P6

[Mama_Bull]

I hope the sports media gets more on board with the AAC being justly considered a P6 conference.

I think that is starting to happen, but the AAC needs to keep proving itself, on the field, by putting more distance away from the others.

RealTimeRPI makes it pretty clear:

 

NCAA Men's Football - Conference Rankings (2017-2018)

Only games against Division I opponents are counted.  Rankings update every 5 mins.  Last updated - Mon Sep 18 11:10:23 PDT 2017

NCAAF Team Rankings     NCAAF Team Standings     NCAAF Gamer Predictions

Rank			Conference (Teams)	All	Non-Conf	Index	Sos	Sos Rk
		1	Pacific-12 12	28-9 (76%)	26-7 (79%)	29.26	53.35	4
		2	Southeastern 14	30-10 (75%)	26-6 (81%)	28.88	54.50	2
		3	Big Ten 14	30-9 (77%)	29-8 (78%)	28.52	53.13	6
		4	Atlantic Coast 14	25-12 (68%)	22-9 (71%)	28.07	55.51	1
		5	Big 12 10	19-10 (66%)	19-10 (66%)	26.76	52.55	7
		6	American Athletic 12	19-11 (63%)	18-10 (64%)	23.05	53.76	3
		7	Mountain West 12	16-20 (44%)	15-19 (44%)	19.76	51.88	8
		8	Mid-American 12	18-17 (51%)	18-17 (51%)	19.10	50.24	10
	+1	9	Conference USA 14	18-22 (45%)	16-20 (44%)	18.50	50.15	11
	-1	10	Independents 4	5-9 (36%)	5-9 (36%)	18.15	53.31	5
		11	Sun Belt 12	11-20 (35%)	9-18 (33%)	16.49	50.10	12
		fcs 12	Missouri Valley 10	18-8 (69%)	18-8 (69%)	12.70	45.22	21
		fcs 13	Colonial 12	23-13 (64%)	21-11 (66%)	11.16	47.03	17
		fcs 14	Southern 9	8-14 (36%)	5-11 (31%)	10.46	51.19	9
	+1	fcs 15	Big Sky 13	11-22 (33%)	9-20 (31%)	8.89	49.56	13
	-1	fcs 16	Big South 5	7-7 (50%)	7-7 (50%)	8.67	46.99	18
	+2	fcs 17	Southland 11	10-18 (36%)	6-14 (30%)	7.53	40.65	23
		fcs 18	Ohio Valley 9	7-16 (30%)	7-16 (30%)	7.32	44.74	22
	-2	fcs 19	Patriot League 7	6-14 (30%)	5-13 (28%)	6.80	47.09	16
	+3	fcs 20	Ivy League 8	5-2 (71%)	5-2 (71%)	6.79	36.76	24
	-1	fcs 21	Mid-Eastern Athletic 11	6-19 (24%)	5-18 (22%)	6.53	46.80	19
	-1	fcs 22	Northeast 7	7-11 (39%)	6-10 (38%)	6.12	46.26	20
	-1	fcs 23	Southwestern Athletic 10	3-20 (13%)	2-19 (10%)	5.79	48.61	15
		fcs 24	Pioneer League 11	3-19 (14%)	2-18 (10%)	5.25	49.44	14
2016-2017 ratings     NCAAF Team Rankings     NCAAB Power Ratings     NCAAF Predictions    http://realtimerpi.com/college_football/ncaaf_conf_Men.html

[BullyPulpit]

We have essentially returned to where we were at the time the Big East collapsed. We are way better than the other conferences and slightly behind most of the P5. I think right now we are just as good as the Big 12, but I think there will be a BIG push to contract down to P4 rather than to expand to P6. 

[charsibb]

Instead of divvying up the TV funds by conference, we should do all TV contracts through the NCAA, and get to some sort of parity.

Each team/ conference can keep all their licensing/ ticket/ concession sales, but the TV $ should be targetted at parity.

[Mama_Bull]

9 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

We have essentially returned to where we were at the time the Big East collapsed. We are way better than the other conferences and slightly behind most of the P5. I think right now we are just as good as the Big 12, but I think there will be a BIG push to contract down to P4 rather than to expand to P6. 

Well, the idea of ultimately having four top conferences with 16 teams each might happen some day.  

[E.T.]

Keep Winning !

[BullyPulpit]

8 minutes ago, charsibb said:

Instead of divvying up the TV funds by conference, we should do all TV contracts through the NCAA, and get to some sort of parity.

Each team/ conference can keep all their licensing/ ticket/ concession sales, but the TV $ should be targetted at parity.

Agreed, but it will never happen. IMO, we are going to ultimately see four 16 team conferences. If we were really lucky, it would be four 18 team conferences. That is the scenario where a team like USF would be likely to have a spot at the table. It is also a very workable scenario in which each team could play the 8 other teams in their division and then have 4 OOC games each season, creating a true conference championship match-up for each of the 4 conferences. That would be considered the first round of the playoffs (8 divisional winners). Then, those 4 conference champions would continue on to the same 4 team format that is currently in place. I expect the 4 conference arrangement to be in place by 2025-2026. The expiration of the Big 12's TV contract just so happens to coincide with the expiration of ESPNs 12 year contract for the rights to televise the CFP. 

[MMW]

40 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

We have essentially returned to where we were at the time the Big East collapsed. We are way better than the other conferences and slightly behind most of the P5. I think right now we are just as good as the Big 12, but I think there will be a BIG push to contract down to P4 rather than to expand to P6. 

We are one of the more attractive teams the best league not in the P5. 

We just need to keep winning.  With CCS recruiting and our weak schedule we should remain so for the foreseeable future.

[SANJAY]

42 minutes ago, charsibb said:

Instead of divvying up the TV funds by conference, we should do all TV contracts through the NCAA, and get to some sort of parity.

Each team/ conference can keep all their licensing/ ticket/ concession sales, but the TV $ should be targetted at parity.

That would be an antitrust violation. 

"NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, 468 U.S. 85 (1984), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) television plan violated the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts. These antitrust laws were designed to prohibit group actions that restrained open competition and trade." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_v._Board_of_Regents_of_the_University_of_Oklahoma

[charsibb]

13 minutes ago, SANJAY said:

That would be an antitrust violation. 

"NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, 468 U.S. 85 (1984), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) television plan violated the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts. These antitrust laws were designed to prohibit group actions that restrained open competition and trade." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_v._Board_of_Regents_of_the_University_of_Oklahoma

No worries. MLB and NFL both got exemptions. NCAAF could get one too

[SANJAY]

42 minutes ago, charsibb said:

No worries. MLB and NFL both got exemptions. NCAAF could get one too

The big teams don't want to obtain such an exemption. They've had 33 years since the Supreme Court decided that.