Big East Football Power Rankings: Week One
by Andrew Porter on Sep 1, 2011 1:50 PM EDT
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PrintWelcome back to the Big East Football Power Rankings. Every week the editors of SB Nation's Big East blogs will cast their vote in an attempt to measure the current state of the Big East. The results are below.
I love the opening ballot of a ranking system because it's all speculation and the best chance we'll get all year to see everyone's biases and levels of homerism. Sure, everyone can put aside their biases and vote West Virginia first (well, everyone except South Florida blog Voodoo Five who voted for..... South Florida). There is also a general sense that Pittsburgh will be pretty good and UConn will struggle, but still, it's all wide open.
The rankings are below, and while UConn is last, I'm going to blame at least part of that on On The Banks juicing Rutgers' numbers by having them third.
We're launching today to coincide with the start of the football season. Future updates will be every Monday.
1. West Virginia (6): 55 points
T-2. Pittsburgh: 45 points
T-2. South Florida (1): 45 points
4. Cincinnati: 30 points
5. Syracuse: 26 points
6. Louisville: 21 points
7. Rutgers: 17 points
8. UConn: 13 points
Individual ballots are after the jump.
Big East Coast Bias
1. West Virginia
2. Pittsburgh
3. South Florida
4. Louisville
5. Syracuse
6. Cincinnati
7. UConn
8. Rutgers
Cardiac Hill
1. West Virginia
2. Pittsburgh
3. Cincinnati
4. South Florida
5. Syracuse
6. Louisville
7. Rutgers
8. UConn
Down the Drive
1. West Virginia
2. South Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cincinnati
5. Syracuse
6. UConn
7. Louisville
8. Rutgers
On The Banks
1. West Virginia
2. Pittsburgh
3. Rutgers
4. South Florida
5. Cincinnati
6. Syracuse
7. Louisville
8. UConn
Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician
1. West Virginia
2. South Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Syracuse
5. Cincinnati
6. Louisville
7. Rutgers
8. UConn
TheUConnBlog
1. West Virginia
2. South Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cincinnati
5. UConn
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse
Voodoo Five
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Pittsburgh
4. Syracuse
5. Louisville
6. Cincinnati
7. Rutgers
8. UConn
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8th?
You put Syracuse 8th? The testicles on you…
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I wanted Rutgers 8th
but one of the three of us inexplicably thought RU deserved better. And we hate Cuse, so, you know…
by Andrew Porter on Sep 1, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Its okay. Get your hate in now, but you have a lot of self-loathing ahead of yourselves.
/Run, run, pass
by DukePettyjohn on Sep 1, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, the self-loathing doesn't scare me
I won’t be able to watch much UConn football anyway with all the basketball championship banners blocking my view.
by Andrew Porter on Sep 1, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Three Words...
Spread Punt Formation
… and while you UCONN fans will be baffled and mystified by it – don’t worry.
So will your players… and someone on your special teams will get decapitated…
Hmm, nothing new here
I guess you didn’t watch much UConn football the past decade?
Seems to me the only difference is going to be runs to the short side instead of inside draws.
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
18-1
1967: Embrace it
Why does On The Banks still have a vote?
His basketball votes were bad enough, redeemed only by Casual Hoya pimping the shit out of Georgetown.
Hey, we're a welcoming fraternity
Diversity of opinions and all that. Plus, something to mock every week…
Thoroughly enjoying life atop the Big East.
by Kevin Meacham on Sep 1, 2011 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
In fairness to OTB
I believe he looks at this stuff through a more mathematical lens. I prefer the old-fashioned “talent, skill and performance” lens, but that makes up some of the difference.
And their FB voter is different from the BB voter, so tough to draw a line there. Casual Hoya was a tremendous Voodoo Five style homer though.
by Andrew Porter on Sep 1, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Which voter is more mathematical?
The BB one or FB?
2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
18-1
1967: Embrace it
Just wait until I vote USF 1st in the basketball preseason poll
Voodoo Five
The Toughest Blog in America
by Ken DeCelles on Sep 1, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
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