2017 American Conference Preview

For much of last year it appeared as if the American Conference would have its 2nd straight appearance in a contract bowl. Until Houston crumpled down the stretch. The American Conference probably has the 4  best Group of 5 teams in the nation and 2 of them looked primed to be the  Group of 5 representative in the Contract bowls. As stated in the Season preview the American conference looks very strong this year and well above the rest of the Group of 5. They have quite a few games that should garner lots of NFL scouts and national attention.

 

For each Conference we will have the Simplified Football predictions (record) with the Projected Win-Shares and rating of each team next to it. We will also have Bowl Projections for each conference.

 

American Predictions:

East

Team – Record (Conf)  /  Win-Shares (Conf)  /  Rating

  1. South Florida – 10-2 (6-2)  /  8.74 (5.42)  /  4.09
  2. Central Florida – 8-4 (6-2)  /  7.91 (5.01)  /  3.89
  3. ECU – 6-6 (4-4)  /  6.26 (2.82)  /  3.77
  4. Cincinnati – 5-7 (3-5)  /  5.32 (3.48)  /  3.31
  5. UCONN – 4-8 (3-5)  /  5.32 (3.48)  /  3.43
  6. Temple – 5-7 (2-6)  /  4.77 (2.82)  /  3.25

West

Team – Record (Conf)  /  Win-Shares (Conf)  /  Rating

  1. Houston – 10-2 (6-2)  /  8.79 (5.76)  /  4.29
  2. Tulsa – 7-5 (5-3)  /  5.95 (3.8)  /  3.67
  3. Memphis – 7-5 (4-4)  /  7-37 (4.57)  /  4.03
  4. Navy – 7-5 (4-4)  /  4.73 (3.06)  /  3.27
  5. SMU – 6-6 (3-5)  /  6.29 (3.71)  /  3.44
  6. Tulane – 4-8 (2-6)  /  4.53 (2.68)  /  3.09

 

Houston wins the West out-right and USF wins the East on a tie-break (beating UCF head to head).

 

Championship game – USF beats Houston in the Championship game and is the highest ranked Group of 5 team.

 

 

That makes 8 bowl teams for the AAC

 

Peach Bowl – USF

Cure Bowl – Memphis

Boca Raton Bowl – UCF

Birmingham Bowl – Houston

Hawaii Bowl – Tulsa

Frisco Bowl – SMU

Military Bowl – Navy

St Petersburg Bowl – ECU

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