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My apologies to the Buffalo Bulls faithful if I jinx them, but we might be on the verge of seeing a MAC team reach the top 10 in the AP poll. In the poll that was released on December 10th, the Bulls moved up 3 spots to 14th. Generally, as teams from the power conferences lose here and there, the voters will keep a mid-major with the pedigree of Buffalo pretty much right where they are.
However, in a bit of luck, the Bull face two ranked teams in their next three games. If the Bulls manage to knock off Southern Illinois, #25 Syracuse, and #21 Marquette in their next 3 games, Buffalo has a solid chance of cracking the top 10 before the start of conference play.
In a poll on twitter, by another SB Nation blogger, the Bulls are number 3 among Mid-Majors. This particular writer I respect quite a bit, especially in regards to his opinions on the smaller schools.
My @mid_madness rankings this week:
— Cam Newton (@morrisoncrying) December 10, 2018
1 Nevada
2 Zags
3 Buffalo
4 SLU
5 Furman
6 Davidson
7 Belmont
8 USF
9 San Diego
10 Lipscomb
11 Aztecs
12 UNCG
13 S Dakota St
14 Charleston
15 Wofford
16 WKU
17 Irvine
18 LMU
19 Toledo
20 SIU
21 Penn
22 BYU
23 Utah St
24 Murray St
25 Kent St
He has Toledo 19th and Kent 25th. Those three teams are a combined 26-2. Throw in CMU, who is also sitting at 8-2, and they are 34-4. As long as the top third of this conference continues to dominate in conference play, a two bid league is an almost certainty.