The AAC West was not very good this year; probably Central Florida, Temple, and Cincinnati in the AAC East were all better than any team in the AAC West.
Regarding the conferences, one could argue that the SEC is Level 1, the Big Ten, ACC, and probably Big 12 are Level 2, the PAC-12 (and depending on your point of view, Big 12) is Level 3, the AAC and MWC are Level 4, and Sun Belt, MAC, and Conference USA are Level 5, though the Sun Belt was better than the MAC and Conference USA this year.
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