State of the AAC: Looking back at week nine

UH picked up the biggest win in the AAC in week nine, handing SMU its first loss of the season. | James Schillinger/The CougarAs the 2021 college football enters week 10, the American Athletic Conference is starting to shake up and paint a picture of where each program will land in the conference standings.

Here is how the AAC played out last week:

South Florida (2-6, 1-3 AAC) at East Carolina (4-4, 2-2 AAC)

East Carolina hosted a matchup of two one-win teams in the AAC as they defeated USF 29-14.

The Pirates opened the scoring with a 13-yard touchdown rush by freshman running back Rahjai Harris, who finished the game with 22 rushes for 100 yards plus the score.

USF played the better first half…