Sorry, I'm a day behind. The Big East comes next in our list of predictions. Why? They are the only conference or division left without ANY team sniffing the top 25 preseason, and not a whole lot of hope that more than 2 will ever be ranked at any one time.
Projected order of finish:
1: West Virginia (they are one of 3 or 4 teams that could win it, but Pitt and WVU are most likely and the Mountaineers host Pitt, so I'll give them the edge)
2: Pittsburgh (I think Wannstedt has made them back into a yearly contender in the Big East, can he turn them into one for the National Title? Not likely)
3: Cincinnati (there is a fine line between finishing 3rd and 6th: they get the weaker opponents on the road and the tough ones at home, hold serve at home and last year won't be a fluke)
4: Rutgers (I think they only finish 1 game out of first, even in the 4 spot)
5: Connecticut (I think when you get to this point in the standings you have solid football teams, but nothing spectacular: the Big East has depth but nothing spectacular)
6: South Florida (don't believe the hype: one big Thursday win on ESPN does not a program make, just ask Rutgers)
7: Louisville (where is Bobby Petrino? He had this team rolling. Krapthorpe's team is about to send him rolling to the unemployment line)
8: Syracuse (Paulus, please save us! Seriously? What happened to this once proud program? A decade plus of mediocrity...)
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