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
