So here is my top 10 Access Bowl teams for week 2. I also included who they beat and if they were ranked at the time of the game.
1 UCF (19) - Uconn, SC St
2 Boise St (20) - Troy, Uconn
3 USF - Elon, GA Tech
4 Houston - Rice, AZ
5 E Mich - Monm, Purdue
6 Cincy - UCLA, Mi-OH
7 Hawii - Col St, Navy, Rice
8 ULM - SELA, Southern Miss
9 GA Southern - SC St, Umass
10 N Texas - SMU
Other unbeaten teams in no particular order.
Marshall, LA Tech, Buffalo, Akron, Ohio, Toledo
See ya next week....
Ohio is playing against Virginia next week after a bye this week. Its going to be a good barometer game for them.
The story of the season might be if UCF and Boise both go undefeated how the committee handles it. Will one get locked out of an access bowl?
I've said it for a while now there should be two access bowl slots for the G5 to make the championship games more of a play in where a slip up in the AAC championship game could give a CUSA/SBC champ a shot.
Realistically this comes down to Boise/Hawai’i and UXF/Houston/Cincy but I love that we live in a world where Eastern Michigan has a shot after a B1G upset in Week 2.
(09-09-2018 10:05 AM)Kittonhead Wrote: [ -> ]Ohio is playing against Virginia next week after a bye this week. Its going to be a good barometer game for them.
The story of the season might be if UCF and Boise both go undefeated how the committee handles it. Will one get locked out of an access bowl?
I've said it for a while now there should be two access bowl slots for the G5 to make the championship games more of a play in where a slip up in the AAC championship game could give a CUSA/SBC champ a shot.
UCF.
In order to go undefeated UCF will have to beat UNC, FAU, Pitt, Navy, Memphis, ECU, Cincinnati, USF and probably Houston in the title game.
(09-09-2018 09:54 AM)SouthernBoiNOLA Wrote: [ -> ]So here is my top 10 Access Bowl teams for week 2. I also included who they beat and if they were ranked at the time of the game.
1 UCF (19) - Uconn, SC St
2 Boise St (20) - Troy, Uconn
3 USF - Elon, GA Tech
4 Houston - Rice, AZ
5 E Mich - Monm, Purdue
6 Cincy - UCLA, Mi-OH
7 Hawii - Col St, Navy, Rice
8 ULM - SELA, Southern Miss
9 GA Southern - SC St, Umass
10 N Texas - SMU
Other unbeaten teams in no particular order.
Marshall, LA Tech, Buffalo, Akron, Ohio, Toledo
See ya next week....
I don't have any problems with your list, but on my list I would have USF number 1 and Houston number 2. Both of those teams are loaded with talent, which shows how scary good the AAC actually is.
Boise State goes undefeated and they will have a win over Okla State in Stillwater. UNC is terrible and Pitt is meh at best.
(09-09-2018 11:18 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote: [ -> ]Boise State goes undefeated and they will have a win over Okla State in Stillwater. UNC is terrible and Pitt is meh at best.
UCF would have wins over USF and probably Houston too. That is going to matter, because the AAC will probably be rated higher than the MWC again.
There is a lot of season left so we don't know how good or bad these teams really are as of yet. In two weeks we will know.
Odds are small that UCF runs the gauntlet.
(09-09-2018 09:54 AM)SouthernBoiNOLA Wrote: [ -> ]Other unbeaten teams in no particular order.
Marshall, LA Tech, Buffalo, Akron, Ohio, Toledo
ULaLa is also undefeated.
Big week for many of these undefeated teams. Lots of P5 tests/chances for glory:
#18 UCF - North Carolina
USF (ORV #32) - Illinois
Houston (ORV #28) - Texas Tech
#17 Boise - #19 Okla St
Marshall - So Carolina (ORV #29)
North Texas - Arkansas
Ohio - Virginia
Akron - Northwestern
Toledo - #20 Miami-Fla
Ga Southern - #2 Clemson
UL Monroe - Texas A&M (ORV #26)
ULaLa - #16 Miss St
Also, undefeated Buffalo/EMich are playing each other.
the Florida Atlantic game for UCF will be a sneaky good game for them.
BSU has got to be over UCF at this point; we beat UConnn by two more TD's than UCF and allowed them less than 200 total yards - against our 818 yards.
(09-09-2018 12:25 PM)Jeffkills Wrote: [ -> ]BSU has got to be over UCF at this point; we beat UConnn by two more TD's than UCF and allowed them less than 200 total yards - against our 818 yards.
USF and Houston should be over both Boise State and UCF. They have beaten better opponents.
(09-09-2018 12:25 PM)Jeffkills Wrote: [ -> ]BSU has got to be over UCF at this point; we beat UConnn by two more TD's than UCF and allowed them less than 200 total yards - against our 818 yards.
uh, no. Part of it is home field. Also a big part of it is after a certain point- the margin doesn't matter....
and long term, not looking good for Boise. No one in their division is undefeated and only Hawaii in other division is undefeated(and they don't see them in regular season). Meanwhile UCF has USF and Cincy undefeated in their division(both with P5 wins), and Houston in the other division is undefeated(they don't see them in regular season- with a P5 win).
(09-09-2018 12:19 PM)CougarRed Wrote: [ -> ] (09-09-2018 09:54 AM)SouthernBoiNOLA Wrote: [ -> ]Other unbeaten teams in no particular order.
Marshall, LA Tech, Buffalo, Akron, Ohio, Toledo
ULaLa is also undefeated.
Big week for many of these undefeated teams. Lots of P5 tests/chances for glory:
UCF - North Carolina
Boise - Okla St
I think OK State is ranked, so that is a huge opportunity for Boise, but also they could take a loss.
UCF will garner no glory for beating a 0-2 UNC team that just got crushed by ECU.
Imagine if Georgia Southern pulls off a Clemson upset...
I think you have to immediately catapult them into contention, possible playoff discussion.
(09-09-2018 01:38 PM)TampaTom Wrote: [ -> ]Imagine if Georgia Southern pulls off a Clemson upset...
I think you have to immediately catapult them into contention, possible playoff discussion.
It would catapult them, but it won't happen. Let's just get real here.
It’s UCF’s to lose at this point.
If Boise State wins at Okie State and Hawaii keeps winning and both meet at the MWC championship undefeated, the winner goes to the Access Bowl.
(09-09-2018 01:42 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote: [ -> ]It’s UCF’s to lose at this point.
If Boise State wins at Okie State and Hawaii keeps winning and both meet at the MWC championship undefeated, the winner goes to the Access Bowl.
Those statements seem kind of contradictory.
I think if Boise wins out they get it, because they have a tougher schedule than UCF. But if UCF and Boise win out, that will be a very close and tough decision for the committee.
If UCF and Houston finish both at 12-0 and play in the AAC title game, there is absolutely nothing the MWC champion or anyone else could do. Your conference games matter.
If BSU beats OSU next week, it's probably there's to lose. Their remaining schedule is incredibly favorable with SDSU, BYU, Fresno, and USU all at home. That said, it's only week two, we shouldn't be casually talking about teams going undefeated.