I didn't see a thread about it this week, so I thought I would go ahead and jump in.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)

6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I see four tiers (FIVE) as we near the end of the season. The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

(11-16-2016 09:16 AM)rockdog Wrote:  I didn't see a thread about it this week, so I thought I would go ahead and jump in.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)

6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I see four tiers as we near the end of the season. The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

No argument with your ratings but I'm sorry that I have to give you an F in arithmetic. You said 4 tiers and listed 5.

(11-16-2016 09:37 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(11-16-2016 09:16 AM)rockdog Wrote:  I didn't see a thread about it this week, so I thought I would go ahead and jump in.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)

6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I see four tiers as we near the end of the season. The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

No argument with your ratings but I'm sorry that I have to give you an F in arithmetic. You said 4 tiers and listed 5.

Nowadays it's called "new math".

(11-16-2016 09:37 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(11-16-2016 09:16 AM)rockdog Wrote:  I didn't see a thread about it this week, so I thought I would go ahead and jump in.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)

6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I see four tiers as we near the end of the season. The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

No argument with your ratings but I'm sorry that I have to give you an F in arithmetic. You said 4 tiers and listed 5.

4 is the new 5

No tiers, just order according to me:
1. WKU
2. LaTech
3. MTSU
4. ODU
5. USM
6. UTSA
7. UNT
8. FIU
9. Charlotte
10. FAU
11. Marshall
12. UTEP
13. Rice

(11-16-2016 09:16 AM)rockdog Wrote:  I didn't see a thread about it this week, so I thought I would go ahead and jump in.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)

6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I see four tiers (FIVE) as we near the end of the season. The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

I also see four tiers or five with the same rating like you have: The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion

4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)
6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I'm going to rank according to yards per play since I did the math already.

1. La Tech (7.7 to 5.2). +2.5
2. WKU (7.2 to 5.3). +1.9
3. MT (6.3 to 5.4). +0.9
4. ODU (5.9 to 5.5) +0.4
5. Southern Mississippi (5.8 to 6.2) -0.4
6. UTSA (5 to 5.8) -0.8
7. UTEP (5.5 to 6.4) -0.9
8. FIU (5.2 to 6.2) -1
8. FAU (5.3 to 6.3 -1
10. North Texas (4.6 to 5.7) -1.1
11. Charlotte (4.8 to 6) -1.2
12. Marshall (4.7 to 6.3) -1.6
13. Rice (4.6 to 7.4) -2.8

(11-16-2016 09:16 AM)rockdog Wrote:  I didn't see a thread about it this week, so I thought I would go ahead and jump in.

1. La Tech
2. Western Kentucky

3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss (Mullens is coming back)
5. Middle Tennessee (Stockstill loss hurts)

6. UTSA
7. North Texas

8. Charlotte
9. Florida International
10. Marshall

11. FAU
12. Rice
13. UTEP

I see four tiers (FIVE) as we near the end of the season. The top teams, the solid teams, the very average group, the below average group, and the bad group.

Gotta own it:
Go Owls (and Go Away coach Bailiff)

Here's how The Virginian-Pilot's Harry Minium sees it.

1. Western Kentucky
2. LA Tech
3. Old Dominion
4. Southern Miss
5. UTSA
6. Middle Tennessee
7. North Texas
8. Marshall
9. Charlotte
10. FAU
11. FIU
12. UTEP
13. Rice

http://pilotonline.com/sports/college/ol...808f5.html

Cream has definitely risen to the top.

1. LA Tech - Showdown in West, all La Tech
2. WKU - Could have beat very short handed NT even more
3. Old Dominion - Making me a believer
4. UTSA - La Tech made them look bad, but who else in the West
5. Middle Tennessee - What has happened?
6. USM - Mediocre at best
7. NT - Last two weeks slaughtered by best 2 CUSA teams
8. Marshall - Finally woke up
9. FAU - Solid victory over UTEP
10. Charlotte - Loser to Rice
11. UTEP - Can play when they chose to
12. FIU - Off last week
13. Rice - Hate to put Rice here after a victory

Now that almost all games have been played, I think you have to put LA Tech above WKU based on the head-to-head matchup.

(11-16-2016 04:04 PM)LaTechBanjo Wrote:  Now that almost all games have been played, I think you have to put LA Tech above WKU based on the head-to-head matchup.

Admittedly I haven't watched a whole lot of Tech but I feel WKU has improved since you played them and are the best all around team in the league right now. Time will tell though and your head-to-head win will get you home field advantage.

Lately, what WKU has been doing in the league is quite impressive:

vs ODU 59-24 (an improved, relative to last season, ODU defense was shredded)
@ FAU 52-3 (no one in the C-USA blows out FAU, except for WKU three weeks ago, that is)
vs FIU 49-21 (FIU made it look better than it truly was by scoring two garbage time TDs)
vs UNT 45-7 (UNT still has some bowl aspirations)

IMHO, LaTech were not as impressive lately. Yes, they dropped 63 on USM, but USM scored 35 on LaTech, as well. UNT and FIU played closer against LaTech, too

(11-16-2016 05:09 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  Lately, what WKU has been doing in the league is quite impressive:

vs ODU 59-24 (an improved, relative to last season, ODU defense was shredded)
@ FAU 52-3 (no one in the C-USA blows out FAU, except for WKU three weeks ago, that is)
vs FIU 49-21 (FIU made it look better than it truly was by scoring two garbage time TDs)
vs UNT 45-7 (UNT still has some bowl aspirations)

IMHO, LaTech were not as impressive lately. Yes, they dropped 63 on USM, but USM scored 35 on LaTech, as well. UNT and FIU played closer against LaTech, too

It's because we give up garbage time scores a lot. Our starting defense is finally getting it together, but our second string isn't ready to shut people down completely.

And to whoever said it, WKU may be better than when we played them, but I think you can say the same about us.

(11-16-2016 05:09 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  Lately, what WKU has been doing in the league is quite impressive:

vs ODU 59-24 (an improved, relative to last season, ODU defense was shredded)
@ FAU 52-3 (no one in the C-USA blows out FAU, except for WKU three weeks ago, that is)
vs FIU 49-21 (FIU made it look better than it truly was by scoring two garbage time TDs)
vs UNT 45-7 (UNT still has some bowl aspirations)

IMHO, LaTech were not as impressive lately. Yes, they dropped 63 on USM, but USM scored 35 on LaTech, as well. UNT and FIU played closer against LaTech, too

We give up some garbo TDs.

@FIU, FIU scored on a drive extended by a meh PI. 44-24
Rice only scored on PAT block and vs our 2s. 61-16
@UNT, bad bobbled "INT" sets up early score. UNT only gets FG 2nd half. 45-24
UTSA, 49-14 by 4th quarter, lotta crappy garbage TDs followed. 63-35

Theyve dominated just fine
Not saying these matter. Each team just handles opponents differently.
H2H puts us on top. But people can have different opinions.

Both WKU and La Tech are very solid. WKU has played subs 90% of the 2nd halfs in most games since we have got healthy. The only reason I might give WKU a slight edge is because we was with out 6 plus starters for the Tech game and had the most injuries of the season and we are now pretty healthy

We put our 2nd string D in against WKU in the 4th quarter and it almost bited us in the butt.

Like I said time will tell. We're either headed for a rematch or WKU will lose to Marshall. Either way we'll know which team is on top

ODU still would have to win @FAU and home to Florida International. While they are the favorite in both, it is far from a given that ODU wins. But, hey, lets win @FAU and put a tiny bit of pressure on the Hilltoppers.

(11-16-2016 05:09 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  IMHO, LaTech were not as impressive lately. Yes, they dropped 63 on USM, but USM scored 35 on LaTech, as well.

I don't know who LaTech beat 63-35, but it wasn't USM. Unless you have traveled back in time and have already seen next Friday's game?