There are plenty of unknowns in the inaugural season of the American Athletic Conference, but the league’s overall defensive prowess is not one of them. Four American defenses — Rutgers (4), Cincinnati (14), Connecticut (19) and UCF (27) — finished in the top 30 nationally last year in points allowed per game. A fifth, newcomer SMU, was one of the best turnover-creating defenses in college football.

AAC Defense Rankings

Defense used to be what made the Big East teams really good (and a lot better than the media gave us credit for)

Cant even get our freshman all american LB's name correct. Trash.

I believe USF will be higher than they picked but will let the season speak for itself.