US News Rankings and Endowments of Non Power Conference Schools

[TherapyBull]

While we are looking at which schools might be viable candidates to make the jump into a "power conference". I thought it would be interesting to put forth some academic, endowment, and estimated number of football fans data in order to compare the left out schools.

Looking at these comparable it is clear that UCONN and BYU are great candidates, both have high rankings and an estimated large number of fans.

While anything goes in conference realignment it is hard to see how a conference such as the PAC 12 would allow a Boise State entrance when it is not even considered a National University, in fact it is only ranked 66 in the regional university categories.

Of these select 16 "Left Out" Schools USF has. The 9th Best US News Ranking, The 6th largest endowment, and the 3rd largest estimated number of football fans.

None of the left out schools are Members of the AAU

US News Ranking

Previous AQ Big East Schools

UCONN (63)

Cincinnati (139)

Louisville (160)

USF (170)

New Big East Schools

SMU (58)

Temple (125)

San Diego State (165)

UCF (174)

Houston (184)

Memphis (Not Published)

Boise State (Regional School)

Other Select Schools

BYU (68)

Colorado State (134)

Nevada (189)

ECU (199)

Southern Miss (Not Published)

Endowments From US News

SMU (1.19 Billion)

Cincinnati (1.02 Billion)

BYU (920 Million)

Louisville (769 Million)

Houston (559 Million)

USF (327 Million)

UCONN (306 Million)

Temple (280 Million)

Colorado State (234 Million)

Nevada (228 Million)

Memphis (197 Million)

San Diego State (142 Million)

ECU (130 Million)

UCF (125 Million)

Boise State (75 Million)

Southern Miss (Not Published)

New York Times Blog Estimate of Number of Football Fans Rank

BYU (43)

UCONN (47)

USF (53)

UCF (55)

Boise State (57)

Southern Miss (66)

ECU (68)

Cincinnati (70)

Louisville (73)

San Diego State (77)

Memphis (80)

Temple (81)

Colorado State (87)

Nevada (90)

SMU (97)

Houston (112)

[TherapyBull]

Here is the data from the schools that recently got "Promoted"

Pittsburgh (58) (2.6 Billion) Fan Rank 37, AAU Member

Syracuse (58) (913 Million) Fan Rank 39, Voluntary Withdrew from AAU

Maryland (58) (417 Million) Fan Rank 58, AAU Member

Rutgers (68) (700 Million) Fan Rank 32, AAU Member

West Virginia (165) (365 Million) Fan Rank 29

[Bullrush33]

While we are looking at which schools might be viable candidates to make the jump into a "power conference". I thought it would be interesting to put forth some academic, endowment, and estimated number of football fans data in order to compare the left out schools.

Looking at these comparable it is clear that UCONN and BYU are great candidates, both have high rankings and an estimated large number of fans.

While anything goes in conference realignment it is hard to see how a conference such as the PAC 12 would allow a Boise State entrance when it is not even considered a National University, in fact it is only ranked 66 in the regional university categories.

Of these select 16 "Left Out" Schools USF has. The 9th Best US News Ranking, The 6th largest endowment, and the 3rd largest estimated number of football fans.

None of the left out schools are Members of the AAU

US News Ranking

Previous AQ Big East Schools

UCONN (63)

Cincinnati (139)

Louisville (160)

USF (170)

New Big East Schools

SMU (58)

Temple (125)

San Diego State (165)

UCF (174)

Houston (184)

Memphis (Not Published)

Boise State (Regional School)

Other Select Schools

BYU (68)

Colorado State (134)

Nevada (189)

ECU (199)

Southern Miss (Not Published)

Endowments From US News

SMU (1.19 Billion)

Cincinnati (1.02 Billion)

BYU (920 Million)

Louisville (769 Million)

Houston (559 Million)

USF (327 Million)

UCONN (306 Million)

Temple (280 Million)

Colorado State (234 Million)

Nevada (228 Million)

Memphis (197 Million)

San Diego State (142 Million)

ECU (130 Million)

UCF (125 Million)

Boise State (75 Million)

Southern Miss (Not Published)

New York Times Blog Estimate of Number of Football Fans Rank

BYU (43)

UCONN (47)

USF (53)

UCF (55)

Boise State (57)

Southern Miss (66)

ECU (68)

Cincinnati (70)

Louisville (73)

San Diego State (77)

Memphis (80)

Temple (81)

Colorado State (87)

Nevada (90)

SMU (97)

Houston (112)

Our endowment is now over $400 million so this is old data.

[hightechbull]

Considering how much we stink right now, how no other conference wants us, and that our fans are pretty angry, we are not "well endowed" at all.

[FatDaddyBull]

You know if we're the 14th media market with the 53rd amount of fans, call me crazy, but I don't see how we're being left out. Seems we have a strong base already and given our market size, can grow more with bigger games/exposure. But that's just my thinking...