2006 was a great year for the Sun Belt, with only 3 teams having losing records. Unfortunately, one of those teams, Florida International, went 0-12. The conference race came down to Troy and Middle Tennessee State in 2006, with Troy taking the crown and winning the New Orleans Bowl against Rice 41-17. Troy won the title because of their one point victory at MTSU the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
In 2007 6 of the 8 teams really could win the conference and represent the Sun Belt in New OrleansIf things go really, really well for North Texas maybe. I just don't see FIU getting the breaks to pull off enough upsets after last year's season. Nearly everyone will be trying to run the ball, and run often. Every team has their stud RB who will be able to go for 1000 yards this season
Calvin Dawson (ULM)
Tyrell Fenroy (ULL)
Jamario Thomas (North Texas)
Reggie Arnold (Arkansas State)
Julian Reams and A'mod Ned (FIU)
DeMarco McNair (MTSU)
Charles Pierre (FAU)
Sean Dawkins and Kenny Cattouse (Troy)
Whichever team can come up with some sort of run defense will win this crazy conference. I'm going to go ahead and pick Middle Tennessee State to take the title, but watch out for Troy
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College Football RPI (SOS in parenthesis)
Until all teams have played at least two games against D1 opponents the RPI won't be updated. This season will be the first time all games against D1 opponents will be calculated for this site (FBS and FCS). Games against D2 and lower will not be part of the rankings
Explanation of the RPI
The Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) is the formula used by the NCAA to rate men’s and women’s college basketball teams. The formula is described below.
The RPI is calculated by adding three parts.
Part I (25% of the formula): Team winning percentage. For the 2005 season, the NCAA added a bonus/penalty system depending on home/away which is included in the CFB RPI seen on this page.
Part II (50%): Average opponents’ winning percentage. To calculate this, you must calculate each opponent’s winning percentage individually and average those figures. This is NOT calculated from the opponents’ combined record. Games involving the team for whom we are calculating the RPI are ignored.
Part III (25%): Average opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage: Basically taking all of the opponents’ Part II values and averaging them.
Only games against other teams playing a mostly D1 schedule count when computing the RPI.
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