Conference USA Power Rankings: Week 7

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, Conference USA West is looking to be the better division between the two despite the fact that the two worst teams in the conference reside in their division. UAB, Louisiana Tech and North Texas look like the best teams in the conference and my rankings reflect that for the second straight week.

1. UAB (5-1, 3-0, Last Week: #1)

The Blazers dominated Rice 42-0. Nothing much to see here other than the fact that the defense remains amazing. AJ Erdely and Xavier Ubosi developed some great chemistry in this one as they connected for 196 yards…