Ranking The Conferences

[MeanGreen61]

11. Sun Belt - The league took a monster step forward last year with Troy shocking Oklahoma State, Florida Atlantic beating Minnesota and Memphis, and in one of the biggest upsets in an upset-filled season, UL Monroe stunning Alabama. Troy, Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee will be strong, while North Texas could have the most exciting offense this side of Texas Tech.

The best team should be ... Florida Atlantic

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[UNTflyer]

You gotta be kidding me... He ranked SBC lower the MAC?

[filmerj]

There is a stigma with the sbc that i don't know will ever go away.

[ShopMeanGreen]

Has very little to do with who can beat who and more on reputation, bowl games, TV time etc. I agree there is a stigma to the SBC that may never go away.

Edited February 29, 2008 by ShopMeanGreen

[Guest GrayEagleOne]

You gotta be kidding me... He ranked SBC lower the MAC?

The MAC had two of their 13 teams win less than 4 games. The SBC had three of their 8 teams win less than 4 games. In spite of our exciting offense, we stunk up the joint last year. Until it is seen that the coaching has fixed the defensive problems, Fiutak will continue to rank us low.

Overall, we are making strides but the conference started so deep in a hole that it may take us a long time to dig out in the eyes of many. And, due to our OOC schedule, we won't come close to haing a winning record this year (against out-of-conference opponents) either but I do expect us to be much improved.

[drex]

Could have a lot to do with home attendance averages. I suspect that the MAC, although not great, has a better home attendance average than the SBC.

[NT80]

Much of the indifference to the SunBelt is the newness of some of the schools in it...mainly move-ups from 1-AA. Temple is bad but Temple has been around a long time and I think history gains some respect for some schools. A horrible SMUt will be favored over a newbie FAU, FIU, et al almost every game, just because of writer's mental block about name recognition.

Edited February 29, 2008 by NT80

[MeanGreen61]

Could have a lot to do with home attendance averages. I suspect that the MAC, although not great, has a better home attendance average than the SBC.

About the same.

Sun Belt - 16347

MAC - 16,220

[jdennis82]

There is a stigma with the sbc that i don't know will ever go away.

exactly! and temple will always be viewed better than the belt because of basketball success. any athletic success suggests superiority in all sports to many college athletics fans' eyes.