One of USM's 10 fans here. I'm not saying that we are a top 25 team, but we deserve consideration based on the last four or five games. We beat a solid Virginia team that has taken down GT and Miami in the last couple of weeks. Then shattered Navy, Rice, SMU, and beat UTEP handily in Mexico without the best defensive player in the conference and our top 2 running backs. Not saying a whole lot, I know. We started off shaky. The LaTech game was in a monsoon and they scored on kickoff return and a muffed punt by us. Then we had 6 turnovers, gave up a safety, and had a punt blocked against Marshall....and somehow only lost by 6. I'm not even that confident that we win out. But hell, I'll enjoy the ride and the publicity. Wonder how long it will take ESPN to get us mixed up with MSU?
BTW, none of your 8 wins last year were impressive either and that got you into the top 20.