Three opponents in the bottom 5: NMSU (120); 'kron (118) & BSU (116)

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1230440

Here are the complete MAC rankings:

East                                          West
Fiami             71                       NIU    57
Temps          77                       UT      66
OHIO             83                       WMU  85
Kant             105                      CMU   95
BGSUCKS 108                       EMU 115
Buff              113                       BSU 116
Zippos        118

And the schedule....
@NMSU         120
Gard-Webb     n/r
Terd                  97
@Rutgers        73
Kant                105
@Buff             113
BSU                116
@Zippos        118
Temps              77
@BGSUCKS 108
@CMU              95
Fiami                 71

EMU at 115; UB at 113:

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1230444

By the way, hadn't realized that Doug Martin is now at NMSU until Rivals mentioned it in their rundown of the Aggies.

Been waiting 'til the Cats checked in, and there they are at 83:

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1233107

It's a good assessment of the team, and they still wind up the fifth best in the MAC.  Interestingly, they'll have Rutgers somewhere ahead of the Cats.  Still, eight of the eleven 1A schools come in below OU.  I've been figuring the Cats to win 8-12 games this year, and this has it in that range.

Pre-season rankings "don't mean crap."  It's what happens on the field that counts.

Hmm . . . we're 1A; O$U is 1A; the real OU is 1A; Rutgers is 1A.  But 1A is now FBS.  1A is the old term.  Perhaps, you meant BCS not 1A or FBS?

I'm not sure, but I think you missed my point. 

Good point, Alan.  As an AHS alumnus I know exactly what you mean.  Wasn't like that back in my day when we played a "murders row" (sorry Gordon) each week with the likes of  Nelsonville, Middleport, Wellston, Pomeroy, Jackson, Gallipolis and Logan on the schedule week after week.