FOOTBALL Lindy's CUSA Preseason picks

[MTFAN61]

Conference ranking & National ranking

#1) Liberty - National #25
#2) Western Kentucky - National #83
#3) Jacksonville St. - National # 91
#4) New Mexico St. - National #113
#5) Louisiana Tech. - National #119
#6) Middle Tennessee - National #120
#7) UTEP - National #126
#8) Florida International - National #127
#9) Sam Houston - National #129
#10) Kennesaw St. - National #134

Liberty is the definitive & clear #1 choice behind preseason MVP QB Kaidon Salter.
After the 1st three picks of Liberty, WKU, & Jax St. looks like an estimated toss up guess for 4 thru 10.

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

Conference ranking & National ranking

#1) Liberty - National #25
#2) Western Kentucky - National #83
#3) Jacksonville St. - National # 91
#4) New Mexico St. - National #113
#5) Louisiana Tech. - National #119
#6) Middle Tennessee - National #120
#7) UTEP - National #126
#8) Florida International - National #127
#9) Sam Houston - National #129
#10) Kennesaw St. - National #134

Liberty is the definitive & clear #1 choice behind preseason MVP QB Kaidon Salter.
After the 1st three picks of Liberty, WKU, & Jax St. looks like an estimated toss up guess for 4 thru 10.

Haven't done previews for other conference teams yet but NMSU lost their whole team so that's certainly an interesting placement for them lol

 

[MidTennFootball]

Let's not act like these preseason magazines research conferences like CUSA like they do for P4. Assuming Salter stays healthy, nobody is touching Liberty and it will be herard to beat Western but rest of conference is up for grabs.

Obviously would like to go bowling but like the direction Mason is building this program, just getting better and coaching to win would be good enough for me. Anything better than 1-4 after our first 5 games would be a huge boost

 

[MidTennMtneer]

The top 3 are a given. I'd argue Jax could be 2. WKU has a new OC. Beyond that....

MT..new coach. I say bowling is a win for this season.
NMSU...new coach and as said practically a new team.
UTEP...new coach who brought a ton of FCS xfers
FIU...can MacIntyre turn it around in fertile FL with the highest budget in the conference?
LaT....is this Cumbie's last year?
SHSU...Keeler is a heck of a coach and they got better towards end of last year. Can they improve?
KSU....are they this year's SHSU or did those redshirts help?

In other words, it is a total crapshoot.