The Week 8 AP Poll and the Week 8 USA Today coaches poll don’t give the Big East any new good news: West Virginia’s still the only team from the conference included in the college football rankings.
College Football Rankings: It’s Just West Virginia For The Big East In Week 8 Polls
The Mountaineers haven’t done a lot wrong in 2011, using their potent offense to run away from most of their opponents and losing only to a superb LSU squad, but they seem like the best team in the Big East almost by default. Both Cincinnati and Rutgers remain with West Virginia on the one-loss plateau, but neither has more than two wins against other BCS league teams, and neither has much standing in the rankings.
And so West Virginia, considered a possible SEC expansion target, must hold the banner high for a conference few expect to do anything. Maybe Boise State’s potential defection to the Big East will help?
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