AAC college football rankings and predictions with the realistic best and worst case records and quick analysis – the 2022 spring version.
As we get into the specifics and all the research coming out of spring football, here’s a first-look spring version of the rankings and thoughts about every American Athletic Conference team.
Cincinnati, UCF, Houston. All three are good enough to be considered the top team in the league coming into 2022, but there’s improvement among several other teams who’ll put up a fight.
The rankings are based on how good the teams should be and not the final projected records. Keeping in mind that this all could/might/will change when we make the final calls in August …
– 2022 College Football Schedules By Teams: All 131 Schools
USF Bulls
2020: 0-7 2019: 4-8 2018: 7-6
Can head coach Jeff Scott finally get this thing going? The team needs a whole lot more depth and it has to come up with something on a rebuilding defensive front, but the offense should start to look stronger.
The schedule isn’t going to give the team any help to crank up a whole lot of confidence with BYU to star and with Florida, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Houston on the road. It’ll be a hard time to get to six wins.
Realistic Best Case Record: 6-6
Realistic Worst Case Record: 2-10
2022 USF Prediction, Spring Football Version: 3-9
CFN 2021 Spring Prediction: 3-9
CFN 2021 Final Record: 2-10
– USF 2022 Schedule
Temple Owls
2020: 1-6 2019: 8-5 2018: 8-5
New head coach Stan Drayton has a whole lot of work to do. Start by hoping for Georgia QB transfer D’Wan Mathis to become the real deal. There are lots and lots of personnel losses, but there aren’t enough big problems to worry about from a three-win team.
The record should be better with Lafayette and UMass needing to be sure wins, and there should be a few shockers in…
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