AAC basketball power rankings: Week 1

The opening week of conference play has come and gone. Almost every team in the American Athletic Conference had the chance to play two games this week. The top and the bottom of the AAC played as expected, but there is some movement in the middle. The Daily Campus sports writer Reece Kelley Graham breaks down the teams that are trending up and down.

1. Cincinnati (23/23)

Record: 12-2 overall, 2-0 AAC

Week 1 results: 2-0 (56-50 win at Temple, 92-56 win vs. Tulane)

Change from last week: —

KenPom rating: 19

Just looking at Cincinnati’s results in week 1 shows why the Bearcats are sitting pretty on top of the AAC. After escaping Philadelphia with a quality win over a sneaky Temple team, Cincinnati…