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Cignetti just won the Big 10 at Indiana. Indiana had the most losses of ANY program in FBS before he took the job, it was largely considered the second worst job in the Big10 after Northwestern. The MWC was so bad this year, that New Mexico just captured a share of the MWC championship. New Mexico is considered the worst performing program in the MWC historically. This Chris Murray of the Reno paper came up with this points system showing this:
nevadasportsnet.com
As much as Burman and Sawvel lament the portal and NIL, it has actually CREATED opportunities for some downtrodden programs within their leagues when they work with it.
Ranking Mountain West football programs by success since current membership formed in 2013
The Mountain West has had the same football membership for the last 11 seasons entering the 2024 campaign, the longest active run of membership without a change
As much as Burman and Sawvel lament the portal and NIL, it has actually CREATED opportunities for some downtrodden programs within their leagues when they work with it.