(08-17-2017 10:16 PM)Volkmar Wrote: (08-17-2017 09:33 PM)WKUYG Wrote: Not that I disagree with Matthew Kenerly, the AAC is not a P6, but I think he needs to put the MWC conference in that same light.
He talks up San Diego State but they had their own struggles last year....got the **** beat out of them by South Alabama and their top 25 finish was a gift after losing 2 of the last 3. And when you lose 31-63 at home in game 11 to a team that was 7-6 (Colorado State) that team shouldn't even be in the picture for a top 25 ranking I think they got a the gift by playing and beating Houston. San Diego State also played the 114th schedule. The only G5 conference champ with a worse schedule was Ark St.
If we are being honest there's not been a lot of difference over the last 3 years between most of the G5 at the end of the year...
2016 AAC, MAC, MWC each had 1 team to finish in the top 25...S. Fla 19th, San Diego State 25th, W. Mich 15th (Western was like 27th or 28th)
2015 the AAC & CUSA were the only G5 conferences to have schools finish top 25, Houston 8th, Navy 18, Western 24th
2014 MWC, AAC & CUSA each had 1 school to finish top 25...Boise State 16th, Memphis 25th, Marshall 23rd
Not a lot of difference in the top 4 teams in either conference by the end of the year. CUSA just hasn't had a team to open strong and get the hype. Even Marshall's 11-0 start was knocked because they played the worse schedule in FBS
The MWC doesn't go around putting little P6 stickers on their helmets, declaring themselves as such. It's just that simple.
I understand that but this writer was trying to take the AAC down a notch by talking the MWC up (I assume he is connected to the conference). Neither one is a P6 but overall the AAC has out preformed the MWC and it's not close. I got the feeling this was just as much a 'pro' MWC article as it was the AAC is not a P6 article.
If it was just about the AAC not being a P6 there is no reason bringing a San Diego State team into it. They play a awful schedule the last 2 years and preformed worse vs that schedule than other G5 champs preformed with their schedule.
2015 ....schedule 115 & SRS 46
2016 ....schedule 114 & SRS 41
compared to
CUSA
2016..............100 & SRS 27
2015...............98 & SRS 28
MAC
2016..............107 & SRS 15TH
2015...............69 & SRS 34TH
AAC
2016...............91 & SRS 24TH
2015...............90 & SRS 17TH
SBC
2016.............87 & SRS 25TH
2015.............118 & SRS 70TH
As I said to me this article was as much about trying to talk the MWC ...UP as it was taking down the AAC. A better argument would have been to show the AAC vs the worse P5 conference and the AAC is not even in the same neighborhood...not in the same time zone