Big East Football Power Rankings: Week 5

by Andrew Porter on Sep 26, 2011 12:45 PM EDT in Big East News

West Virginia may be No. 2 in the power rankings, but that sign should be No. 1.

Welcome 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.

Not a ton of change in the rankings this week. West Virginia's loss to LSU helped South Florida solidify its hold on the top spot, though they still weren't unanimous. Everything else is more or less the status quo -- Pittsburgh wasn't penalized for losing to Notre Dame, though an inactive Louisville fell as Rutgers and Syracuse (technically) won.

UConn is in last because UConn is bad, and they don't deserve nice things.

1. South Florida (8) (4-0): 71 points -- vs. UTEP W 52-24 -- Last Week: 1

2. West Virginia (1) (3-1): 64 points -- vs. LUS L 47-21 -- Last Week: 2

3. Cincinnati (3-1): 53 points -- vs. NC State W 44-14 -- Last Week: 3

4. Pittsburgh (2-2): 39 points -- vs. Notre Dame L 15-12 -- Last Week: 4

5. Rutgers (2-1): 36 points -- vs. Ohio W 38-26 Last Week: T-6 T

6. Syracuse (3-1): 28 points -- vs. Toledo W 33-30 OT* -- Last Week: T-6

7. Louisville (2-1): 23 points -- BYE -- Last Week: 5

8. UConn (2-2): 10 points -- @ Buffalo W 17-3 -- Last Week: 8

Past Rankings: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4

*Actual score: Toldeo 30, Syracuse 29

Individual ballots are after the jump.

Big East Coast Bias
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Pittsburgh
5. Rutgers
6. Louisville
7. Syracuse
8. UConn

Card Chronicle
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Rutgers
5. Pittsburgh
6. Louisville
7. Syracuse
8. UConn

Cardiac Hill
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Pittsburgh
5. Rutgers
6. Syracuse
7. UConn
8. Louisville

Down the Drive
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Pittsburgh
5. Syracuse
6. Rutgers
7. Louisville
8. UConn

On The Banks
1. West Virginia
2. South Florida
3. Rutgers
4. Cincinnati
5. Pittsburgh
6. Syracuse
7. Louisville
8. UConn

The Smoking Musket
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Syracuse
5. Pittsburgh
6. Louisville
7. Rutgers
8. UConn

Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Syracuse
5. Rutgers
6. Louisville
7. Pittsburgh
8. UConn

TheUConnBlog
1. South Florida
2. West Virginia
3. Cincinnati
4. Pittsburgh
5. Rutgers
6. Louisville
7. Syracuse
8. UConn

Voodoo Five
1. South Florida
2. West Virgina
3. Cincinnati
4. Pittsburgh
5. Rutgers
6. Louisville
7. Syracuse
8. UConn

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Louisville 17, Connecticut 14

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by Hoya Suxa on Sep 26, 2011 12:59 PM EDT reply actions

Pffft

That 2007 UConn team was so lucky, it would’ve scored those seven points another way, like the ball exploding and Tyler Lorenzen falling on the largest chunk in the end zone.

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Thoroughly enjoying life atop whatever conference UConn is in today.

by Kevin Meacham on Sep 26, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I wouldn’t mind the fact that this team sucks, as long as they played some entertaining football.

by UConn07 on Sep 26, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

After looking over what West Virginia did to LSU

I’m not so sure they can be beat by anyone else in the conference. Maybe Cincy because they can go blow for blow if things are clicking, but they have yet to keep up the barrage against a good team so far.

Quick! To the Schianocopter

by steelinnj on Sep 26, 2011 7:31 PM EDT reply actions