TicketsNEWPORT, R.I. - The University of Cincinnati football team was tabbed for fourth place in the American Athletic Conference East Division in the league's annual preseason poll, which was released Tuesday.
UC received 91 points and enter its second year with Head Coach Luke Fickell on the sideline. The Bearcats are the only team in The American to return its leading rusher (Gerrid Doaks), passer (Hayden Moore) and receiver (Khalil Lewis) from last season.
UCF received 19 of a possible 30 votes to win the league title, while the Knights were listed first on 25 ballots in the East Division race. Memphis was once again the media's choice in the West Division as the Tigers received 23 first-place votes and 171 points. Memphis was projected as the conference champion on seven ballots, while USF received three votes and Houston one for the league title.
The East Division projections were: UCF, USF, Temple, UC, UConn and ECU while the west was Memphis, Houston, Navy, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa.
The fourth American Athletic Conference Football Championship will be played Saturday, Dec. 1, at the home site of the division champion with the best conference record.
The Bearcats report back to campus for training camp on August 2 and hit the practice field on Aug. 3. UC opens the 2018 campaign at UCLA on Saturday, Sept. 1 in the Rose Bowl.
2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PRESEASON FOOTBALL MEDIA POLL
East Division
Team - Points
1. UCF (25) - 175
2. USF (5) - 140
3. Temple - 132
4. Cincinnati - 91
5. UConn - 51
6. ECU - 41
West Division
Team - Points
1. Memphis (23) - 171
2. Houston (4) - 146
3. Navy (3) - 129
4. SMU - 72
5. Tulane - 68
6. Tulsa - 44
first-place votes in parentheses
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