For all you Doomsday'ers, let me start by saying that Independence >>> G5. BUT, If we had to go G5, I don't understand the appeal to joining the AAC. It is literally the MWC of the East! We have no rivalries with those teams, and barely a history with most of those teams.
Fools will rush in and say "Yeah but they have UCF and Houston/Cincinnati". Guess what, that's Boise State and SDSU/USU/Fresno State (whoever is good that year).
2018 Results:
10+ win teams: MWC-3, AAC-2
.500 or better teams: MWC-7, AAC-7
2019 Pre-season Rankings (USA Today)
Top 25: MWC-1, AAC-1
26-50: MWC-3, AAC-3
51-75: MWC-2, AAC-1
76-100: MWC-3, AAC-3
101-130: MWC-3, AAC-4
Average Ranking:
MWC: 75.25
AAC: 77