Cincinnati working again Charles McClelland (10) stands on the sector throughout an NCAA soccer sport in opposition to South Florida, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati received 28-24. Aaron Doster, Related Press
Central Florida broad receiver Ryan O’Keefe (4) celebrates his 68-yard landing on a move play in opposition to Temple with offensive lineman Samuel Jackson (73) in the course of the second half of an NCAA faculty soccer sport Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. John Raoux, Related Press
KJ Jefferson (1), the quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks, runs the ball whereas enjoying the BYU Cougars in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information
Houston lineman D’Anthony Jones (44) stops Memphis receiver Gabe Rogers (9) in his tracks throughout an NCAA faculty soccer sport Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. Patrick Lantrip/Day by day Memphian through Related Press
When the calendar switches to July 1 subsequent yr, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF will formally be part of the Huge 12.
Midway by means of the 2022 season, what future Huge 12 crew is having fun with probably the most success in its ultimate yr earlier than becoming a member of a Energy 5 program?
Right here’s a have a look at what every college has achieved thus far this season.
Cincinnati Bearcats
- File: 5-1 total, 2-0 in American Athletic Convention.
- Rankings: No. 21 in Related Press ballot, No. 19 in USA At this time coaches ballot, No. 31 in Jeff Sagarin scores, No. 27 in ESPN Soccer Energy Index.
The Bearcats’ lone loss was by seven factors to then-No. 19 Arkansas to kick off the season.
Since then, Cincinnati has received 5 straight and is in place to earn the automated Group of 5 spot in a New 12 months’s Six sport if it wins out, one yr after this system broke into the School Soccer Playoff.
Cincinnati is coming off a bye, and out of doors of a detailed win over South Florida in its final sport, the Bearcats have three wins over FBS competitors by a mean margin of victory of 17.3 factors. That features a 45-24 win over the Huge Ten’s Indiana.
Cincinnati has some huge exams left, together with at UCF on Oct. 29 and at residence in opposition to No. 25 Tulane on Nov. 25 within the regular-season finale.
Central Florida broad receiver Ryan O’Keefe (4) celebrates his 68-yard landing on a move play in opposition to Temple with offensive lineman Samuel Jackson (73) in the course of the second half of an NCAA faculty soccer sport Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.
John Raoux, Related Press
UCF Knights
- File: 5-1 total, 2-0 in AAC.
- Rankings: Receiving votes in each AP and coaches polls, No. 17 in Jeff Sagarin scores, No. 19 in ESPN FPI.
The Knights have been on a roll over the previous month, averaging 44.5 factors per sport in 4 straight wins.
UCF’s lone loss got here 20-14 to the ACC’s Louisville, whereas the Knights have overwhelmed one other Energy 5 college, Georgia Tech, in a 27-10 sport.
An enormous matchup looms on Oct. 29 in opposition to Cincinnati — it’s homecoming for UCF — and at Tulane two weeks later, with a sport at Memphis in between these two.
KJ Jefferson (1), the quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks, runs the ball whereas enjoying the BYU Cougars in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.
Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information
BYU Cougars
- File: 4-3 total.
- Rankings: No votes in both AP or coaches polls, No. 57 in Jeff Sagarin scores, No. 54 in ESPN FPI.
The Cougars are on a two-game skid — shedding to Energy 5 colleges Notre Dame and Arkansas — after beginning the yr 4-1 and beating defending Huge 12 champion Baylor in double extra time.
It’s a irritating stretch for a program that began the yr within the Prime 25 and had been ranked up till the Notre Dame loss.
BYU has some winnable video games left on the schedule, with street contests this week at Liberty, Nov. 5 at Boise State and Nov. 26 at Stanford defining how this season will probably be considered.
Houston lineman D’Anthony Jones (44) stops Memphis receiver Gabe Rogers (9) in his tracks throughout an NCAA faculty soccer sport Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn.
Patrick Lantrip/Day by day Memphian through Related Press
Houston Cougars
- File: 3-3 total, 1-1 in AAC.
- Rankings: No votes in both AP or coaches polls, No. 64 in Jeff Sagarin scores, No. 63 in ESPN FPI.
Houston sits at .500 midway by means of the season with its hardest matchups behind them — the Cougars fell to a pair of Huge 12 packages in Kansas and Texas Tech, together with a double-overtime loss to the Pink Raiders.
Houston additionally misplaced to a ranked Tulane crew in extra time.
Within the again half of the season, although, the Cougars’ schedule lightens up — the crew solely faces one crew, 4-3 East Carolina, with a profitable document. Houston additionally performs three groups — Temple, Tulsa and South Florida — who're all winless in AAC play.