ECU is ranked #23, and probably has the best shot at grabbing the G5 NY6 Bowl slot, as it stands today.
East Carolina has only failed to go to a bowl game once in the last 8 seasons.
Even if they don't win out from here, they will finished ranked with 1-2 more losses. That's a pretty good bet with their remaining schedule.
If they do finished ranked, it will be their first ranked finish since 1995, and their 4th overall (1983, 1991, and 1995).
The tactic of scheduling many of the upper half AAC and MWC teams is a pretty good one. Those games, along with the 3-6 P5 teams we play every season as an Independent makes up a pretty good schedule. It's not like playing in the SEC West, but it's still much better on average than what we did have, or would have if we were in a G5 conference.