A couple of things standout in the early conf standings. File these couple of things under the not so good for the conference column.
According to CBS RPI, C-USA has two teams in the bottom 5 in the nation. Both USM and shockingly, UTEP, are both in the bottom 5 nationally. It would seem that unless something dramatically changes, those two schools might be looking to find new HCs at the end of this season.
With UTEPs tradition, I don't suspect they will tolerate that type of poor performance. With NCAA problems leftover from Tyndall, I'm not sure how USM will be approaching their expectations for success and/or improvement.
UTSA is also near the bottom in the CBS RPI. It seems their overall record is somewhat deceiving as it looks like 3 of UTSAs wins were vs non-D1 competition.
None of this stuff is helping our conference. Teams such as FAU & FIU aren't exactly anything to brag about from C-USA as usual.
So far, it looks like Rice might be the surprise conf team for the season. Rice's 0-1 conf start is understandable since they had to open conf play on the road at ODU. I suspect Rice's conf record will substantially improve.
Sure ooc records can be a little misleading at times. If I had to venture an early guess at C-USA competitors, say top half or so teams in conf standings this season, it would look like MT, Rice, ODU, UAB, Marshall, Charlotte, and LaTech . I'm guessing WKU might be on that fence of trying to push into the top half.
According to CBS RPI, C-USA has two teams in the bottom 5 in the nation. Both USM and shockingly, UTEP, are both in the bottom 5 nationally. It would seem that unless something dramatically changes, those two schools might be looking to find new HCs at the end of this season.
With UTEPs tradition, I don't suspect they will tolerate that type of poor performance. With NCAA problems leftover from Tyndall, I'm not sure how USM will be approaching their expectations for success and/or improvement.
UTSA is also near the bottom in the CBS RPI. It seems their overall record is somewhat deceiving as it looks like 3 of UTSAs wins were vs non-D1 competition.
None of this stuff is helping our conference. Teams such as FAU & FIU aren't exactly anything to brag about from C-USA as usual.
So far, it looks like Rice might be the surprise conf team for the season. Rice's 0-1 conf start is understandable since they had to open conf play on the road at ODU. I suspect Rice's conf record will substantially improve.
Sure ooc records can be a little misleading at times. If I had to venture an early guess at C-USA competitors, say top half or so teams in conf standings this season, it would look like MT, Rice, ODU, UAB, Marshall, Charlotte, and LaTech . I'm guessing WKU might be on that fence of trying to push into the top half.
