SMU improved to 7-2 after beating Temple on Monday, keeping alive the conference's chances of sending two, or possibly three teams to the NCAA tournament.
Now, there are four AAC teams with records of 7-3 or better:
Houston 10-1;
Massey Composite Rank: 6; NET: 6
SMU 7-2;
Massey Composite Rank: 48; NET: 65
WSU 7-3; Massey Composite Rank: 62; NET: 64
Tulsa 7-3; Massey Composite Rank: 66; NET: 52
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So do the WCC...
Gonzaga 12-0;
Massey Composite Rank: 1; NET: 1
BYU 9-3;
Massey Composite Rank: 47; NET: 41
St. Mary's 9-3; Massey Composite Rank: 54; NET: 63
Santa Clara 4-1; Massey Composite Rank: 135; NET: 92
...the Atlantic 10...
St. Louis 7-1;
Massey Composite Rank: 20; NET: 15
VCU 9-3;
Massey Composite Rank: 49; NET: 46
Richmond 9-3; Massey Composite Rank: 57; NET: 58
St. Bonaventure 4-1; Massey Composite Rank: 65; NET: 56
...and the MWC:
SDSU 9-2;
Massey Composite Rank: 32; NET: 34
Boise 10-1;
Massey Composite Rank: 43; NET 19
CSU 8-2; Massey Composite Rank: 63; NET 51
Utah St. 9-3; Massey Composite Rank: 71; NET 60
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Do these comparisons indicate that the AAC is a "weak" conference, in comparison to the other non-P5 and non-Big East conferences?
No, for two reasons:
First, the AAC is stronger, top-to-bottom, than conference such as the WCC, AAC and MWC.
Second, none of the other three conference have more than two teams ranked in the NET or Massey Composite top 50.
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The issue for the AAC is its high level of parity in 2020-21. There is so much parity in the AAC, this season, that the lowest ranked AAC team (Tulane) currently has a 6-3 W-L record.
The high level of parity in the AAC doesn't necessarily mean that that it's a very "weak conference," though it may seem that way because it has only one top 25-ranked team.
If the AAC were a very "weak" conference, it wouldn't be ranked as the #7 conference in the nation, ahead of the WCC (#8), the A10 (#9), and the MWC (#11):
https://www.masseyratings.com/ranks?s=cb&sub=14553&c=1
https://barttorvik.com./conf.php?conf=WCC&year=2021
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