when I think about it AU and Oklahoma/Arkansas were very similar on the field even though we lost both of those games. There were two teams below us last year in kentucky and miss st. That puts us in the Vandy, Oklahoma, Arkansas tier of the of the conference which would be 4th tier (of 5) Last year we were in the top of the 5th tier though. i would hope to be more middle of the conference this season if at all possible. I think we need to win game 1 though which might be tough considering all our new pieces this season. Would be nice to play them game three instead of the first. I like our roster but teams on our schedule last year got better players as well.