{"id":329,"date":"2017-06-28T14:21:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2017-06-28T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:21:10","slug":"2017-american-conference-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/2017-american-conference-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 American Conference Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 \u00a0best Group of 5 teams in the nation and 2 of them looked primed to be the \u00a0Group 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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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American\u00a0Predictions:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

East<\/em><\/p>\n

Team \u2013 Record (Conf) \u00a0\/ \u00a0Win-Shares (Conf) \u00a0\/ \u00a0Rating<\/p>\n

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  1. South Florida – 10-2 (6-2) \u00a0\/ \u00a08.74 (5.42) \u00a0\/ \u00a04.09<\/li>\n
  2. Central Florida – 8-4 (6-2) \u00a0\/ \u00a07.91 (5.01) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.89<\/li>\n
  3. ECU – 6-6 (4-4) \u00a0\/ \u00a06.26 (2.82) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.77<\/li>\n
  4. Cincinnati – 5-7 (3-5) \u00a0\/ \u00a05.32 (3.48) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.31<\/li>\n
  5. UCONN – 4-8 (3-5) \u00a0\/ \u00a05.32 (3.48) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.43<\/li>\n
  6. Temple – 5-7 (2-6) \u00a0\/ \u00a04.77 (2.82) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.25<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    West<\/em><\/p>\n

    Team \u2013 Record (Conf) \u00a0\/ \u00a0Win-Shares (Conf) \u00a0\/ \u00a0Rating<\/p>\n

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    1. Houston – 10-2 (6-2) \u00a0\/ \u00a08.79 (5.76) \u00a0\/ \u00a04.29<\/li>\n
    2. Tulsa – 7-5 (5-3) \u00a0\/ \u00a05.95 (3.8) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.67<\/li>\n
    3. Memphis – 7-5 (4-4) \u00a0\/ \u00a07-37 (4.57) \u00a0\/ \u00a04.03<\/li>\n
    4. Navy – 7-5 (4-4) \u00a0\/ \u00a04.73 (3.06) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.27<\/li>\n
    5. SMU – 6-6 (3-5) \u00a0\/ \u00a06.29 (3.71) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.44<\/li>\n
    6. Tulane – 4-8 (2-6) \u00a0\/ \u00a04.53 (2.68) \u00a0\/ \u00a03.09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Houston wins the West out-right and USF wins the East on a tie-break (beating UCF head to head).<\/p>\n

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      Championship game \u2013\u00a0USF beats Houston in the Championship game and is the highest ranked Group of 5 team.<\/p>\n

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      That makes 8 bowl teams for the\u00a0AAC<\/p>\n

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      Peach Bowl – USF<\/p>\n

      Cure Bowl – Memphis<\/p>\n

      Boca Raton Bowl – UCF<\/p>\n

      Birmingham Bowl – Houston<\/p>\n

      Hawaii Bowl – Tulsa<\/p>\n

      Frisco Bowl – SMU<\/p>\n

      Military Bowl – Navy<\/p>\n

      St Petersburg Bowl – ECU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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