Post by AztecWilliam on Aug 20, 2009 15:59:04 GMT -8
We've talked about this many, many times. In this case my take is based on a pre-season poll predicting where among all the 120 FBS members the schools from the three conferences mentioned in the thread title might finish in 2009.
The predictions for all 120 FBS schools, which were published by SI.com, follow my comments.
There are a variety of ways one can evaluate these predictions.
Average predicted ranking:
ACC: 42
Big East: 54
MWC: 52
By that criterion, the ACC appears clearly the leader, with the other two conferences about even.
Highly rated teams:
ACC: 1 in the Top 10, Big East & MWC= None
Ranked 11 through 25:
ACC: 3 Big East 0: MWC 3
The MWC looks good by this measure.
Ranked 26 through 75:
ACC: 6 Big East 6 MWC 2
Here is where the MWC falls down, and as a result . . .
Ranked 76 through 120 :
ACC: 2 Big East: 2 MWC: 4
. . . including 3 MWC teams ranked above #100. Not good! S.D.S.U., Wyoming, and New Mexico need to beef up so that the high ranking of Utah, BYU, and Utah is not canceled out by our bottom dwellers.
On the positive side, the MWC seems not too far from passing the Big East.
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ACC
VA Tech 5
GA Tech 12
FLA St 16
N Carol 20
NC State 32
Miami 36
Clemson 43
Wake For 49
Maryland 67
Boston Col 71
VA 76
Duke 78
Big East
Rutgers 27
W VA 28
Pitts 30
Cincin 39
So FLA 41
UConn 64
Louisville 83
Syracuse 96
MWC
TCU 17
Utah 19
BYU 22
UNLV 54
AFA 68
CSU 77
Wyo 104
SDSU 108
New Mex 111
AzWm
The predictions for all 120 FBS schools, which were published by SI.com, follow my comments.
There are a variety of ways one can evaluate these predictions.
Average predicted ranking:
ACC: 42
Big East: 54
MWC: 52
By that criterion, the ACC appears clearly the leader, with the other two conferences about even.
Highly rated teams:
ACC: 1 in the Top 10, Big East & MWC= None
Ranked 11 through 25:
ACC: 3 Big East 0: MWC 3
The MWC looks good by this measure.
Ranked 26 through 75:
ACC: 6 Big East 6 MWC 2
Here is where the MWC falls down, and as a result . . .
Ranked 76 through 120 :
ACC: 2 Big East: 2 MWC: 4
. . . including 3 MWC teams ranked above #100. Not good! S.D.S.U., Wyoming, and New Mexico need to beef up so that the high ranking of Utah, BYU, and Utah is not canceled out by our bottom dwellers.
On the positive side, the MWC seems not too far from passing the Big East.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
ACC
VA Tech 5
GA Tech 12
FLA St 16
N Carol 20
NC State 32
Miami 36
Clemson 43
Wake For 49
Maryland 67
Boston Col 71
VA 76
Duke 78
Big East
Rutgers 27
W VA 28
Pitts 30
Cincin 39
So FLA 41
UConn 64
Louisville 83
Syracuse 96
MWC
TCU 17
Utah 19
BYU 22
UNLV 54
AFA 68
CSU 77
Wyo 104
SDSU 108
New Mex 111
AzWm