In what could be the final season of the AAC as we’ve known it, the media expects the same result as a year ago.
As the AAC wraps up its Media Days Tuesday, the conference released its media poll and, to the surprise of no one, Houston is the overwhelming favorite to win its second consecutive league title. Of the 30 voters, 27 of them tapped UH as the champs. The only others receiving votes were USF (2) and Temple (1).
Not surprisingly, the Cougars were the unanimous choice to win the AAC West division. Navy, with 128 points to UH’s 180, was a distant second in the division.
The East was a little more bunched up, with USF (15), Temple (9) and Cincinnati (6) all receiving first-place votes.
Houston, USF and Cincinnati have all been mentioned as potential candidates in the Big 12’s next round of expansion. Others in the conference who are possibilities to bolt include UConn, East Carolina and UCF, predicted to finish fourth, fifth and , sixth, respectively, in the East, as well as Memphis and Tulane, third and sixth, respectively, in the West.
