The real MAC. Mid-American Conference, one of the original "super (i.e. high number) conferences. Now down to 12. And, there are none left with no defeats! I think I saw a good portion of one-loss Eastern Michigan go down last night. It was really the only thing on, maybe. EMU: 3-1. Many more losses to come, me thinks. UPDATE: Still all have lost. Kent State Flashes have only one defeat. Ohio Bobcats 2-5, at the bottom.
There are eight in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The MEAC? It is a HBCU league, speaking of acronyms. Historically black college or university. Sorry, my friends: they have all lost! At least one. But I think some will have some winning seasons. We hold out for these perennial underdogs. At least I do. I visited a HBCU campus this past summer. It was cool. Virginia State. BEST AS OF LATE MONDAY... Norfolk State and South Carolina State. Both 4-3. Coppin State? 0-7.
There are a dozen (as in 12) in the Missouri Valley Conference. Wait for it;
And the Drake Bulldogs are without a loss! Yet... They are a fabulous, tremendous Two and Oh! (2-0). They should lose this weekend. Or at least this month, and/or soon. Latest: Drake is 6-0! Is this school in Illinois? Land of Lincoln?
Eleven (a poor baker's dozen) remaining in the Mountain West. Conference. Meaning, records aside, this conference is imploding due to the Big Ten's savagery of the West Coast schools, and the Big-12 and ACC finishing the job minus Oregon State and Washington State. So, they will continue to exist by sacking the MWC. Thus is the way of things.
The MWC this year, kind of its last as such, as FIVE whopping teams left among those without a loss. Way to go, Mountain West folks! Here's cheering for ya. BYU and Utah and TCU were MWC, once upon a shadow. As of this holiday Monday season? Only the Utah State Aggies are 6-0. Hang tight, Logan dudes.
The Northeast Conference has nine teams (paging Mercyhurst!), and nary among them have maintained a perfect margin. Sorry, Charlie. Get used to the L column. Best tonight? Mercyhurst! 4-3! Who are these guys?
The Ohio Valley Conference has eleven. Oh, that poor, poor baker. Conference numbers are odd, a lot, literally, because of all the shifting, scrapping, and scraping. And pandering and money making. This is capitalism. Profiting greatly when elite while the poor boys and girls sweat and work... Russian authors, anyone? Oh, yeah. All of the eleven have suffered a loss thus far, a week and half plus into the '24-'25 season. Best? SIU Edwardsville Cougars, 5-3. Worst? Eastern Illinois, 1-5.
Ten, an even steven, in the Patriot League. And all have gone down in a game. As of November 15, halfway through this somewhat rainier month. Most of the U.S. is having a drought time, by the way, due to pressures in the north, it seems. Look it up. Best as of now? Bucknell and Holy Cross, both 4-3.
The powerful and mighty and rich and decadent SEC. The Southeastern Conference. There are 16 of them now, after pillaging the guts out of the heartland and Bible country and ending up with Texas and Oklahoma. Now we got super conferences, for sure. It was the idea of the WAC in the 1990s, but they got weaker back then. Now we got fan bases, TV rights, and passion and champions. Hopefully they stay at 16. Big Ten has 18, don't ya know (in my worst Minnesotah accent.
Undefeateds? A word I have now coined to the chagrin of this spell-check? Drum roll...
11 left! Yowza. Some think Alabama is the best. We shall see. I have my doubts... But I would welcome them over UConn, or Duke, or UNC. Or Kentucky, despite me liking Mark Pope at the helm. Awkward for me. More on that later. And as of 11:13 tonight, while ISU and Auburn battle it out in the Caymans, I mean Maui...: Seven remain. And the Cyclones of Iowa State and the Tigers are tied with 31..2 left. Ooh, feel that zeitgeist, America! And the world! JUST NOW BREAKING. War Eagle wins with 1.2 seconds to go. A tipped missed lay up.
Who next? Almost done? I forgot the numbering thing like I did in the last post.
Ten in the Southern Conference. One remains with no loss! The Paladins. What is one of those? Who do they belong to? Furman. Where is that? At the top of the Southern Conference, that is where! Ze best of these southern... Re-reading this, I am confused. Furman is 6-0. Does that clear it up and explain it? Hope so.
12, a real dozen, in the Southland Conference. All defeated. Sorry, Incarnate Word et al. We still have the Big Guy, upstairs, with a name like that. The least losing? Three, as in trois. McNeese, Stephen F. Austin, and
I peeked. About four to go. This is fun, but a chore. Such is blogging and life.
I could be doing something else. Reading a book, one I checked out in May, 115 pages to go. Or watching a show. Well, I am, because my son is watching his newest binge show, non-stop. Season 4... The Mentalist, oy ve.
Another twelve in the Southwestern Conference. Another league of HBCUs. And the losers or winners overall is: The Alabama A & M Bulldogs! Well, the Bulldogs be winnin'! AND NOW: All have at least 4 losses. Was the previously mentioned undefeated back then? The bottom two are 0-7. Might come up later. Poor losers. We all lose sometimes.
Nine in the current Summit League. No one left, but all will fight to the hilt. Meaning, losing builds character. We are building towards March. 2025. Uh... losers and schmoozers. South Dakota Cayottes are 6-2. Okay, they are Coyotes. Say that in Spanish. Hint: don't get deported!
14 in the Sun Belt Conference. All have lost at least one. (Loss). Most are where it is warmer and sunnier. Not as much James Madison, but they have moved up from D-1AA, or the FCS. The smaller guys. Ahora: Arkansas State is 4-1. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns? 1-6. That reminds me, I should blog about all the still completely defeateds!
Two to go? Lessee...
11 in the WAC. Western Athletic Conference. The aforementioned OSU and WSU, as in the Beavers and Cougars, are with them now! Huh. Okay, new to me. But that is good to know. Who has not lost as of this Friday night, as I type? Five! Gonzaga, (rated 4th in the nation, killing Baylor), Oregon State, St. Mary's, Washington State, and the SAN FRANCISCO DONS!
But now, however... How many days later? 5? 8?
And finally, last but not least, the whoops... I mixed up the West Coast Conference with the above. Scratch the one up there, with Gonzaga et al, and put the WAC down here. Okay? WCC has SF and WSU and OSU... You can do the math. St. Mary's is 6-0, while the Gonzaga Dogs are 5-0. I think I know which one is better. The one that tends to have more Canadians than Australians. Yeah, baby.
The WAC, which used to be BYU and Utah as I grew up, has nine. Teams. Which are not at all what they were in the 1980s, or the 90s. A whole new world. Or universe. Not really, but things have changed, as is the constant.
And one team, the Thunderous Southern Utah Thunderbirds, are undefeated and 3-0! Southern Utah now? 6-1. Whuh, whuhhhh.... They lost to: Loyola Chicago, by four points. Ahh, the humanity.
And that is where we are. Fewer perfect teams, and we still have close to a week left of November.
Go Cougars of BYU! And Indiana, because I am a homer.
UCONN lost! McNeely, karma will dictate something... No more Huskies in the Final Four. I plead.
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