Some good Big East football results as networks evaluate what an overall Big East package is worth; table of all FBS teams' rankings and performances

BJ Daniels 56-yard pass to Andre Davis with 38 seconds left to give South Florida a 32-31 road win at Nevada (ranked 27th at www.masseyratings.com coming into the game) helps Marquette basketball.  Yes, the Big East brand and Big East football remain part of the equation that made Marquette's basketball program more profitable than a majority of FBS FOOTBALL programs, and as MU Warrior reported yesterday, the Big East name is not going to change.

That win coupled with Louisville's thrashing of Kentucky and Cincinnati's drubbing of ACC-bound Pitt give hope that all three teams can move up to team up with Boise State and give the Big East a strong nucleus for future football seasons that will attract a strong offer from ESPN, NBC Sports or others.

However, it is also important that some of the lower teams also improve their standing now that they will be affiliated with the East.   To that end, it was good that SMU, Memphis and San Diego State were three of the 15 teams to exceed the Massey spread on their game by more than 20 points.  SMU was favored by just 12 against a Stephen F. Austin team that had won 6 straight games in the FCS, but exceeded that spread by 40 points for the most impressive performance of the day.  San Diego State also rolled it up by 15 points more than expected, and Memphis almost pulled off a major upset as a 27-point underdog at Arkansas State.

This table shows the best 15 performances - obviously Louisiana-Monroe has the most impressive win on this list, and my estimate of how the team's Massey ranking could change as a result.

Team	Conference	Prev Rank	New Rank	Opponent	Massey Pr	Actual	Beat Spread
SMU	Big East	87	78	SF Austin	12	52	40
Texas Tech	Big 12	36	27	Texas St	12	48	36
Arizona	Pac 12	43	36	Oklahoma St	-13	21	34
ULM	Sun Belt	105	97	Arkansas	-30	3	33
Kansas St	Big 12	21	12	Miami FL	7	39	32
Indiana	Big Ten	96	88	Massachusetts	10	39	29
Kentucky	SEC	81	76	Kent	7	33	26
Georgia	SEC	22	16	Missouri	-4	21	25
Maryland	ACC	100	92	Temple	-16	9	25
Arizona St	Pac 12	35	31	Illinois	7	31	24
Minnesota	Big Ten	77	73	New Hampshire	13	37	24
Memphis	Big East	121	115	Arkansas St	-27	-5	22
Georgia Tech	ACC	52	47	Presbyterian	35	56	21
San Diego St	Big East	71	67	Army	14	35	21
Rice	CUSA	115	108	Kansas	-20	1	21

After going through each game, it appears the "future Big East" could have six teams in the top half (60th place) of the FBS after yesterday's games, though Temple probably drops below that mark after a very disappointing performance against Maryland.  That stacks up as equal with the ACC and well as doubling the highest non-BCS conference (WAC, 3 teams).  Obviously ACC football is not helped by Pitt or Syracuse, neither of which is in the top 80.  Here are the number of Top 60 teams in each conference:

• SEC - 13 (though Massey will have just 3 in the Top 10 after Arkansas loss)
• Big 12 - 9 (all in the top 30 with the addition of #28 West Virginia)
• Pac 12 - 9 (matches SEC and Big 12 with 3 in the top 10, but no other top 30)
• Big Ten - 9 (Michigan State only top 15 after Wisconsin and Nebraska losses)
• 2013 Big East - 6 (plus Notre Dame and includes Boise St at #11, but need Cincy, USF and Louisville to climb into top 30)
• ACC 6 (unlike polls, no team in top 20 yet)
• WAC 3 (none in top 40)
• MAC 2 (none in top 40)
• Mountain West 1 (USF's upset of then-No. 27 Nevada huge)
• Independent 1 (Brigham Young just outside top 30, so very tempting for Big East press)

While a dream football scenario of both BYU and Notre Dame joining the Big East is virtually impossible, the conference can still be well-positioned if they hold onto the current line-up and can get someone to step up along with Boise State to keep an overall sports package with the conference very enticing.  Here is the list of all conferences and an estimate of where their teams will rank after this week's performance.  Don't get me wrong, as a basketball fan I would rather have beefed up basketball with Memphis and Temple then picked up two more football teams if I had the choice, but as long as we have them we want them and the rest to do well and increase the overall value of the next Big East TV package.

Team	Conference	Prev Rank	New Rank	Opponent	Massey Pr	Actual	Beat Spread
Boise State	Big East	12	11	Idle
Notre Dame	Big East	18	20	Purdue	17	3	-14
Cincinnati	Big East	42	38	Pittsburgh	13	24	11
South Florida	Big East	46	45	Nevada	-7	1	8
Louisville	Big East	48	48	Missouri St	25	28	3
Connecticut	Big East	58	59	NC State	3	-3	-6
Rutgers	Big East	56	60	Howard	41	26	-15
Temple	Big East	57	63	Maryland	16	-9	-25
San Diego St	Big East	71	67	Army	14	35	21
SMU	Big East	87	78	SF Austin	12	52	40
UCF	Big East	80	81	Ohio St	-18	-15	3
Navy	Big East	83	83	Idle
Houston	Big East	90	90	Louisiana Tech	-7	-7	0
Memphis	Big East	121	115	Arkansas St	-27	-5	22
Florida St	ACC	23	21	Savannah St	51	55	4
Clemson	ACC	25	25	Ball St	18	25	7
Virginia Tech	ACC	32	35	Austin Peay	43	35	-8
Miami FL	ACC	33	40	Kansas St	-7	-39	-32
Georgia Tech	ACC	52	47	Presbyterian	35	56	21
North Carolina	ACC	49	52	Wake Forest	5	-1	-6
NC State	ACC	65	64	Connecticut	-3	3	6
Virginia	ACC	70	72	Penn St	1	1	0
Boston College	ACC	75	74	Maine	17	31	14
Wake Forest	ACC	76	75	North Carolina	-5	1	6
Duke	ACC	73	77	Stanford	-21	-37	-16
Syracuse	ACC	85	84	USC	-21	-13	8
Pittsburgh	ACC	82	85	Cincinnati	-13	-24	-11
Maryland	ACC	100	92	Temple	-16	9	25
Oklahoma	Big 12	4	3	Florida A&M	47	56	9
Baylor	Big 12	11	9	Idle
Oklahoma St	Big 12	3	10	Arizona	13	-21	-34
Kansas St	Big 12	21	12	Miami FL	7	39	32
Texas	Big 12	17	14	New Mexico	34	45	11
TCU	Big 12	19	18	Grambling	52	56	4
Texas Tech	Big 12	36	27	Texas St	12	48	36
West Virginia	Big 12	28	28	Idle
Iowa St	Big 12	30	29	Iowa	-3	3	6
Kansas	Big 12	64	70	Rice	20	-1	-21
Michigan St	Big Ten	6	4	C Michigan	28	34	6
Wisconsin	Big Ten	13	17	Oregon St	10	-3	-13
Nebraska	Big Ten	15	19	UCLA	7	-6	-13
Michigan	Big Ten	20	24	Air Force	18	6	-12
Ohio St	Big Ten	29	32	UCF	18	15	-3
Iowa	Big Ten	37	37	Iowa St	3	-3	-6
Illinois	Big Ten	44	51	Arizona St	-7	-31	-24
Northwestern	Big Ten	55	53	Vanderbilt	-3	10	13
Purdue	Big Ten	61	56	Notre Dame	-17	-3	14
Penn St	Big Ten	68	69	Virginia	-1	-1	0
Minnesota	Big Ten	77	73	New Hampshire	13	37	24
Indiana	Big Ten	96	88	Massachusetts	10	39	29
BYU	Independent	31	34	Weber St	31	32	1
Oregon	Pac 12	5	6	Fresno St	24	17	-7
Stanford	Pac 12	14	7	Duke	21	37	16
USC	Pac 12	9	8	Syracuse	21	13	-8
Arizona St	Pac 12	35	31	Illinois	7	31	24
Arizona	Pac 12	43	36	Oklahoma St	-13	21	34
Washington	Pac 12	38	39	LSU	-27	-38	-11
Utah	Pac 12	45	46	Utah St.	-3	-7	-4
UCLA	Pac 12	51	49	Nebraska	-7	6	13
California	Pac 12	53	55	Southern Utah	23	19	-4
Oregon St	Pac 12	67	65	Wisconsin	-10	3	13
Washington St	Pac 12	88	87	E Washington	5	4	-1
Colorado	Pac 12	98	103	CS Sacramento	18	-2	-20
Alabama	SEC	1	1	W Kentucky	45	35	-10
LSU	SEC	2	2	Washington	27	38	11
South Carolina	SEC	8	5	East Carolina	28	38	10
Texas A&M	SEC	10	13	Florida	10	-3	-13
Arkansas	SEC	7	15	ULM	30	-3	-33
Georgia	SEC	22	16	Missouri	-4	21	25
Missouri	SEC	16	22	Georgia	4	-21	-25
Florida	SEC	26	23	Texas A&M	-10	3	13
Tennessee	SEC	24	26	Georgia St	45	38	-7
Mississippi St	SEC	34	33	Auburn	3	18	15
Auburn	SEC	39	42	Mississippi St	-3	-18	-15
Vanderbilt	SEC	40	44	Northwestern	3	-10	-13
Mississippi	SEC	60	58	UTEP	14	18	4
Kentucky	SEC	81	76	Kent	7	33	26
Southern Miss	CUSA	62	62	Idle
Tulsa	CUSA	72	71	Tulane	24	35	11
East Carolina	CUSA	93	96	South Carolina	-28	-38	-10
UTEP	CUSA	101	102	Mississippi	-14	-18	-4
Marshall	CUSA	104	104	W Carolina	27	28	1
Rice	CUSA	115	108	Kansas	-20	1	21
UAB	CUSA	118	118	Idle
Tulane	CUSA	116	120	Tulsa	-24	-35	-11
Army	Independent	102	105	San Diego St	-14	-35	-21
Ohio	MAC	47	43	New Mexico St	10	27	17
N Illinois	MAC	59	57	TN Martin	28	28	0
Toledo	MAC	66	66	Wyoming	1	3	2
W Michigan	MAC	92	89	E Illinois	19	31	12
Ball St	MAC	89	91	Clemson	-18	-25	-7
Bowling Green	MAC	94	93	Idaho	10	8	-2
Kent	MAC	91	99	Kentucky	-7	-33	-26
Miami OH	MAC	99	100	S Illinois	17	16	-1
Buffalo	MAC	107	107	Morgan St	31	22	-9
E Michigan	MAC	109	112	Illinois St	-1	-17	-16
C Michigan	MAC	112	113	Michigan St	-28	-34	-6
Akron	MAC	123	119	Florida Intl	-21	-3	18
Massachusetts	MAC	117	122	Indiana	-10	-39	-29
Nevada	Mountain West	27	30	South Florida	7	-1	-8
Fresno St	Mountain West	63	61	Oregon	-24	-17	7
Air Force	Mountain West	69	68	Michigan	-18	-6	12
Wyoming	Mountain West	78	79	Toledo	-1	-3	-2
Hawaii	Mountain West	79	80	Idle
Colorado St	Mountain West	95	98	N Dakota St	-7	-15	-8
UNLV	Mountain West	113	114	Northern Arizona	7	-3	-10
New Mexico	Mountain West	114	116	Texas	-34	-45	-11
Arkansas St	Sun Belt	74	82	Memphis	27	5	-22
ULL	Sun Belt	97	94	Troy	3	13	10
ULM	Sun Belt	105	97	Arkansas	-30	3	33
W Kentucky	Sun Belt	103	101	Alabama	-45	-35	10
North Texas	Sun Belt	106	106	TX Southern	35	27	-8
Florida Intl	Sun Belt	108	110	Akron	21	3	-18
Troy	Sun Belt	110	111	ULL	-3	-13	-10
Middle Tenn St	Sun Belt	119	117	FL Atlantic	7	14	7
FL Atlantic	Sun Belt	122	121	Middle Tenn St	-7	-14	-7
South Alabama	Sun Belt	124	123	Nicholls St	7	6	-1
Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	41	41	Houston	7	7	0
Utah St.	Western Athletic	50	50	Utah	3	7	4
San Jose St	Western Athletic	54	54	UC Davis	25	32	7
New Mexico St	Western Athletic	84	86	Ohio	-10	-27	-17
Texas St	Western Athletic	86	95	Texas Tech	-12	-48	-36
Idaho	Western Athletic	111	109	Bowling Green	-10	-8	2
UT San Antonio	Western Athletic	120	124	TX A&M Commerce	36	11	-25