51. Tulane
52. ECU
54. Rice
63. North Texas
66. Marshall
72. WKU
88. Middle Tennessee
94. FAU
101. UAB
104. Tulsa
111. FIU
111. Louisiana Tech
119. USM
120. UTEP
999. UTSA (Would be 106)


http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

For comparison wku is in at 72.

I would not have predicted Tulane and North Texas doing this well, or Tulsa and USM doing this badly.

Even better comparison the Ragin Cajuns come in at 39.

HOW ARE WE NOT LAST

(10-21-2013 08:15 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  Even better comparison the Ragin Cajuns come in at 39.

Wrong board dude.

(10-21-2013 08:20 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:15 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  Even better comparison the Ragin Cajuns come in at 39.

Wrong board dude.

Just a little comparative info my friend...no harm no foul.

(10-21-2013 09:04 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:20 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:15 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  Even better comparison the Ragin Cajuns come in at 39.

Wrong board dude.

Just a little comparative info my friend...no harm no foul.

You don't have anything to do with C-USA. If I wanted the rankings outside of C-USA I would have listed them.

(10-21-2013 09:21 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:04 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:20 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:15 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  Even better comparison the Ragin Cajuns come in at 39.

Wrong board dude.

Just a little comparative info my friend...no harm no foul.

You don't have anything to do with C-USA. If I wanted the rankings outside of C-USA I would have listed them.

Hostility reigns supreme...

(10-21-2013 09:28 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:21 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:04 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:20 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:15 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  Even better comparison the Ragin Cajuns come in at 39.

Wrong board dude.

Just a little comparative info my friend...no harm no foul.

You don't have anything to do with C-USA. If I wanted the rankings outside of C-USA I would have listed them.

Hostility reigns supreme...

Not hostility just trying to help you out. Usually, if you click on a board that says C-USA, and then click on thread that says C-USA, it is for the discussion of C-USA. You learn something new every day.

(10-21-2013 09:45 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:28 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:21 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:04 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 08:20 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Wrong board dude.

Just a little comparative info my friend...no harm no foul.

You don't have anything to do with C-USA. If I wanted the rankings outside of C-USA I would have listed them.

Hostility reigns supreme...

Not hostility just trying to help you out. Usually, if you click on a board that says C-USA, and then click on thread that says C-USA, it is for the discussion of C-USA. You learn something new every day.

Just thought you guys would like to know where everyone else is...no harm intended. Your xenophobia is troubling though. But...to each his own.

Shoulda beat VT... damnit!

So it looks to me like if a CUSA (or any G5) team finishes in the top 100 its a decent year. Top 75 is pretty good and top 50 is really good. Is that accurate? How do you non-bcs old timers look at rankings?

I don't think North Texas or Rice is better than Marshall right now.

(10-21-2013 09:59 AM)monarx Wrote:  So it looks to me like if a CUSA (or any G5) team finishes in the top 100 its a decent year. Top 75 is pretty good and top 50 is really good. Is that accurate? How do you non-bcs old timers look at rankings?

Out of 120 teams, top 100 isn't decenter.

Top 100 would be "bad"
Top 75 would be "decent"
Top 50 would be "pretty good"
Top 35 would be "great"

Anything other than that pretty much explains itself.

(10-21-2013 10:07 AM)fedale Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:59 AM)monarx Wrote:  So it looks to me like if a CUSA (or any G5) team finishes in the top 100 its a decent year. Top 75 is pretty good and top 50 is really good. Is that accurate? How do you non-bcs old timers look at rankings?

Out of 120 teams, top 100 isn't decenter.

Top 100 would be "bad"
Top 75 would be "decent"
Top 50 would be "pretty good"
Top 35 would be "great"

Anything other than that pretty much explains itself.

Agree with fedale. I don't know how to look up past years BCS rankings for all teams, but for the last 3 years the C-USA champ has finished ranked in at least one of the human polls. In 2 of the last 3 years the C-USA runner up has also finished ranked.

2010: #21 UCF, #24 Tulsa
2011: #20 USM, #18 Houston
2012: #25 Tulsa

Would be nice to continue that trend. No one is super close right now but Marshall, Tulane, Rice, and ECU have good chance to get there if things go right for them. North Texas could also get there if they don't drop another game.



C-USA Champs also finished the season ranked in
1998: #9 Tulane
1999: #14 USM
2001: #17 Louisville
2002: #23 TCU
2004: #6 Louisville


And before the BCS
1997: #19 USM

101st ranked UAB vs 106th ranked UTSA! Game of the week.

(10-21-2013 09:56 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:45 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:28 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:21 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:04 AM)cajunbane Wrote:  Just a little comparative info my friend...no harm no foul.

You don't have anything to do with C-USA. If I wanted the rankings outside of C-USA I would have listed them.

Hostility reigns supreme...

Not hostility just trying to help you out. Usually, if you click on a board that says C-USA, and then click on thread that says C-USA, it is for the discussion of C-USA. You learn something new every day.

Just thought you guys would like to know where everyone else is...no harm intended. Your xenophobia is troubling though. But...to each his own.

At least be honest, you're trying to pimp Louisiana-Lafayette.

(10-21-2013 10:21 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 10:07 AM)fedale Wrote:  

(10-21-2013 09:59 AM)monarx Wrote:  So it looks to me like if a CUSA (or any G5) team finishes in the top 100 its a decent year. Top 75 is pretty good and top 50 is really good. Is that accurate? How do you non-bcs old timers look at rankings?

Out of 120 teams, top 100 isn't decenter.

Top 100 would be "bad"
Top 75 would be "decent"
Top 50 would be "pretty good"
Top 35 would be "great"

Anything other than that pretty much explains itself.

Agree with fedale. I don't know how to look up past years BCS rankings for all teams, but for the last 3 years the C-USA champ has finished ranked in at least one of the human polls. In 2 of the last 3 years the C-USA runner up has also finished ranked.

2010: #21 UCF, #24 Tulsa
2011: #20 USM, #18 Houston
2012: #25 Tulsa

Would be nice to continue that trend. No one is super close right now but Marshall, Tulane, Rice, and ECU have good chance to get there if things go right for them. North Texas could also get there if they don't drop another game.



C-USA Champs also finished the season ranked in
1998: #9 Tulane
1999: #14 USM
2001: #17 Louisville
2002: #23 TCU
2004: #6 Louisville


And before the BCS
1997: #19 USM

It still kills me we finished 12-0 in 1998 (the first year of the BCS) and didn't get to go to a BCS bowl - they just didn't know what to do with us. We finished the season ranked #7 in both the AP and Coaches poll.

(10-21-2013 10:49 PM)LSU Law Greenie Wrote:  It still kills me we finished 12-0 in 1998 (the first year of the BCS) and didn't get to go to a BCS bowl - they just didn't know what to do with us. We finished the season ranked #7 in both the AP and Coaches poll.

Here are your regular season wins.....

1998-Tulane (CUSA)

Cincinnati (2-9)
Southern Methodist (5-7)
Navy (3-8)
Southern Mississippi (7-5)
Louisville (7-5)
Rutgers (5-6)
Louisiana-Lafayette (2-9)
Memphis (2-9)
Army (3-8)
Houston (3-8)
Louisiana Tech (6-6)


That is about as aweful of a schedule as you can put together. If you guys had played a halfway decent schedule in the regular season I might would have felt bad for you. You would have went to the BCS under the new rules the last few years but it would have been a joke that a team that beat no one would have been there. People can talk crap about the BCS but it opened the doors for teams like this eventually that played no one like that to play in BCS bowls where there was zero access before.