The Conference USA Power Rankings are never a prediction for how things will end up, but rather a snapshot of how teams look at the moment. At the moment, C-USA looks like it will rank near the bottom of the FBS once again.
The conference went 8-6 to start the season and suffered an embarrassing loss to an FCS team, and had one of their title contenders get blown out in what was pegged to be a competitive game. The bottom of the conference still looks hapless and the top of the conference still isn’t that strong.