Despite Our Failures On The Field....

[BullFan98]

The Big East is doing well in the power rankings:

ESPN Stats & Information College Football Conference Power Rankings

Rank Conference AP Rank Computers Rank Overall Rating Rating Change 1 SEC 1 2 95.6 0.7 2 Big 12 2 1 94.5 -0.9 3 Pac-12 3 3 84.0 1.6 4 Big Ten 6 4 49.4 -2.9 5 Big East 4 6 48.7 8.3 6 ACC 5 5 47.8 -6.9 7 WAC 7 7 23.7 -0.7 8 MWC 8 8 21.1 0.6 9 MAC 9 10 19.6 0.7 10 Sun Belt 11 9 19.1 -0.3 11 C-USA 10 11 17.2

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http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/67851/sec-surpasses-big-12-as-no-1-rated-league

[BullFan98]

Must be a formatting issue with the data provided in the article. A lot easier to read if you click on the link provided.

[BullFan98]

With the inclusion of BS & a big leap of faith in our program getting back on its feet, there is no reason we cannot consistently beat out the ACC.

[Bull Martin]

We're definitely not contributing.

This has more to do with the other conferences underachieving than anything the Big East has done. The Big East has 0 marquee victories.

Here are the OOC opponents the Big East has beaten:

North Carolina

Virginia Tech x 2

Nevada

Miami (OH)

Maryland

Buffalo

Kentucky

Florida International

Southern Miss

Tulane

Arkansas

Games that shouldn't even count:

Missouri State

Delaware State

UMass

Gardner Webb

Howard

Chattanooga

Stoney Brook

Villanova

[hm101]

We're definitely not contributing.

This has more to do with the other conferences underachieving than anything the Big East has done. The Big East has 0 marquee victories.

Here are the OOC opponents the Big East has beaten:

...

Agree there are no marquee wins, but I think the point is not that we are a top 2 or 3 conference, but that we are nowhere near as bad as the media and other teams make us out to be. We are holding our own.

[Bull Martin]

We're definitely not contributing.

This has more to do with the other conferences underachieving than anything the Big East has done. The Big East has 0 marquee victories.

Here are the OOC opponents the Big East has beaten:

...

Agree there are no marquee wins, but I think the point is not that we are a top 2 or 3 conference, but that we are nowhere near as bad as the media and other teams make us out to be. We are holding our own.

We're holding our own against who? I'd feel safe in saying that half the ACC or Big Ten would be undefeated had they played the Louisville, Cincy, and Rutgers Schedules.

I agree we're not as bad nationally as we are represented, but I'm not going to start pounding my chest when our best teams have yet to play any teams of note. Rutgers and Louisville have narrowly beaten a few very bad football teams. Cincy needed a miracle to beat Va Tech.

[MikeG]

We're definitely not contributing.

This has more to do with the other conferences underachieving than anything the Big East has done. The Big East has 0 marquee victories.

Here are the OOC opponents the Big East has beaten:

North Carolina

Virginia Tech x 2

Nevada

Miami (OH)

Maryland

Buffalo

Kentucky

Florida International

Southern Miss

Tulane

Arkansas

Games that shouldn't even count:

Missouri State

Delaware State

UMass

Gardner Webb

Howard

Chattanooga

Stoney Brook

Villanova

so we're not contributing except for the win against Nevada in the list below your comment?

[Bulls1181]

We're definitely not contributing.

This has more to do with the other conferences underachieving than anything the Big East has done. The Big East has 0 marquee victories.

Here are the OOC opponents the Big East has beaten:

North Carolina

Virginia Tech x 2

Nevada

Miami (OH)

Maryland

Buffalo

Kentucky

Florida International

Southern Miss

Tulane

Arkansas

Games that shouldn't even count:

Missouri State

Delaware State

UMass

Gardner Webb

Howard

Chattanooga

Stoney Brook

Villanova

so we're not contributing except for the win against Nevada in the list below your comment?

Include USF and take out North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland and Arkansas and you have possibly the new, new big east come 2017

We would still be 5-7 in conference play.