 60 years? While Boise St (FBS since 1997) has 4 additional years on South Florida (FBS since 2001) in 1-A/FBS, Boise St wasn't ranked until 2002. South Florida's rankings are dominated by 2007 and 2008 with spurts in 2009 and 2011.

This is not a knock on South Florida. They have a much higher ceiling than Boise St and recruiting in an extremely over-saturated region of the country. Whether or not they'll ever have the opportunity is another question.

I am surprised Central Florida was not on the list, though.

(08-03-2016 08:29 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(08-02-2016 04:11 PM)Mestophalies Wrote:  

(08-02-2016 03:35 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Big 12 candidates:

#34 BYU
#49 Houston
#61 Boise State
#77 Colorado State
#81 Cincinnati

Nice except that USF is on that list and we've only had a Football team for 19 years. So how far up that list would we be with 60 more years or so.

You could say the same thing about Boise St. Who knows where they'd both be with an additional 60 years? While Boise St (FBS since 1997) has 4 additional years on South Florida (FBS since 2001) in 1-A/FBS, Boise St wasn't ranked until 2002. South Florida's rankings are dominated by 2007 and 2008 with spurts in 2009 and 2011.

This is not a knock on South Florida. They have a much higher ceiling than Boise St and recruiting in an extremely over-saturated region of the country. Whether or not they'll ever have the opportunity is another question.

I am surprised Central Florida was not on the list, though.

Central Florida was only ranked in 2010 and 2013. And not the whole season. USF was only ranked in 2008 and 2009, but it was most of the season.

(08-03-2016 04:12 AM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  I'd like to see this list from when the ncaa split I-A and I-AA to now.

Me too