Pretty simple rundown this week.
First up: Army, which lost 17-16 at home to Tulane.
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Considering the Green Wave accounted for one of the Black Knights’ three victories a season ago, today did not exactly do wonders for Army’s chances of playing in the postseason for the first time since 1996.
2009 Opponent
|
Result |
2008 Equivalent
|
Result |
at Eastern Michigan
|
W, 27-14
|
Eastern Michigan
|
W, 17-13
|
| Duke |
L, 35-19
|
at Rice
|
L, 38-31
|
Ball State
|
W, 24-17
|
Akron |
L, 22-3
|
at Iowa State
|
L, 31-10
|
at Texas A&M
|
L, 21-17
|
| Tulane |
L, 17-16
|
at Tulane
|
W, 44-13
|
| Vanderbilt |
|
at Buffalo
|
L, 27-24
|
at Temple
|
|
Temple |
L, 35-7
|
| Rutgers |
|
at Rutgers
|
L, 30-3
|
at Air Force
|
|
Air Force
|
L, 16-7
|
| VMI |
|
New Hampshire
|
L, 28-10
|
at North Texas
|
|
Louisiana Tech
|
W, 14-3
|
vs. Navy
|
|
vs. Navy
|
L, 34-0
|
And onto the ACC, which will send its No. 8 selection to the Dec. 29 game at RFK Stadium.
After five weeks, five ACC teams have losing records. That means there’s a good old-fashioned ruh-roh, since that situation holding up through the end of the season would potentially send the EagleBank Bowl scurrying for an at-large team.
ACC teams with 2+ victories: 11
ACC teams with .500+ records: 7
Current projected teams on the board for the EagleBank Bowl: None
And as for the secondary tie-in, here’s a look at how Conference USA East is holding up through the first weekend of October:
Conference USA East teams with 2+ victories: 5 (Southern Mississippi, Marshall, Central Florida, East Carolina, UAB)
Conference USA East teams with .500+ records: 4 (Southern Mississippi, Marshall, Central Florida, East Carolina)
– Patrick Stevens
