Power 6 Conference

[atl86bull]

I'm sick and tired of hearing about the Power 5 as the media has created this huge divide between the Power 5 and G5.  The actual overall performance of the AAC vs. the ACC is pretty close but you would not know it based upon the media coverage etc... When you look at the American non-conf record and the RPI the American is the 6th Power Conference (closer to the Power 5 than G5).  If you take out FSU and Clemson from the ACC the AAC would be a stronger conference.  The AAC has many improving teams and if this continues the American should be a "Power" conference but the college football cartel and media may not allow it to happen.     

NCAA Men's Football - Conference Rankings (2015-2016)

Only games against Division I opponents are counted.  Rankings update every 5 mins.  Last updated - Sun Oct 4 08:10:17 PDT 2015

Rank		Conference (Teams)	All	Non-Conf	Index	Sos	Sos Rk
	1	Southeastern 14	48-21 (70%)	31-4 (89%)	31.93	56.87	1
	2	Big 12 10	30-14 (68%)	23-7 (77%)	31.27	55.28	3
	3	Pacific-12 12	37-16 (70%)	28-7 (80%)	30.72	54.14	5
	4	Big Ten 14	49-20 (71%)	42-13 (76%)	29.16	55.25	4
	5	Atlantic Coast 14	41-23 (64%)	32-14 (70%)	26.54	55.47	2
	6	Independents 3	8-7 (53%)	8-7 (53%)	25.88	53.41	6
	7	American Athletic 12	31-23 (57%)	23-15 (61%)	22.85	51.97	7
	8	Mountain West 12	21-32 (40%)	16-27 (37%)	19.61	51.52	8
	9	Mid-American 13	28-35 (44%)	22-29 (43%)	18.78	51.35	9
	10	Conference USA 13	27-35 (44%)	18-26 (41%)	17.39	48.05	12
	11	Sun Belt 11	18-29 (38%)	14-25 (36%)	16.84	49.21	11
	12 fcs	Missouri Valley 10	22-15 (59%)	19-12 (61%)	13.02	50.83	10
	13 fcs	Big South 6	13-10 (57%)	13-10 (57%)	11.00	45.03	20
	14 fcs	Colonial 12	26-29 (47%)	20-23 (47%)	9.80	47.27	17
	15 fcs	Big Sky 13	21-34 (38%)	7-20 (26%)	8.85	45.28	19
	16 fcs	Ivy League 8	14-10 (58%)	10-6 (63%)	8.76	47.27	18
	17 fcs	Southern 8	16-17 (48%)	13-14 (48%)	8.71	44.69	21
	18 fcs	Patriot League 7	16-17 (48%)	14-15 (48%)	7.98	47.53	15
	19 fcs	Ohio Valley 9	15-23 (39%)	10-18 (36%)	7.85	47.37	16
	20 fcs	Southland 11	11-24 (31%)	0-13 (0%)	7.65	42.95	25
	21 fcs	Pioneer League 11	15-23 (39%)	7-15 (32%)	6.34	43.34	24
	22 fcs	Southwestern Athletic 10	15-29 (34%)	0-14 (0%)	6.29	44.59	23
	23 fcs	Mid-Eastern Athletic 11	13-31 (30%)	4-22 (15%)	6.25	44.68	22
	24 fcs	Northeast 7	7-20 (26%)	6-18 (25%)	5.98	48.02	13
	25 fcs	Independents (FCS) 1	0-3 (0%)	0-3 (0%)	5.55	47.70	14

Edited October 4, 2015 by atl86bull

[Bull Matrix]

AAC is one of the best hoops conference and now has turned into one of the best football conferences 

[Bull Matrix]

And Obama dropped the ball for not leveling the playing field in college football like he promised to do

[JTrue]

AAC is one of the best hoops conference and now has turned into one of the best football conferences 

We've always been the 6th best conference. What changed?

[Apis Bull]

We've always been the 6th best conference. What changed?

6th best used to be in the club, now it's not. We need to become the 4th best conference consistently if we ever want to be considered.

[JTrue]

 

6th best used to be in the club, now it's not. We need to become the 4th best conference consistently if we ever want to be considered.

True. But we haven't turned into anything.

[Paisa el Toro]

True. But we haven't turned into anything.

Yes we have--mediocre.

[Bear]

Um, AAC is not bring in te same attendance numbers... or revenue.

 

 

This conference belongs in the G5

[BullsBoltsJagsRays]

The big boys want less mouths to feed.  They gutted the big east, and when they decide they want more money, the Big 12 or ACC is next.   

[atl86bull]

More fuel for the fire:  http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/117693/with-american-off-to-hot-start-can-league-turn-early-success-into-something-bigger

Can the American conference turn early success into something bigger?

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Mike Aresco didn’t think he was going out on a limb this summer whenever he said that the American Athletic Conference could eventually play its way into the power-league conversation. Nearly halfway through the season, the on-field product suggests Aresco’s forecast may be ahead of schedule.

South Florida’s win over Syracuse pushed the American conference to 4-3 against the ACC this season. The league boasts three undefeated teams. It has beaten teams from three Power 5 conferences, with the potential for more Saturday, when one of those perfect teams, Memphis, hosts Ole Miss of the SEC.

“I thought we competed the last few years, but we didn’t win as many nonconference games as we’re winning now,” said Aresco, the American commissioner since its 2012 makeover from the old Big East. “I honestly thought it was just a matter of time, with the coaches we had, the way we’re building our programs. ... I felt that everybody was making a commitment.”

The surprising part may be that the league has played so well despite the struggles of its Florida schools. USF’s win over Syracuse was the Bulls’ first against FBS competition this season. Their Interstate 4 rival, UCF, has gone 0-6 one year after splitting the league title, and two years after winning the Fiesta Bowl.

Aresco is happy the league has taken care of business against its Group of Five brethren, going 11-3 against those schools, with two of those losses coming against independent quasi-member BYU. This season’s overall surge has been charged in large part by the influx of up-and-coming coaches in recent years.

The American conference boasts three undefeated teams, including the Temple Owls, who knocked off Penn State in the season opener. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

Tom Herman is 5-0 in his first year at Houston after assisting with Ohio State’s national title run last year. Fellow undefeated coaches, 39-year-old Justin Fuente (Memphis) and 40-year-old Matt Rhule (Temple), are among the hottest names on the circuit, turning former laughingstocks into formidable programs.

First-year coaches Philip Montgomery (Tulsa) and Chad Morris (SMU) have sparked excitement among their constituencies with high-powered offenses that have given scares to Big 12 powers like Oklahoma and TCU. Second-year Connecticut coach Bob Diaco has already surpassed last year’s win total and pushed Missouri to the limit last month.

“It’s so different,” Diaco said of Year 1 to Year 2. “You just push yourself to do better, and that creates its own new challenges, but the challenges from a year ago really are no longer present, which is great. The team is so much stronger.”

There is also first-year league member Navy, which is coming off its first loss of the season but could still challenge for the league crown.

“You try to look for some silver lining in the deal and that's one of them,” coach Ken Niumatalolo said after losing at Notre Dame. “We just got to press forward, try to get ready for conference play.”

The Big Ten will reportedly count Navy, Cincinnati and UConn toward the league’s requirement of playing one nonconference Power 5 team per year, a seemingly arbitrary designation that has captured the predicament Aresco faces: He has never cared for the exclusivity of such scheduling rules, but he is glad that one league has at least cracked open the door for the American.

“If they’re going to have these requirements -- and not all the conferences do, but several of the big ones do -- then obviously we feel strongly that all the teams from our conference ought to be included as acceptable opponents,” he said.

 

The biggest characterization surrounding the American could come this December. What if there is an undefeated team? Houston will have had wins over the ACC (Louisville) and SEC (Vanderbilt). Memphis will have beaten the Big 12 (Kansas), SEC (Ole Miss) and perhaps the MAC champion (Bowling Green). Temple will have topped the Big Ten (Penn State) and Notre Dame.

The College Football Playoff, after all, was conceived when the American was still the Big East, when there were six power conferences and not five. Would there still be room for the American, enough room to cast aside two other power conferences?

“I don’t know yet. I honestly don’t know,” Aresco said. “I hope so. I have a lot of respect for the committee. I think it’s a tremendous committee, it really is. These are really knowledgeable people. I’ve said they’ll give us a fair shake. We’ve got to win the games first. Let’s have an undefeated team that has beaten some of the so-called 'P5' teams, some of the prominent 'P5' teams, and shown what they can do. And when that happens, then let’s see where we’re ranked. And if we’re not ranked where we think we should be, then maybe I would say something. But the point is, let’s give it a shot first, and now we’ve got three undefeated teams at the moment, and we’ll have our chances.”