Now that the season is winding down and more inter-conference games being played in the bowls, these stats become very interesting. Once again, the AAC is right behind the B12 by only 1.5 points. The same difference the Big10 is behind the SEC. More interesting is that the AAC is 4 points ahead of the next G5 conference (Mountain West). And that is after Houston dropped that game to Fresno.
Also to keep in mind, the B12 has playoff team Oklahoma. If you take Oklahoma and put them in the AAC, then the conference order is flipped. This is also the case where Cincy is down unusually low, along with East Carolina. Cincy has a great recruiting class this year and their play improved as the season wore on. I look for them to be a force we will need to be dealt with in the future.
Here is the link for those interested: http://www.realtimerpi.com/college_football/ncaaf_conf_Men.html