AAC Week Five Review

Another week is in the books for the 2015 college football season with the American Athletic Conference going 7-5. The AAC kicked into gear with four conference games. Let's take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of week five AAC football action.

Week Six Schedule:

• SMU at Houston
• Tulane at Temple
• Syracuse at South Florida
• Navy at Notre Dame
• Connecticut at UCF
• Louisiana Monroe at Tulsa
• East Carolina at BYU

Week Five Scoreboard:

• Cincinnati 34, Miami 23
• Memphis 24, South Florida 17
• Temple 37, Charlotte 3
• BYU 30, Connecticut 13
• Tulane 45, UCF 31
• Houston 38, Tulsa 24
• Navy 33, Air Force 11
• East Carolina 49, SMU 23

Power Rankings:

1. Temple
2. Memphis
3. Navy
4. Houston
5. Cincinnati
6. East Carolina
7. Tulsa
8. South Florida
9. Connecticut
10. Tulane
11. SMU
12. UCF

Who/What Looked Good:

• Cincinnati: The Bearcats have been up and down all season, but played their best game of the season in defeating Miami 34-23. Hayden Moore looked excellent in his starting debut and should lead the Bearcats to several more wins this season.
• Keenan Reynolds: No touchdowns this week, but the senior quarterback for Navy rushed for 183 yards on 24 carries, his third 100+ yard game of the year. He also broke 100+ yards passing for the first time in 2015 in a 33-11 win over Air Force.
• East Carolina’s Second Half Defense: After giving up 23 points in the first 20 minutes of game action, the Pirates completely shut down SMU’s high powered offense. The Mustangs only gained 61 yards in the second half with ECU recording more sacks in this game than the rest of the season combined.

Who/What Looked Bad:

• UCF: The Knights were completely dominated by Tulane in this game, but scored late to make the score more reasonable. At one time, Tulane held a 28 point lead in this game. An 0-12 season is completely possible for UCF.
• South Florida’s Upset Hopes: For a while, it looked like the Bulls might get a huge upset win over Memphis in this game. Two huge second half turnovers proved otherwise as South Florida lost 24-17. Not a bad loss at all, but Taggart and company need real, not moral, wins.
• SMU’s Rush Defense: East Carolina was able to run the ball better than they have in a very long time versus SMU. Once James Summers entered at quarterback, ECU literally ran all over the Mustangs defense in scoring 42 straight points to turn a 23-7 deficit into a 49-23 win.

Bye Weeks:

• Cincinnati
• Memphis

Conference Standings:

East:

1. Temple 1-0
2. East Carolina 1-1
3. Connecticut 0-1
4. South Florida 0-1
5. Central Florida 0-1
6. Cincinnati 0-2

West:

1. Memphis 2-0
2. Navy 2-0
3. Houston 1-0
4. Tulane 1-0
5. Tulsa 0-1
6. SMU 0-1