No, no, not any kind of preseason 2007 snub to get fans in a late-summer tizzy.

Just an update on those ESPN.com 1-119 rankings we told you about the other day: USF checks in at No. 58 over the past decade. It's completely subjective, of course, but that's about where I thought the Bulls would fall, right in the middle of the pack, graduating in the top 50 percent of the class, if you will. The writeup calls USF "one of those surging programs" and adds that if they did the list again in two years, the Bulls might be 20 spots higher.

Ranking 58th puts them fourth among Big East schools, just behind Pittsburgh but ahead of Syracuse (63), Cincinnati (69), Rutgers (70) and Connecticut (77). And UCF (78), for that matter -- looks like Southern Miss and Marshall will both be in the top 50, though as the only Conference USA schools ranked in the top 70.

-- One recruiting update: As expected, defensive back Charlton "Cha-Cha" Sinclair of Jacksonville Mandarin has been academically cleared by the NCAA and will report with the rest of USF's football team on August 4. Sinclair, one of the most highly touted members of USF's incoming class, is a candidate to play this fall as a true freshman, much like safety Nate Allen did last year.