2022
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Main Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| noahthearc | 5 | 136.9 points -> Title Pretender. An obvious standout, but one built on underappreciated production last year, good recruiting and transfers, and coaching continuity. Likely overvalued in the preseason, but a team that could make a NY6 bowl. |
| fo13 | 6 | |
| Hey_Its_Roomie | 7 | |
| relax_on_the_mat | 10 | |
| A_Rolling_Baneling | 11 | |
| MoneyManeVick | 11 | |
| nbingham196 | 12 | |
| Corgi_Koala | 13 | |
| Rakarei | 13 | |
| Shrektastic28 | 13 | |
| turkishguy | 13 | |
| dabul-master | 14 | |
| BallSoHerd | 15 | |
| Bank_Gothic | 15 | |
| boxman151515 | 15 | |
| jjjoebox | 15 | |
| Johnnycockseed | 15 | |
| outthawazoo | 15 | |
| Blazeth | 16 | |
| Dropbackandpunt | 16 | |
| GeauxTri | 16 | |
| kamiller2020 | 16 | |
| MahjongDaily | 16 | |
| MrTheSpork | 16 | Great season and solid chunk returns; lucky (4-0 in one possession); coaching staff intact; okay recruiting. Should be very good but ceiling is unknown. |
| placid_salad | 16 | |
| Staind075 | 16 | |
| ALStark69 | 17 | 0 |
| coogs35 | 17 | |
| eclectic_tastes | 17 | There is a lot of reason for optimism this season, but they need to take the crown from Cincinnati before they will be anything other than 2nd place in the G5. |
| Helifino | 17 | |
| lillipup03 | 17 | |
| RavenclawWiz816 | 17 | |
| thegreendalegelf | 17 | |
| CFBHurts | 18 | |
| DarkLegend64 | 18 | |
| darkra01 | 18 | |
| EpicSchwinn | 18 | |
| Hackasizlak | 18 | |
| RiffRamBahZoo | 18 | |
| SpadeRyker | 18 | Houston is my favorite to win the AAC, they return a veteran squad with lots of talent and a solid HC and they get an easier conference slate than their biggest competitors for the conference in UCF and Cincinnati. The only thing that holds them back is the lack of any ranked teams on the schedule, there's really nowhere right now for them to get a marquee win and a lot of places for them to slip up. Winning will cure their low ranking, but it will be tough to climb into the highest tier of teams without some help. |
| StevvieV | 18 | |
| thexraptor | 18 | |
| ToeInDigDeep | 18 | |
| wameron | 18 | |
| kflinderman | 19 | |
| molodyets | 19 | |
| olmsted | 19 | |
| Thorteris | 19 | |
| bretticus33 | 20 | Houston boasts a very strong team that will contend for the G5 NY6 spot. QB Clayton Tune is back and will lead what is expected to be a high-scoring offense. They avoid Cincinnati and UCF in-conference and have a very favorable schedule. |
| ChargerFan2121 | 20 | |
| chweris | 20 | |
| CommodoreN7 | 20 | |
| DrKennethJNoisewater | 20 | |
| e8odie | 20 | |
| falconlover79 | 20 | |
| Hobbes_121 | 20 | |
| Nathanael-Greene | 20 | |
| nw____ | 20 | Especially given what Cinci lost this offseason, Houston is in a prime position to take the AAC. In all honestly, I don't see a clear loss on their schedule and won't be surprised if they finish undefeated. I also will not be surprised if they lose a game they have no business losing at some point, though. |
| PHubbs | 20 | |
| SteemieRayVaughn | 20 | |
| Striker743 | 20 | |
| T-nawtical | 20 | |
| TaylorLeprechaun | 20 | |
| wesman212 | 20 | |
| badgers4194 | 21 | |
| Feral_Squirrel | 21 | |
| JaxofAllTrades13 | 21 | |
| jlh2b | 21 | |
| joebob431 | 21 | |
| malowry0124 | 21 | |
| nburt13 | 21 | |
| notyogrannysgrandkid | 21 | |
| puffadda | 21 | |
| RegionalBias | 21 | |
| SCRx | 21 | |
| spsellers | 21 | |
| _fastball | 22 | |
| Casaiir | 22 | |
| cota1212 | 22 | |
| CptCheese | 22 | |
| cyclonepsycho | 22 | |
| doggo816 | 22 | |
| HelioOne | 22 | |
| IceColdDrPepper_Here | 22 | |
| ikindalikelemons | 22 | |
| jmac_21 | 22 | |
| nemoran | 22 | |
| No11223456 | 22 | |
| NyquillusDillwad20 | 22 | |
| Our-Gardian-Angel | 22 | |
| sasmith2015 | 22 | |
| ScarletFever333 | 22 | |
| The_Horse_Joke | 22 | |
| thomasosu | 22 | |
| woakley | 22 | Houston is top 35 in returning talent on a team that was 12-2 last year. They could be this years AAC darling instead of Cinci. |
| 12panther | 23 | |
| buckeyegold | 23 | |
| Chucky1539 | 23 | |
| cornholesurfer | 23 | |
| GilBrandt | 23 | |
| HarbingerOfFun | 23 | |
| hypercube42342 | 23 | |
| icklebush | 23 | |
| NotSoSuperNerd | 23 | 16.42 |
| physedka | 23 | |
| tauzeta | 23 | |
| tdoger | 23 | |
| teddythe3rd | 23 | |
| TouchdownHeroes | 23 | |
| UNC_Samurai | 23 | |
| VerySeriousBanana | 23 | |
| admiraltarkin | 24 | |
| BosskOnASegway | 24 | |
| Branzilla91 | 24 | |
| CambodianDrywall | 24 | |
| GoBlueScrewOSU7 | 24 | |
| grjohnst | 24 | |
| LeWoofle | 24 | |
| LiptonCB | 24 | |
| Mr_Brews | 24 | |
| owlalwaysloveyew | 24 | |
| peachios | 24 | |
| Pikachu1989 | 24 | |
| PrimalCookie | 24 | |
| TrojanMan35T | 24 | |
| vanburen1845 | 24 | |
| Xtremeloco | 24 | |
| BlueSCar | 25 | |
| captain_sasquatch | 25 | |
| Cassiyus | 25 | |
| CockADoodleBOOM | 25 | |
| dogwoodmaple | 25 | |
| Drexlore | 25 | |
| fourpinz8 | 25 | |
| halldaylong | 25 | |
| Lex_Ludorum | 25 | |
| not_folie | 25 | |
| one98d | 25 | |
| owl_man | 25 | This spot was originally for Wake Forest, but with the uncertainty over Sam Hartman I'll have to say that Houston takes the spot for now. I'll say this, Houston or UCF could take this spot. But I do think that Houston is the more likely to end the year in the top 25. |
| PalmettoFace | 25 | |
| PromEmperorHarbaugh | 25 | Fringe top-25 program. |
| RollWarTideEagle | 25 | |
| seaotter2 | 25 | |
| TheReformedBadger | 25 | |
| WarEagle9 | 25 | |
| zacheiny | 25 | |
| Zloggt | 25 |
Provisional Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| JBGolden | 9 | |
| Ruhrgebietheld | 11 | |
| Harpua99 | 12 | |
| TadKosciuszko | 12 | |
| Igwanea | 13 | |
| mcdsmaster8824 | 14 | |
| FourteenClocks | 15 | |
| Muffinnnnnnn | 15 | |
| RaceScottRace | 15 | The Coogs are much better than people think. This is a team that was overshadowed due to just how good Cincinnati was last year. I expect them to win more than 10 games yet again and be ranked around here come the end of the season. |
| Sflabuckeye13 | 15 | |
| TheWorstYear | 15 | |
| DaveSoccer | 16 | |
| RealignmentJunkie | 16 | |
| redrumsoxLoL | 16 | |
| Temporary-Profit-643 | 16 | |
| washington_jefferson | 16 | |
| zachismadewell | 16 | |
| jaybigs | 17 | |
| JustinMSU21 | 17 | |
| RedassAddict | 17 | |
| BertGallagher | 18 | |
| Huntkv | 18 | |
| CallMeTheKing | 19 | |
| hdbutler | 19 | |
| ianmcmoney | 19 | |
| mdjoiner | 19 | |
| Archaic_1 | 20 | |
| asbestosman2 | 20 | |
| beaver333 | 20 | |
| Beck4ou | 20 | |
| brucewaynewins | 20 | |
| colonel750 | 20 | |
| DownshiftGD | 20 | |
| Fantastic-Calendar-9 | 20 | |
| PleasantElevator8340 | 20 | |
| BananaBouquet | 21 | |
| Butternades | 21 | |
| Dawg-Bite | 21 | |
| eeman0201 | 21 | Best looking g5 team this year but I don’t think it’ll have the circumstances to make playoffs this year. |
| ewolfy13 | 21 | |
| funf_ | 21 | |
| I-AMA-KarmaWhore-AMA | 21 | |
| Is_Flacco_Elite | 21 | |
| KyleAg06 | 21 | |
| ManiacalBlazer | 21 | |
| nebsA1 | 21 | |
| spartan_mk | 21 | |
| True_Ad5324 | 21 | |
| bannista7 | 22 | Schedule strength will be the biggest issue with them even if they win by double digits each game. |
| bethe2ndmouse | 22 | |
| ch1l1_ch33s3 | 22 | |
| ChaseTheFalcon | 22 | |
| drneilpretenamen | 22 | |
| grahamca | 22 | T22 |
| LamarcusAldrige1234 | 22 | |
| noffinater | 22 | |
| tapswitch | 22 | |
| thetrain23 | 22 | |
| Vandelay_Industries- | 22 | |
| catman1256 | 23 | |
| frone | 23 | |
| ggskater | 23 | |
| iDevourer | 23 | |
| MaxMan1300 | 23 | These last few spots are toss-ups. Could be any of these or Ole Miss, Wake Forrest, or Texas and Tennessee if you want to get frisky. |
| NeverDieKris | 23 | |
| newSomberMan | 23 | |
| OSUfan88 | 23 | |
| stevensmeister | 23 | Might be a quiet topic but the Cougs finished with 12 wins a season ago. They are top 40 team in production returning, watch out. |
| Terminal_BAS | 23 | |
| the_neverdoctor | 23 | |
| TXUSAW | 23 | |
| Valiantlycaustic | 23 | |
| WitchKing17 | 23 | |
| AnAngryPanda1 | 24 | |
| diehardcubforever | 24 | |
| dusklord1 | 24 | Houston dodges Cincinnati and UCF in the regular season, which should mean that Houston will be in the AAC conference championship game without too much of a problem. Even if they go undefeated, their ceiling is the G5 NY6 berth. The schedule is far too weak. |
| JamoRedhead | 24 | |
| Lobro986 | 24 | |
| Matthias382 | 24 | |
| Megalomanizac | 24 | |
| OldCoaly | 24 | |
| romulusjsp | 24 | |
| TheBeekman8 | 24 | |
| TommyTwoTaps | 24 | |
| WBLwiffleball | 24 | |
| zachw900 | 24 | |
| 70277027 | 25 | |
| fredmerc111 | 25 | In the last year of the American, I’m looking to see a Tune-led bloodbath. They have some real playmakers. |
| hershculez | 25 | |
| horaff | 25 | |
| IMissMW2Lobbies | 25 | |
| Steelthornn | 25 | |
| thatoneguyD13 | 25 | |
| Xarathustria | 25 |
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