West Virginia - Pat White is an excellect QB in the spread option and Tailback Noel Devine is a budding star for the Mountaineers. West Virginia was 1 victory away over Pittsburgh last year and they would have played for the national title. In 2008 they have a tough schedule versus the likes of Colorado, Rutgers, Aurburn, Louisville and a rematch with the Panthers might be too much for a title chance.
South Florida - USF returns 10 starters on offense from a team that won it's 1st 6 games of the year last season but was blown out in a bowl game by Oregon. Starting with QB Matt Grothe, who passed and ran like crazy but got worn down towards the end of the season.
Pittsburgh - This is a prove it year for the Panthers who returns 17 starters from a team that denied West Virginia the national title game. LeSean McCoy ran for 1,328 yards and 14 TD's as a true freshman. They are also deep at WR and get back 2006 star Derek Kinder from injury.
Rutgers - Greg Schiano thinks this is his most talented team in 8 years, but they play Fresno State and North Carolina in September and then go against West Virginia and UCONN at home and vs Pittsburgh and Cincinnati on the road all in October.
Connecticut - UCONN will be in every game they play because of their defense but we predict a repeat of 9 wins will be tough.
Louisville - Ther Cardinals will not be as good as recent years but they do have 8 home games, 6 of their first 7 are in Louisville.
Cincinnati - Last year was the Bearcats first 10 win season since 1951. The next step is winning the Big east Title, but without Ben Mauck at QB they will have to rely on other talent to make it happen.
Syracuse - The best the Orange can hope for is a 4 win season with the lack of talent at key positions.
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