(11-14-2022 10:03 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-14-2022 07:57 PM)TealNation Wrote:  

(11-14-2022 07:46 PM)otown Wrote:  

(11-14-2022 07:15 PM)TealNation Wrote:  

(11-14-2022 11:43 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  The Human Polls care more about brands. AAC isn't barren, you still have SMU flagship with an exciting offense with Rhett Lashlee. When Memphis is good they grab attention. It seems like Tulane is an remerging brand.

If Tanner Mordecai returns next season, SMU should be a preseason Top 25 in this AAC rebuilding year.

TV Exposure is a big deal too. Aresco getting the most exposure puts the teams in front of the voter's eyes more often than the Sunbelt.

Coastal has been on national TV 4 weeks in a row. The SBC's better teams will get exposure lol. The terrible ODU loss is why we are where we are. Nothing else.

Bottom line, you basically were jumped by 3 AAC teams with more losses than you. To put it in perspective, this is something similar that happens with P5 teams against AAC teams. It is a very similar bias....... but just goes to show the pecking order..... AAC>SBC

We lost by 28 at home to an ODU team that is very very bad. Neither of those AAC schools had a worse loss. They were rightfully ahead of us. Nothing to do with a pecking order. Also, our best chance for a ranked win is if Coastal and Troy win out and play in the CCG.

So are you trying to say if you lost by 3 to ODU, you would be in control of your destiny for the NY6?

Not necessarily. It would've looked a lot better though. That's a game we shouldn't have lost regardless if we wanted to control our own destiny for a NY6. From then we would need help. If we had not suffered that bad lost we would be closer to a top 15 range instead of a top 23-25 range.

The AAC teams ahead of us have higher quality losses even if 2.