BOYZELL HOSEY | Times
For all the preseason adoration showering USF, and for all the pricey renovations being done to its home stadium, arguably nothing has bolstered the Bulls' Power Five aspirations lately like one highfalutin-sounding phrase.
Emerging preeminence.
That lofty academic status, awarded last week to USF by the Florida Board of Governors' Strategic Planning Committee, will bring $5 million to the school's Tampa campus and increase the luster of its scholastic cachet nationally.
It also might -- just might -- boost the Bulls' remote chances of getting into a Power Five league, experts say.