dav713
Hall of Fame
I decided to do a quantitative analysis of the overall strength of the 5 major (Football) conferences. I took the top two teams ranking from each sport used, threw out the lowest ranking, and then added up their total to come up that conferences "Total Points". I also ranked the conferences 1 to 5 to come up with a relative rank for each sport. I then added up all of the relative ranks for each sport to come up with the conferences "Total Relative Rank"
I used the following sports
Football
Soccer (m)
Soccer (w)
Volleyball (w)
Basketball (m)
Basketball (w)
Baseball
Softball
Outdoor Track (m)
Outdoor Track (w)
And here are the outcomes
Total Points
1. SEC (112)
2. Pac-10 (124)
3. ACC (146)
4. Big Ten (186)
5. Big-12 (200)
Total Relative Rank:
1. SEC (22.5)
2. Pac-10 (27)
3. ACC (28.5)
4. Big Ten (32.5)
5. Big-12 (35.5)
Relative Ranks:
Football
1. Big Ten
2.5. SEC
2.5. Pac-10
4. Big-12
5. ACC
Soccer (m)
1. ACC
2. Big Ten
3. Pac-10
4.5 SEC
4.5 Big-12
Soccer (w)
1. ACC
2. Big Ten
3.5. SEC
3.5. Big-12
5. Pac-10
Volleyball (w)
1. Pac-10
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. Big-12
5. ACC
Basketball (m)
1. SEC
2. Pac-10
3. ACC
4. Big Ten
5. Big-12
Basketball (w)
1. ACC
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. Big-12
5. Pac-10
Baseball
1. ACC
2. Big-12
3. SEC
4. Pac-10
5. Big Ten
Softball
1. Big-12
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. Pac-10
5. ACC
Outdoor Track (m)
1. SEC
2.5. ACC
2.5. Pac-10
4.5. Big Ten
4.5. Big-12
Outdoor Track (w)
1. SEC
2. Pac-10
3. Big-12
4. ACC
5. Big Ten
I used the following sports
Football
Soccer (m)
Soccer (w)
Volleyball (w)
Basketball (m)
Basketball (w)
Baseball
Softball
Outdoor Track (m)
Outdoor Track (w)
And here are the outcomes
Total Points
1. SEC (112)
2. Pac-10 (124)
3. ACC (146)
4. Big Ten (186)
5. Big-12 (200)
Total Relative Rank:
1. SEC (22.5)
2. Pac-10 (27)
3. ACC (28.5)
4. Big Ten (32.5)
5. Big-12 (35.5)
Relative Ranks:
Football
1. Big Ten
2.5. SEC
2.5. Pac-10
4. Big-12
5. ACC
Soccer (m)
1. ACC
2. Big Ten
3. Pac-10
4.5 SEC
4.5 Big-12
Soccer (w)
1. ACC
2. Big Ten
3.5. SEC
3.5. Big-12
5. Pac-10
Volleyball (w)
1. Pac-10
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. Big-12
5. ACC
Basketball (m)
1. SEC
2. Pac-10
3. ACC
4. Big Ten
5. Big-12
Basketball (w)
1. ACC
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. Big-12
5. Pac-10
Baseball
1. ACC
2. Big-12
3. SEC
4. Pac-10
5. Big Ten
Softball
1. Big-12
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. Pac-10
5. ACC
Outdoor Track (m)
1. SEC
2.5. ACC
2.5. Pac-10
4.5. Big Ten
4.5. Big-12
Outdoor Track (w)
1. SEC
2. Pac-10
3. Big-12
4. ACC
5. Big Ten