1. Troy
2. Cajuns
3. North Texas/MTSU tie
4. FAU
5. ASU
6. FIU
7. WKU
I felt that MTSU would take a step back even before the Dasher issues. I think they will be a solid team but I'm unsure that they can play at the level of last year. They lost some good players and don't seem to have replaced them with the same level of player or better. Plus, they were on one of those runs where they were just playing so well as a group. That is hard to duplicate.
Troy is still the most talented team in the league and has the best WR's by far, even with Josh Jarboe being dismissed.
Cajuns are set up to be the sleeper. Nobody is talking about us even though we return the most starters and our entire offense is intact and will be back next year also. Our defense has the most depth and talent on the DL that we may have had in a long time and we may have the best group of LB's and CB's in the league. If the running backs can make plays and the DL can sack the QB, we can easily win this thing.