Sagarin Conference Rankings.....10-23-07

[TyBull]

CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS

1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 80.83 80.62 ( 1) 12

2 BIG EAST (A) = 79.20 78.60 ( 2) 8

3 PAC-10 (A) = 78.21 77.77 ( 3) 10

4 BIG 12 (A) = 78.20 77.43 ( 4) 12

5 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.34 77.10 ( 5) 12

6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.36 75.40 ( 6) 11

7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 69.09 68.72 ( 7) 9

8 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 65.12 65.42 ( 8) 4

9 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 62.51 62.66 ( 9) 9

10 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 61.02 60.97 ( 10) 13

11 SOUTHERN  (AA)= 58.85 58.48 ( 12) 8

12 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 58.69 58.90 ( 11) 12

13 COLONIAL (AA)= 56.81 55.93 ( 14) 12

14 GATEWAY (AA)= 56.29 54.85 ( 15) 7

15 SUN BELT (A) = 56.27 56.51 ( 13) 8

16 GREAT WEST (AA)= 52.83 54.08 ( 16) 5

17 BIG SKY (AA)= 45.33 45.23 ( 18) 9

18 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 45.01 45.46 ( 17) 8

19 PATRIOT LEAGUE (AA)= 44.35 43.76 ( 20) 7

20 SOUTHWESTERN (AA)= 43.21 42.92 ( 21) 10

21 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 43.08 44.01 ( 19) 8

22 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 40.94 40.72 ( 22) 10

23 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 38.90 38.90 ( 24) 5

24 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 38.24 39.13 ( 23) 10

25 PIONEER (AA)= 34.24 34.35 ( 25) 8

26 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 30.14 29.26 ( 27) 4

27 NORTHEAST (AA)= 29.48 29.56 ( 26) 7

28 METRO ATLANTIC (AA)= 18.32 17.88 ( 28) 4

29 ***UNRATED*** (**)= -90.00 -90.00 ( 29) 1

[Bullhonkey]

Six of the eight Big East teams (no Pitt or Syracuse) have been ranked in the top 25 this year.  That's impressive and I wonder how that compare to the other BCS conferences.