AAC Championship Race 11/10

Our second look at the Conference title chases takes us to the American Athletic Conference, where there are only eleven members this year. This means no conference title game or divisions to sort out amongst the various contenders of the AAC. The AAC Championship could very well be a split title, depending on how the conference wants to sort that out.

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At the beginning of the year, I said the AAC would be a four dog race. The conference has had a fifth dog, the Memphis Tigers, emerge to join the original contenders of East Carolina, Cincinnati, Central Florida, and Houston. Of course we are most interested in East Carolina’s possible path to the championship.

No team is undefeated in conference play. Everybody has taken their licks somewhere down the line.

American Athletic Conference Standings

Memphis (4-1)
East Carolina (3-1)
Cincinnati (3-1)
Central Florida (3-1)
Houston (3-2)
Temple (3-3)
South Florida (2-3)
Tulsa (2-3)
Tulane (2-3)
UConn (1-4)
SMU (0-4)

With everyone having lost one game, most of the conference has a theoretical road to the title. Memphis has an easy road, they play Tulane, UConn, and South Florida. That would enable them to win the conference almost by default.

East Carolina plays both Cincinnati and Central Florida in the upcoming weeks, meaning that someone from among the current 3-1 teams and possibly two someones will be eliminated from the conference race. The Pirates have the hardest road to the championship.

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Central Florida only has the Pirates left to go with SMU, Tulsa, and South Florida.

Cincinnati has the Pirates and Houston left to go with UConn and ever plucky Temple.

Houston has Tulsa, SMU, and Cincy.

Of these teams, Memphis has the easiest path. Then comes Houston. Then comes Central Florida. Then comes Cincinnati. The hardest road belongs to East Carolina, which I believe is the best equipped team to pull it off. So there will be drama at the end of this thing.

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