Team	Conference Record	Overall Record
Miami	6-1	10-1
Pittsburgh	5-2	8-3
Virginia Tech	5-2	8-3
Syracuse	4-3	7-5
Boston College	4-3	6-5
Temple	2-5	6-5
West Virginia	2-5	4-7
Rutgers	0-7	2-9

2001 Preseason All-Big East Team
1st Team Offense

Position	Player	Team
QB	Ken Dorsey	Miami
RB	Lee Suggs	Virginia Tech
RB	William Green	Boston College
WR	Antonio Bryant	Pittsburgh
WR	Antonio Brown	West Virginia
TE	Jeremy Shockey	Miami
*OL	Dan Koppen	Boston College
*OL	Bryant McKinnie	Miami
*OL	Joaquin Gonzalez	Miami
*OL	Martin Bilba	Miami
*OL	PJ Alexander	Syracuse
K	Carter Warley	Virginia Tech

1st Team Defense

Position	Player	Team
*DL	Bryan Knight	Pittsburgh
*DL	David Pugh	Virginia Tech
*DL	Dwight Freeney	Syracuse
*DL	Chad Beasley	Virginia Tech
LB	Grant Wiley	West Virginia
LB	Ben Taylor	Virginia Tech
LB	Taylor Suman	Temple
*DB	Mike Rumph	Miami
*DB	Shawn Hackett	West Virginia
*DB	Ramon Walker	Pittsburgh
*DB	Edward Reed	Miami
P	Freddie Capshaw	Miami
AP	Andre Davis**	Virginia Tech

The following players could easily make the all-conference team by the end of the season: Avon Coubourne (RB,WV).....Nathaniel Adibi (DL,VT).....Clifton Smith (LB,Syr).....Roynell Whitaker (DB,VT).....Lenny Walls (DB,BC).
*Regardless of position
**Could also be considered a WR

Must-See Games of Big East 2001
Boston College at Syracuse
Miami at Pittsburgh
Miami at Florida State
Miami at Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh at Boston College
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh
Rutgers at West Virginia
Georgia Tech at Syracuse
Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Syracuse at Virginia Tech
Temple at West Virginia

Rating the Schedules from Toughest to Easiest in Big East 2001
1) Syracuse
2) Miami
3) Boston College
4) Pittsburgh
5) Virginia Tech
6) West Virginia
7) Rutgers
8) Temple

Out-of-Conference Opponents for each Team Boston College: Navy, Army, Stanford, Notre Dame
Miami: Washington, Troy State, Penn State, Florida State
Pittsburgh: East Tennessee St., So. Florida, Notre Dame, UAB
Rutgers: UConn, Buffalo, Navy, California
Syracuse: C. Florida, East Carolina, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia Tech
Temple: Navy, Toledo, UConn, Bowling Green
Virginia Tech: UConn, W. Michigan, C. Florida, Virginia
West Virginia: Ohio, Kent State, Notre Dame, Maryland

Coaching Changes in the Big East for 2001

Team	Out	In
Miami	Butch Davis	Larry Coker
Rutgers	Terry Shea	Greg Schiano
West Virginia	Don Nehlen	Rich Rodriguez

2001 Big East Composite Schedule

	Aug 26	Sep 1	Sep 8	Sep 15	Sep 22	Sep 29	Oct 6	Oct 13	Oct 20	Oct 27	Nov 3	Nov 10	Nov 17	Nov 24	Dec 1
BOSTON COLL.	-	W. VA	at Stanford	-	at Navy	Army	Temple	at VA Tech	Pitt	Notre Dame	-	Miami	at Rutgers	at Syracuse	-
MIAMI	-	at Penn St.	Rutgers	Wash.	-	(27th) at Pitt	Troy St.	at Fla. St.	-	(25th) W. VA	Temple	at Boston Coll.	Syracuse	-	at VA Tech
PITTSBURGH	-	E. TN St.	So. Fla	UAB	-	(27th) Miami	at Notre Dame	Syracuse	at Boston Coll.	at Temple	VA Tech	at Rutgers	-	at W. VA	-
RUTGERS	-	(8/30) at Buffalo	at Miami	California	VA Tech	UConn	Syracuse	at Temple	Navy	Navy	-	at W. VA	Pitt	Boston Coll.	-
SYRACUSE	GA Tech	at Tenn.	C. Fla	E. Car.	Auburn	-	at Rutgers	at Pitt	Temple	at VA Tech	-	W. VA	at Miami	Boston Coll.	-
TEMPLE	-	Navy	Toledo	UConn	at Bowl. Green	-	at Boston Coll.	Rutgers	at Syracuse	Pitt	at Miami	VA Tech	at W. VA	-	-
VIRGINIA TECH	-	UConn	W. Michigan	-	at Rutgers	C. Fla	at W. VA	Boston Coll.	-	Syracuse	at Pitt	at Temple	at Virginia	-	Miami
WEST VIRGINIA	-	at Boston Coll.	Ohio	at Maryland	Kent St.	-	VA Tech	at Notre Dame	-	(25th) at Miami	Rutgers	at Syracuse	Temple	Pitt	-

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