Rutgers Scarlet Knights News

It was shaping up to be a storybook ending for Connecticut and a familiar one for Rutgers.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.- The first major college football game at the new Meadowlands Stadium is going to feature Rutgers and Army.

Each week, Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranks the Division I-A conferences and the teams within each league. Conf. rankings No. 1 SEC No. 2 Pac-10 No. 3 Big Ten No. 4 ACC No. 5 Big 12 No. 6 Big East Nos. 7-11 6. Big East 1. Cincinnati 2. Pitt 3.... South Florida 4. West Virginia 5. Rutgers 6. Connecticut 7. Syracuse 8. Louisville Rising Rutgers: Six wins in seven games is impressive enough. Doing it with a true freshman quarterback (Tom Savage) who has thrown one interception in 168 attempts is remarkable. Falling Connecticut: It gets a lot harder on the field for a program still dealing with tragedy: Games at Cincinnati and Notre Dame could lead to a four-game losing streak. Matt Hayes covers college football for Sporting News. E-mail him at mhayes@sportingnews.com.more>>