Again, can't stand the Gophers or Fleck myself, but I think that's SOP for every Big Ten, or power conference school. I get that being on their radar is a good sign, but is it really that much of positive if that team sucks??
Not according to Sagarin. By their numbers the SUs and USD are in upper MAC category. In fact both SUs would be at the very top, after that the other MVFC teams would be in the bottom half of the MAC. Of course those are last yrs numbers, but I think those numbers would be fairly consistent each year as to the top of each conference.