Big East rankings: USF up to No. 2

Posted Sep 28, 2009 by Brett McMurphy

Updated Sep 28, 2009 at 05:42 PM

Here are my Big East power rankings after last week’s games.

Re-Tweeting Week 4

Ranking the league from top to bottom and summarizing each team, in 140 characters or less.

1. Cincinnati: Saturday will be 114th meeting for Cincinnati and Miami, Ohio. UC might score one point for every game in series

2. USF: The Bulls’ win at Florida State makes USF part of the state’s marquee programs. But is FSU still part of the state’s Big 3?

3. WVU: Mountaineers hope to continue weekday magic: WVU has won six consecutive weekday home games entering Thursday’s tilt with Colorado

4. Pitt: Scoreboard said it was close, NC State 38, Pitt 31. Stats said rout: Pitt outgained 530-300 and Panthers held to 11 first downs

5. UConn: As expected Huskies manhandle Rhode Island. UConn gets a week off before opening league play at Pittsburgh on Oct. 10

6. Syracuse: Orange back to .500 for first time since 2006. An upset Saturday against USF would match last year’s win total for the ‘Cuse

7. Rutgers: A decent W at Maryland (thanks to two defensive TDs), but RU still toward bottom. Mighty Texas Southern visits next week

8. Louisville: Winning just not in the Cards. Loss at Utah was Louisville’s seventh in last eight games