2012 Big East Football Standings: Temple fourth in Big East after Pitt loss

The Temple Owls are fourth in the Big East standings after losing, 47-17, to the Pittsburgh Panthers on the road this week. Temple is one game behind the third-place Syracuse Orange.

The 7-1 Rutgers Scarlet Knights and 8-0 Louisville Cardinals are the frontrunners at this point in the Big East with Rutgers having a slight advantage because of its 4-0 conference record compared to Louisville's 3-0 Big East mark thus far. Rutgers and Louisville are the only Big East teams to become bowl eligible so far.

The Cincinnati Bearcats, just behind Temple in fifth place, are the nearest team to gaining bowl eligibility. The Bearcats are only 1-1 thus far in conference play, but are 5-2 on the season.

Full Big East standings are listed below with each team's conference record, followed by overall record, listed in parentheses.

Big East Football Standings

1) Rutgers (4-0, 7-1)
2) Louisville (3-0, 8-0)
3) Syracuse (3-1, 4-4)
4) Temple (2-2, 3-4)
5) Cincinnati (1-1, 5-2)
6) Pittsburgh (1-3, 4-4)
7) Connecticut (0-3, 3-5)
8) South Florida (0-4, 2-6)