Posted on a different thread, but thought this would provide good ammo to combat the uniformed narrative being posited by ESPN and others:
FootballOutsiders.com F+ composite ratings (one of the best for analytics):
Teams in the:
Top 10:
SEC: 3
B1G: 4
ACC: 1
Pac 12: 2
Big 12: 0
Top 25:
SEC: 5
B1G: 5
ACC: 6
Pac 12: 3
Big 12: 2
Top 35:
SEC: 6
B1G: 5
ACC: 7
Pac 12: 4
Big 12: 3
Top 50:
SEC: 7
B1G: 8
ACC: 9
Pac 12: 6
Big 12: 4
First outside top-50:
SEC: Arkansas #55
B1G: Indiana #61
ACC: Duke #70
Pac 12: UCLA #57
Big 12: Kansas State #53; Texas #54
Consider that half of the ACC is ranked in the top-35 of these rankings, and 9 teams are in the top-50. Also consider that if Penn State loses this week, they will fall out of the top-10 and be replaced by Louisville. Also figure that Colorado will fall out, and be replaced with Louisville. Interestingly, Pitt has been ranked in the top-25 almost all season in these ratings (and Vegas rankings).
Also note that the ACC has more teams in the Top 25, than the B1G and SEC have in the top-35, and as many teams as the SEC has in the top-50.
BTW, if you consider these rankings, the B1G West is arguably the worst conference division among Power 5 conferences (as it is every year), while the ACC Coastal is one of the best. Iowa's schedule and post-season performance from last year was an embarrassing result of ESPN and AP pollsters drumming a typical narrative. When Wisconsin is smoked in its bowl by either USC or Auburn, it'll be on full display again.
FootballOutsiders.com F+ composite ratings (one of the best for analytics):
Teams in the:
Top 10:
SEC: 3
B1G: 4
ACC: 1
Pac 12: 2
Big 12: 0
Top 25:
SEC: 5
B1G: 5
ACC: 6
Pac 12: 3
Big 12: 2
Top 35:
SEC: 6
B1G: 5
ACC: 7
Pac 12: 4
Big 12: 3
Top 50:
SEC: 7
B1G: 8
ACC: 9
Pac 12: 6
Big 12: 4
First outside top-50:
SEC: Arkansas #55
B1G: Indiana #61
ACC: Duke #70
Pac 12: UCLA #57
Big 12: Kansas State #53; Texas #54
Consider that half of the ACC is ranked in the top-35 of these rankings, and 9 teams are in the top-50. Also consider that if Penn State loses this week, they will fall out of the top-10 and be replaced by Louisville. Also figure that Colorado will fall out, and be replaced with Louisville. Interestingly, Pitt has been ranked in the top-25 almost all season in these ratings (and Vegas rankings).
Also note that the ACC has more teams in the Top 25, than the B1G and SEC have in the top-35, and as many teams as the SEC has in the top-50.
BTW, if you consider these rankings, the B1G West is arguably the worst conference division among Power 5 conferences (as it is every year), while the ACC Coastal is one of the best. Iowa's schedule and post-season performance from last year was an embarrassing result of ESPN and AP pollsters drumming a typical narrative. When Wisconsin is smoked in its bowl by either USC or Auburn, it'll be on full display again.
