The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 1
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
With the two-time defending ESPN Cup winners and Bottom Ten perennial UMess returning to the fold, it is hardly a bulletin that the MAC takes center stage in the Week 1 Bottom Ten survey. With three teams – not to mention the conference itself – ranked this week, the MAC is (again) the team to beat – literally – in the quest for Bottom Ten glory.
The showcase leads off with two-time defending ESPNCup champion Kent State – losers of an impressive 21 straight – taking top Week 1 honors, with UMess and Akron also expected to make a mess of things.
This opening week imbroglio:
Editor’s Note: 2024 record, final Bottom Ten ranking, in parenthesis.
1. Kent State (0-12; 1st)
Mitigating Factors: Golden Flashes looking to be first team ever to win B-10 Triple Crown sponsored by the Holy Trinity with three consecutive B-10 titles, a feat that would have even Northwestern and Duke nodding in admiration…Title this year would be sixth overall – all this century – second only to Tijuana Tech’s eight titles, mostly during Eisenhower Administration.
FunFact: Golden Flashes playing for posterity this year, as B-10 coveted Team of the Quarter Century Award is their’s for the losing.
Opening Loss: Merrimack
