Just from a cursory look at the OOC games being played to date by the SoCon teams, it looks like a very strong and balanced league to me. As a matter of fact, the only teams that don't appear to be competitive are WCU and Chattanooga. Samford and the Citadel are surprisingly strong, we know UNCG and Wofford will be very good and ETSU and Mercer are always formidable. Even VMI appears to be dangerous. Furman is clearly in the top bracket but there appear to be lots of pitfalls in the league schedule. Should be an interesting and exciting season.
State of the SoCon
Not only that, the fact is that as a team getting Top 25 votes they will now be the hunted instead of the hunter. Going to be interesting to see how we play as favorites and a marked team. I feel this years group is made of sturdy stuff and will do very well.