It was a wild and crazy week in Conference USA as we saw UCF and Marshall continue to slide, Memphis rebound, and teams like Houston and Tulsa work their way up the standings. In a way, the conference is hurting right now. A couple of weeks ago we had two teams in the top 25 and were on way to maybe getting more in there. Now both teams have fallen from national ranking (assuming UCF drops out after their second straight loss), and most teams in conference are just beating up on each other. On the other hand, the conference continues to improve every week in the RPI rankings. Conference USA has now jumped up to the 8th best conference (realtimerpi.com) in the nation, behind the power 6 conferences, and the MWC. Granted, we now only have one team in the top 50 RPI, but we've got a handful more who are ready to crack that, and a few who are ready to jump inside the top 100. Here's where Conference USA stands in this week's RPI.
- UCF RPI 21
- Southern Miss 53
- UAB 54
- Marshall 58
- UTEP 70
- Memphis 77
- Tulsa 110
- ECU 164
- Houston 174
- Rice 192
- Tulane 230
- SMU 280