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ESPN: AAC college football offseason preview, Part I

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Bill Connelly
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The AAC has been, per SP+, the best conference in the Group of 5 for six of the seven years of the College Football Playoff era. For the past two years, it has graded out closer to the worst power conference than any other G5 entity.

The star power of the best teams is obviously one reason for this -- Cincinnati finished eighth last season, UCF and Memphis 14th and 17th, respectively, in 2019 -- but compared to the rest of the G5, the AAC doesn't produce a ton of dead weight either. Only two teams ranked in the triple digits last year, compared to four for the MWC and Sun Belt, five for the MAC and seven for Conference USA.

Will that remain the case in 2021? In today's look at the bottom half of the AAC -- teams ranked sixth through 11th, according to SP+ -- we will still discuss plenty of upside, especially from Houston, Tulane and perhaps ECU. But Temple, USF and Navy have quite a bit more to prove than usual.

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It may have been a lost season for Temple ... but the Owls still beat USF. Jeff Scott's first season with the Bulls was pretty forgettable in itself.

2021 Projections

Projected SP+ rank: 104th

Projected record: 5-7 (4-4)

 

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I have my doubts about the projected 5-7 but, if it were to happen, with USF's schedule, I don't see logically how we could win five games rank 104th.

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3 minutes ago, SilverBull said:

I have my doubts about the projected 5-7 but, if it were to happen, with USF's schedule, I don't see logically how we could win five games rank 104th.

It looks like they have us middle of the pack in conference with maybe a FAMU win OOC.   Not really that impressive overall, but yes probably a little higher than 104.

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This conjure and speculation is based on LAST years team. We have upgraded at the QB position. We cut dead weight. This number is arbitrary. Play the **** game. 

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I see us losing three of the first four and most likely at the middle of the pack in the conference.  I can definitely see us at 4-8 or 5-7.

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Question is,

how would the fan base react to a 5-7?

We’re improving or CJS sucks?

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2 hours ago, jchem1995 said:

This conjure and speculation is based on LAST years team. We have upgraded at the QB position. We cut dead weight. This number is arbitrary. Play the **** game. 

Have we improved the QB position? I need to see it on the field before we can say that.

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35 minutes ago, zarnozdabull said:

Question is,

how would the fan base react to a 5-7?

We’re improving or CJS sucks?

Five wins would definitely be an improvement over the pile of dogshit we saw last season

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3 hours ago, chapelbull said:

It looks like they have us middle of the pack in conference with maybe a FAMU win OOC.   Not really that impressive overall, but yes probably a little higher than 104.

The FAMU game just got interesting lol  He's coming back for revenge lol

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Gatorbull325 said:

The FAMU game just got interesting lol  He's coming back for revenge lol

 

 

 

 

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