Week One M A C Power Rankings

MeanGreen61 · September 8, 2009

MAC POWER RANKINGS WEEK ONE

10) Ball State, 0-1: Loss vs. North Texas 20-10 -- What the heck was this game all about? The Sun Belt is the conference the MAC schedules to collect easy wins at home without cherry picking. UNT is supposed to be no good, but they were good enough for over 500 yards of offense. Maybe Brady Hoke knew what he was leaving when he took the San Diego State job.

Next week: vs. New Hampshire

bigrobdsp · September 8, 2009

I think that Troy scheduled a MAC team as a cupcake. I am not sure where the MAC got the idea that they are ina position to schedule anyone as a pushover. They are in the same position as the sunbelt.

houstonmeangreen · September 8, 2009

I think that Troy scheduled a MAC team as a cupcake. I am not sure where the MAC got the idea that they are ina position to schedule anyone as a pushover. They are in the same position as the sunbelt.

Sir....I do believe MAC is lower on the totem pole!

greeninok · September 9, 2009

Sir....I do believe MAC is lower on the totem pole!

Come on now, I agree the SBC has come a long way over the years, but we still have some work to do before catching or passing the MAC.

greenminer · September 9, 2009

Come on now, I agree the SBC has come a long way over the years, but we still have some work to do before catching or passing the MAC.

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It appears that SBC v MAC has 14 games, with 7 for each. link.
And last year the SBC was 3-0 versus the MAC. And it wasn't one SBC team beating all other MAC teams... it was a variety.
2008/12/26 Central Michigan 21 - Florida Atlantic 24 L !! Motor City Bowl !!
2008/09/27 Toledo 16 - Florida Intl 35 L
2008/09/20 Kent 27 - Louisiana Lafayette 44 L
Arguing about which mediocre conference is above the other, is pure asinine. Deluding yourself to thinking that a good year at BSU means the MAC is a *good* conference is just crazy. Feeling you have earned (from two consecutive winning seasons) the ability to be backhanded towards another conference is all silly. BSU's previous winning season was 1996, with an 0-fers thrown in there. Not to mention that 8 of your 12 wins were against teams with a losing record (7 of those were from the mighty MAC) and one against a FCS team.
Let us SBC teams bow in the presence of awesomez.

ColoradoEagle · September 9, 2009

Come on now, I agree the SBC has come a long way over the years, but we still have some work to do before catching or passing the MAC.

I respect the MAC. They have a very tight footprint, some decent football stadiums, three bowl tie-ins, and some pretty good rivalries built over a decent chunk of history. That said, the SBC is passing them in facilities, on-the-field/court product, and interest. Right now the conferences are pretty even, which is pretty well represented by our trade-offs in wins and losses. In the future, however, I think they're going to have a harder time keeping up with the SBC, WAC, MWC, and CUSA, because (unfortunately) that area of the country is dying.