CUSA Finishes as No 13 Ranked Conference Below Sun Belt

[Stallion]

but schools like Tulane, Rice and SMU have real neat-o graduation rates. Perception is becoming reality

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc07.htm

[George S. Patton]

OK, thanks

[Stallion]

also finished below the Colonial Conference a Division 1-AA Conference

[jkflamebo]

so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so

[J.T.supporta]

so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so

you cant be better when you only get 1 bowl bid

[perunapower]

The average Sun Belt ranking is 118.25, the average C-USA ranking is 116.67. Is there any actual math that Sagarin uses to decide order or is it out of a hat?

[jkflamebo]

so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so

you cant be better when you only get 1 bowl bid

haha, that's cute. sun belt aint better than cusa

[Stallion]

Its a conspiracy among mathematical formulas to embarrass CUSA

[George S. Patton]

also finished below the Colonial Conference a Division 1-AA Conference

OK, thanks

[D1Football]

With Boise State in the BCS last year and Hawaii this year, I really miss the WAC!

[The XtC]

[quote="jkflamebo"][quote="J.T.supporta"][quote="jkflamebo"]so the sun belt is officially better than the cusa, i dont think so[/quote]

you cant be better when you only get 1 bowl bid[/quote]
haha, that's cute. sun belt aint better than cusa[/quote]

Dont be so sure. Arkansas State finished in the bottom half of the Sun Belt, and in the bottom 10 of the ESPN and Rivals national rankings, but they went 2-1 against C-USA, including a win over one of our bowl teams, Memphis. Memphis also lost to Middle Tennessee.

Both leagues had several schools floundering at the bottom of Division 1. SMU, UAB, and Marshal in C-USA, and UNT, Arky State and FIU in the Sun Belt. Rice had a poor start to the season that included a loss to Nicholls State, but they won 3 games in conference. Marshall lost to New Hampshire, a mediocre 1-AA team (Or championship subdivision, if you prefer) but won 3 games in C-USA.

Comparing wins against by either conference against the BCS, UCF beat North Carolina State, and East Carolina beat North Carolina, but neither UNC or NC State had winning records this year. In the Sun Belt, La. Monroe beat Alabama, Florida Atlantic beat Minnesotta, and Troy beat Oklahoma State.

The two conferences were pretty close this year, head to head, each league won 3 games from the other. Out of conference, though, the Sun Belt had better wins.

[J.T.supporta]

yes, that win over Bama sure helped the SHUN belt conference this year

[SMU2007]

the big east is the 2nd best conference in football? what a joke. just that is enough to completely discredit his "analysis"

[davidsmu94]

but schools like Tulane, Rice and SMU have real neat-o graduation rates. Perception is becoming reality

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc07.htm

Yeah and I'm fatter than I used to be too, what's the point?

[PonyDoh]

the big east is the 2nd best conference in football? what a joke. just that is enough to completely discredit his "analysis"

Agreed. The Big East is terrible and any 'analysis' that validates them is flawed