Sagarin Conference Rankings

[Gilbert09]

Sagarin ratings shows CUSA East behind the MAC, and just above the Sun Belt, while CUSA West falls in dead last. Not sure if I put much faith in this, but it seems our conference has gotten progressively weaker with the new entries. Sagarin ratings give more strength to the middle-of-the-conference pack to determine overall strength of the conference, and we're pretty weak when you eliminate Marshall, WKU, La Tech and Southern Miss.

Thoughts?

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2015/conference/

 

[Gilbert09]

For those who don't want to click the link:

CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS WIN50%

1 SEC-WEST (A) = 83.25 83.89 ( 1) 7 83.65 ( 1)
2 BIG 12 (A) = 79.29 78.58 ( 2) 10 79.24 ( 2)
3 PAC-12(SOUTH) (A) = 78.43 77.94 ( 3) 6 78.18 ( 3)
4 PAC-12(NORTH) (A) = 77.99 77.20 ( 4) 6 77.77 ( 4)
5 BIG TEN-EAST (A) = 76.06 76.12 ( 5) 7 76.13 ( 5)
6 ACC-COASTAL (A) = 75.87 76.05 ( 6) 7 75.99 ( 6)
7 SEC-EAST (A) = 75.57 76.04 ( 7) 7 75.90 ( 7)
8 BIG TEN-WEST (A) = 74.69 74.50 ( 9) 7 74.58 ( 9)
9 ACC-ATLANTIC (A) = 74.61 75.22 ( 8) 7 74.88 ( 8)
10 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 72.79 71.80 ( 10) 3 73.23 ( 10)
11 AAC WEST (A) = 68.45 67.93 ( 11) 6 68.20 ( 11)
12 AAC EAST (A) = 67.14 66.06 ( 12) 6 66.63 ( 12)
13 MWC-MOUNTAIN (A) = 64.88 64.11 ( 13) 6 64.56 ( 13)
14 MAC-WEST (A) = 64.27 62.73 ( 14) 6 63.94 ( 14)
15 MWC-WEST (A) = 59.00 59.15 ( 15) 6 59.00 ( 15)
16 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 58.57 57.62 ( 16) 10 58.43 ( 16)
17 MAC-EAST (A) = 56.89 57.51 ( 17) 7 56.91 ( 17)
18 CONFERENCE USA-EAST (A) = 56.64 56.97 ( 18) 7 56.79 ( 18)
19 SUN BELT (A) = 54.41 55.58 ( 19) 11 54.99 ( 19)
20 CONFERENCE USA-WEST (A) = 53.65 54.87 ( 20) 6 54.09 ( 20)
21 BIG SKY (AA)= 48.53 48.17 ( 21) 13 48.32 ( 21)
22 SOUTHERN (AA)= 46.60 45.08 ( 23) 9 46.41 ( 23)
23 COLONIAL (AA)= 46.37 46.63 ( 22) 12 46.52 ( 22)
24 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 45.06 44.96 ( 24) 9 44.99 ( 24)
25 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 44.68 44.52 ( 25) 8 44.60 ( 25)
26 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 41.25 40.98 ( 27) 11 41.27 ( 27)
27 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 41.13 42.50 ( 26) 7 41.87 ( 26)
28 PATRIOT (AA)= 39.68 39.17 ( 28) 7 39.40 ( 28)
29 NORTHEAST (AA)= 34.24 33.99 ( 29) 7 34.06 ( 29)
30 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 32.27 32.06 ( 30) 11 32.20 ( 30)
31 SWAC-WEST (AA)= 30.13 28.83 ( 31) 5 29.69 ( 31)
32 SWAC-EAST (AA)= 24.86 25.51 ( 32) 5 24.92 ( 32)
33 PIONEER (AA)= 24.56 23.48 ( 33) 11 24.31 ( 33)
34 ***UNRATED*** (**)= -91.00 -91.00 ( 34) 1 -91.00 ( 34)

 

[Marine03]

Of 128 teams in CFB CUSA can boast 7 are ranked in the bottom 30 by BR.COM which is half the entire conference.

128- Charlotte
126- UNT
117- UTSA
112- ODU
109- FAU
106- RICE
99- FIU

If CUSA brought them in on potential I sure hope they get their shit together quickly.

Top half are

74- MTSU
69- USM
59- Marshall
48- La Tech
40- WKU

 

[ARandomHerdFan]

It is what it is.

 

[Herdon2]

It's a trash conference.

 

[Marine03]

It's a trash conference.

True but it's nothing we can control. We just need to keep being the tallest midget of the conference and either A. The rest of the league catches up like the MAC did or B. We can get the fvck out at our first chance.

 

[Gilbert09]

I think we definitely need to get out. CUSA has made some poor decisions bringing in so many weak teams and watering down the talent. If the MAC is better than us now, then we actually made a downgrade that many years ago when we left, although it was the right decision at the time. I don't see the potential for these teams that CUSA apparently expects. I don't think Charlotte has the facilities to be a real competitor (they have the smallest stadium in all of FBS) and are going to have a hard time recruiting, FIU and FAU don't seem to be getting anywhere, the Texas teams (excluding Rice) haven't had much going for them.

How long are we going to try to keep bailing water from the sinking ship before we get on the lifeboat and jump conferences at the first opportunity?

 

[herdit44]

I think we definitely need to get out.

where we going?

 

[Gilbert09]

where we going?

I don't know. I don't think there's anything we can do for the foreseeable future, but I also don't see CUSA football getting much better any time soon either. If an opportunity arises though, I think it's something Hamrick needs to seriously consider, although our other sports (mainly basketball, but fingers crossed for D'antoni) may hold us back if we try to move up a conference.

I don't see a good solution here.

 

[TwolfHerdfan]

Pretty bad when a AA league is ahead of us. Still can't see why we let Charlotte in. It will take 5 years or more before they are close to decent.

 

[andy4theherd]

best thing we can do is win a minimum of 10 games every year. win the championship every couple of years and compete for the Access Bowl. we made a solid name for ourselves playing in conference that wasn't much better than this several years ago. yes, we had all hoped to be somewhere MUCH better by now but that's not happening...

Hamrick is doing a great job scheduling OOC. win those games and curb stomp this conference on a yearly basis. people will take notice...

 

[bbcard1]

At least some of the schools in CUSA have the ingredients to be successful. ODU and Charlotte in particular and the Florida schools to a lesser degree. Of course you can have all the ingredients in the world but if you can't cook the meal will still turn our lousy.

 

[beefcake0520]

Dang, I guess we judge this based on one bad year, right? Wasn't it just last year our conference was #2 just behind the MWC in the gang of 5 land?
I don't agree about Charlotte or ODU, those schools will develop and grow, plenty of support at both of them. UTSA, if memory serves me right had to choose between us and MWC, as they wanted them too. The florida schools, we should have picked FAU and left FIU out, hell FIU has been 1A for a little while and its obvious they are not making the investments needed to be successful, at least FAU has a nice new stadium. North Texas was kicking butt their first year in.

Point is, yeah its a bad year, but we are more top heavy this year too than years past. Its nothing but a cycle, going from one G5 conference to another doesn't make sense sometimes if you are posturing for a better rated conference, remember just last year the AAC was rated low, nothing will remain constant with G5 conferences.

The one thing that really kills us is the lack of attendance at most of the schools, and some make no sense.

 

[munotwvu342]

I would like to know who people would have brought in teams wise that " didn't water down " the conference ? Who couldve we invited that would've made us stronger when all the other teams left that would've joined the conference ?
IMO conference USA did all they could do in trying to invite and pick teams that have the potential to make an impact . I believe all the places have potential .
It makes me sick to hear people constantly berating the teams that has joined the conference and I say glad to have you when all the other teams bailed !
If we want to move up to another conference then keep winning and add "tougher" games for non conference and win them and support this team now then maybe one day we'll get an invite .
If these other teams catch up and start whipping our a$$ you better bet we'll be the butt of jokes of this conference .. GO HERD !

 

[Gilbert09]

Dang, I guess we judge this based on one bad year, right? Wasn't it just last year our conference was #2 just behind the MWC in the gang of 5 land?

To be fair, if I recall, wasn't that ranking based off of Bowl Game wins? That would give more points to the better performers in the conference and less to the middle of the pack, which just basically shows that the good ones in our conference are pretty good, and the bad ones are much worse. That also excluded Charlotte since they just joined this year.

 

[beefcake0520]

To be fair, if I recall, wasn't that ranking based off of Bowl Game wins? That would give more points to the better performers in the conference and less to the middle of the pack, which just basically shows that the good ones in our conference are pretty good, and the bad ones are much worse. That also excluded Charlotte since they just joined this year.

Yes and no, it was due to overall head to head match ups (bowl games included) with other G-5's but I don't remember if they gave extra points for beating P-5, but going to say no on that. Our bad still beat the AAC's bad last year, like UTSA dismantling Houston.

 

[herdftblfan]

I think we definitely need to get out. CUSA has made some poor decisions bringing in so many weak teams and watering down the talent. If the MAC is better than us now, then we actually made a downgrade that many years ago when we left, although it was the right decision at the time. I don't see the potential for these teams that CUSA apparently expects. I don't think Charlotte has the facilities to be a real competitor (they have the smallest stadium in all of FBS) and are going to have a hard time recruiting, FIU and FAU don't seem to be getting anywhere, the Texas teams (excluding Rice) haven't had much going for them.

How long are we going to try to keep bailing water from the sinking ship before we get on the lifeboat and jump conferences at the first opportunity?

Apparently you've never been to UNCC. Although their stadium is small, it is very nice and the rest of their campus blows ours out of the water.

 

[beefcake0520]

I would like to know who people would have brought in teams wise that " didn't water down " the conference ? Who couldve we invited that would've made us stronger when all the other teams left that would've joined the conference ?
IMO conference USA did all they could do in trying to invite and pick teams that have the potential to make an impact . I believe all the places have potential .
It makes me sick to hear people constantly berating the teams that has joined the conference and I say glad to have you when all the other teams bailed !
If we want to move up to another conference then keep winning and add "tougher" games for non conference and win them and support this team now then maybe one day we'll get an invite .
If these other teams catch up and start whipping our a$$ you better bet we'll be the butt of jokes of this conference .. GO HERD !

There was no one that would have made CUSA "better" but some could have kept the watering down to a minimum, the best addition with name etc that we took was LT. Arky State would have been a solid replacement, I would have had them in place of FIU. The other additions really aren't that bad, some are set up to progress nicely and some brought in were instantly up to level, like MTSU and WKY. Appy State and Georgia Southern, well the timing was just wrong with them and we already had two 1AA teams moving up, heck I was even in favor of adding South Alabama is UAB didn't fix their end. I don't know if it was possible, but a good MAC team that wasn't so inclined to be humble in the MAC would have been a good option, Toledo, NIU, Ohio or similar. Who even knows who in all the conference contacted.

In reference to what we lost vs. the replacements, really at the end of the day, all it is, is name recognition. How many people heard of Memphis or ECU etc. Alright now how many have heard of MTSU, FAU and such. Answer is a lot, and very few unless they are really football fans. Did we lose competition levels, in some cases, yes, in most, no. We faced this same thing in the MAC, no one knows those teams outside of a few, sounds familiar now doesn't it.

If those teams with big upsides become what we expect, I don't think we will get our butts handed to us just because. Winning over multiple seasons has a way of overcoming some of the things we do not have to offer that others do. Southern Miss is in no mans land similar to us, as it LT and WKY, I don't foresee someone knocking us down a rung. If that happens to us, then that is on us and not so much an attribute to the other teams. Pruett proved that when the other MAC teams had to catch up to us back in the day.

 

[beefcake0520]

Apparently you've never been to UNCC. Although their stadium is small, it is very nice and the rest of their campus blows ours out of the water.

Agree, their stadium is nice, even if small and when they expand it, watch out, they are ECU material in my opinion.

 

[The Real SamC]

This AGAIN?

We (CUSA) won the G5 rankings LAST YEAR.

I go to watch MARSHALL play. Not the team in white. Marshall plays in CUSA, and is going to play in CUSA for years to come. If you don't like that, run to Wal-Mart and root for you know what.

 

[Gilbert09]

Apparently you've never been to UNCC. Although their stadium is small, it is very nice and the rest of their campus blows ours out of the water.

I have not been to their stadium - didn't get to go this year because the wife is pregnant and didn't want to travel. Their new stadium only seats just over 15K though, so they'll need to invest more at some point if they want to grow the program. I hope you guys are right and they can grow into a quality competitor.

Now that I'm looking at it, CUSA has 4 of the smallest 7 stadiums. Charlotte < ODU < WKU < FIU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_stadiums

 

[Marine03]

Good to see you can't have a decent conversation around here without some Superfan ruining it.

 

[whf2]

As said before, any year that the Missouri Valley Conference is rated about our best division is a bad year. I tell my business clients that you can't deposit percentages, and I'll tell those who want to hear it that you can't spend "potential" either. Heck, the school I see with the most potential at the D1 level right now doesn't even have a football team; and if we waited for them to starte one and build a winning program that potential would drown us. That is what C-USA is doing, drowing us. We've got to win every game just to tread water. Why do you think a loss to MTSU feels so bad? We all know its because no one even knows who they are.
By the way, the school with the most D1 potential I see right now is in my back yard (almost literally), Northern Kentucky University. Switched from a community college to a college, then university in 1968, and now has over 16,000 students, a law school, informatics program, D1 basketball in the Horizen league, soccer stadium that blows our new one away, basketball and events arena that makes ours feel Obsolete (not just old), on campus baseball stadium with its own watering and drainage system, on campus softball facility. economic development intetragion completely with Northern Kentucky. Even with all of this, if they announced they were adding football in the Cincinnati suburbs I don't think they'd be a good addition to a conference we are in.

 

[Herd In the Plains]

I think we definitely need to get out. CUSA has made some poor decisions bringing in so many weak teams and watering down the talent. If the MAC is better than us now, then we actually made a downgrade that many years ago when we left, although it was the right decision at the time. I don't see the potential for these teams that CUSA apparently expects. I don't think Charlotte has the facilities to be a real competitor (they have the smallest stadium in all of FBS) and are going to have a hard time recruiting, FIU and FAU don't seem to be getting anywhere, the Texas teams (excluding Rice) haven't had much going for them.

How long are we going to try to keep bailing water from the sinking ship before we get on the lifeboat and jump conferences at the first opportunity?

Key word that is so often ignored in these conference debates-opportunity. That is why I don't get in the debate, it can't go anywhere because we have no opportunity to do so. Would be different if there was opportunity and it was not being pursued. No one on here knows what Mike's activity is in communicating with other conferences. He is not going to discuss it.

 

[ohio herd]

here we go again...... C-USA is a solid conference. Why is it if another G5 conference has a couple teams do well they are suddenly all world. We have several good teams right now and going forward I think we will be in good shape. If something comes along that helps us then maybe we look at it. For now why not enjoy the ride?

 

[oldeherd]

Good to see you can't have a decent conversation around here without some Superfan ruining it.

best thing we can do is win a minimum of 10 games every year. win the championship every couple of years and compete for the Access Bowl. we made a solid name for ourselves playing in conference that wasn't much better than this several years ago. yes, we had all hoped to be somewhere MUCH better by now but that's not happening...

Hamrick is doing a great job scheduling OOC. win those games and curb stomp this conference on a yearly basis. people will take notice...

Andy, you're right about best thing we can do but reality is getting that # of wins every year becomes more difficult since Hamrick has updated the OOC schedule. Next year, for example neither Louisville at home, and Pitt, there, will be easy. I saw Pitt v. Notre Dame in Heinz Field couple weeks ago and they are pretty darn good. Only have about 10-12 seniors, have a junior running back Connor, out for year due to injury who was arguably best back in ACC- - -if he returns next season, look out!! Now, with those kinds of games we had better NOT SLIP up against our so called watered down and weak, according to many, conference teams. MU if it wants to enhance its national stature, we just cannot have 1 and 2 bumbling, mental screw up type performances every season like we had at a so-so MAC team like OU and a barely .500 team like MTSU. Doc and staff (and team) just cannot have their annual collective "brain farts" against these types of teams, especially because the games just happen to be in Athens and Murfreesboro. Winning against mediocre or weaker foes on the road is essential. So don't bemoan these weaker conference foes, Charlotte, FIU, FAU (we've not lost to either Florida team so far), Old Dominion, etc. They do provide us with the wins necessary for us to get to 10+ wins a season.

Finally, for the FIU and FAU bashers, give this a thought: Having them on our schedule has been a BIG POSITIVE for Doc and staff when it comes to recruiting. Having the Herd in South Florida EVERY SEASON is something that $$$$$$ can't buy, when it comes to exposure for our program and our recruiting endeavors. Tell Doc you want to get rid of one, or both, the South Florida schools, and he's liable to put your butt in a submission hold so damn quick, like he did as a championship wrestler years ago!

 

[31Herd55]

CUSA went for the larger population areas, not established programs. It will take some serious recruiting and good coaching to bring the conference up-to-par.

We're not going to another conference any time soon... Nobody wants us.

 

[whf2]

I claim b s, doc world trade UCF and USF games for FIU and FAU in a minute.

 

[oldeherd]

I claim b s, doc world trade UCF and USF games for FIU and FAU in a minute.

Really, neither USF and UCF are in SOUTH FLORIDA/Miami area where Doc's recruiting roots are apparently the strongest!!!

 

[i am herdman]

CUSA is becoming weaker because the talent is watered down. Weaker teams moving up to IA football and there is another conference now, the AAC, that is taking talent(better talent). That is why our rankings are going down. Half of the teams in this league should be playing IAA ball and hoping for a winning season.

 

[bangtheherd]

CUSA is becoming weaker because the talent is watered down. Weaker teams moving up to IA football and there is another conference now, the AAC, that is taking talent(better talent). That is why our rankings are going down. Half of the teams in this league should be playing IAA ball and hoping for a winning season.

So what's the excuse for last year?

 

[TwentyTen]

Our goal every year should be to look like we don't belong in the conference. That's all we can do.

 

[andy4theherd]

So what's the excuse for last year?

everyone keeps saying this.

last year both East and West divisions finished behind the Missouri Valley Conference and MW Mountain. the West also finished behind the AAC and the Mac West...

combining East/West our Sagarin average was 61.23.

MW Mountain 66.80
Miss Valley 64.12
MAC West 61.61

 

[thunderstruckatthejoan]

Sammie... please tell us that ESPN controls these rankings.

 

[BleedsGreen33]

Week after week these same threads pop up about how we need out of here. Just how do those of your constantly harping about it propose we do that? There's been no invite.

Hamrick had built up our facilities and hited the right people in football that have gotten us a championship caliber and top25 team that has one of the best records in college football over the last 3 seasons and still no one has called us.

A lot of the factors other conferences look at we don't have. We don't have that many accomodations immediately close to the stadium, Huntington is not a destination city, we are not located in a fertile recruiting area other teams want to tap into, we din't orovide any arenas that are prime locations for conference tournaments, and we don't bring a bigger TV market than other schools already invited.

Face it we are in CUSA for a while.

Did you stip to think about this? Once the AAC, the conference so many of you are desperate to run to, calls on us it will be when and if they lose teams. At that point why bother? What would be the point? The whole reason you want to keave so badly is you're convinced(because of one season) that you need to be with those teams.

Once their gone then the whole reason you thought that cinference was better is gone too.

We can't just pick up are things and go. Someone has to ask us and they have not done so and according to Mike Hamrick just two weeks ago realignment is dine for at least another 5 years due to the GoR deals signed by some of the P5.

The most likely and most commonly discussed scenario left is the Big XII imploding and dispersing to the other. Texas and I believe Oklahoma do not want to expand just to have a championship game so no one from the AAC or MWC or Independent are getting calls.

All along with the 4 team playoff was to have 4 conferences with 16 teams. Contrary to what AAC member team fans believe they will not be asked to be a part of that so they won't need any replacement school anytime soon.

Just make the most out of our situation and enjoy your team winning instead of finding reasons to be miserable.

 

[i am herdman]

So what's the excuse for last year?

Quality of players was still left over from the old CUSA. Give it another 5 to 10 years in this league and you will see this is just the Sunbelt II with some glorified IAA teams that weren't all that good in IAA.

 

[i am herdman]

Week after week these same threads pop up about how we need out of here. Just how do those of your constantly harping about it propose we do that? There's been no invite.

Hamrick had built up our facilities and hited the right people in football that have gotten us a championship caliber and top25 team that has one of the best records in college football over the last 3 seasons and still no one has called us.

A lot of the factors other conferences look at we don't have. We don't have that many accomodations immediately close to the stadium, Huntington is not a destination city, we are not located in a fertile recruiting area other teams want to tap into, we din't orovide any arenas that are prime locations for conference tournaments, and we don't bring a bigger TV market than other schools already invited.

Face it we are in CUSA for a while.

Did you stip to think about this? Once the AAC, the conference so many of you are desperate to run to, calls on us it will be when and if they lose teams. At that point why bother? What would be the point? The whole reason you want to keave so badly is you're convinced(because of one season) that you need to be with those teams.

Once their gone then the whole reason you thought that cinference was better is gone too.

We can't just pick up are things and go. Someone has to ask us and they have not done so and according to Mike Hamrick just two weeks ago realignment is dine for at least another 5 years due to the GoR deals signed by some of the P5.

The most likely and most commonly discussed scenario left is the Big XII imploding and dispersing to the other. Texas and I believe Oklahoma do not want to expand just to have a championship game so no one from the AAC or MWC or Independent are getting calls.

All along with the 4 team playoff was to have 4 conferences with 16 teams. Contrary to what AAC member team fans believe they will not be asked to be a part of that so they won't need any replacement school anytime soon.

Just make the most out of our situation and enjoy your team winning instead of finding reasons to be miserable.

You either keep working your way up or you get stagnant. That will be the problem and like or not the AAC is a step up just as the original CUSA was a step up from the MAC.

MU can't remain a top program in the long run in this league. You eventually get sucked into the pit at some point.

 

[BleedsGreen33]

You either keep working your way up or you get stagnant. That will be the problem and like or not the AAC is a step up just as the original CUSA was a step up from the MAC.

MU can't remain a top program in the long run in this league. You eventually get sucked into the pit at some point.

Congratulations on missing the complete point of what I said.

1. Marshall has not and will not for the forseeable future be getting an invite to the AAC. We just cannot go.

2. When we do go it will be because thr AAC has had defections at which point it will not be as attractive and their media deal is voided.

I know you love to complain about how bad off we are but you need to start l9oking around and realize we're not as bad off as you like to make it.

You can come here week after week after week and make the same post about how we need to get out of here. Guess what your complaining and rehashing isn't doing nothing.

Who said anything about being stagnant? Nobody that's who.

You think Mike Hamrick isn't trying to position us to to get better and move to a better place if and when one is presented? If not your ignorant. But I forget you believe we're being fleeced.

Last season CUSA was the top G5 confern e. The year before that the MWC was. Now this year the AAC is. Notice something? It's not a static situation. It's fluid.

How long have you been watching college football? When if ever has Temple had sustained success? They haven't. Their HC will not be there much longer and several of their good players gone to graduation as well.

What about Memphis? Hmmm some success but never sustained. Their Hc is definitely gone after this season.

So let's not act like this is a year in and year out thing.

Like I said earlier it doesn't matter at all what your, mine, ir anyone else's opinion of which G5 conference is better. We can't go anywhere for a while so why make yourself miserable crying about it every single week.

Last year we were at the forefront of every single conversation involving the G5 but what did we lack? The correct conference? Nope. We didn't have a P5 win.

 

[Gilbert09]

Everyone keeps saying CUSA was top of the G5 last year. I just wanted to correct some misconceptions there. By some rankings we probably were first, but we're talking about Sagarin rankings here, and Sagarin rankings judge the whole conference, not just the leaders, and give more points to how the middle of the conference was. Last year, we were not the top conference by the rankings we're discussing - CUSA East was behind MWC-Mountain. CUSA West was behind both the MAC West and the AAC. So while yes, last year CUSA East did awesome, by these rankings CUSA East was 2nd and CUSA West was 5th.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2014/conference/

CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS WIN50%

1 SEC-WEST (A) = 88.75 88.95 ( 1) 7 88.88 ( 1)
2 PAC-12(SOUTH) (A) = 80.09 78.64 ( 3) 6 79.31 ( 3)
3 SEC-EAST (A) = 79.55 78.78 ( 2) 7 79.35 ( 2)
4 BIG 12 (A) = 76.22 76.60 ( 5) 10 76.32 ( 5)
5 BIG TEN-EAST (A) = 76.14 78.09 ( 4) 7 78.49 ( 4)
6 ACC-ATLANTIC (A) = 74.80 74.13 ( 8) 7 74.60 ( 7)
7 PAC-12(NORTH) (A) = 74.79 76.14 ( 6) 6 75.27 ( 6)
8 ACC-COASTAL (A) = 74.35 74.78 ( 7) 7 74.54 ( 8)
9 BIG TEN-WEST (A) = 73.09 73.11 ( 9) 7 73.10 ( 9)
10 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 68.49 67.79 ( 10) 4 68.43 ( 10)
11 MWC-MOUNTAIN (A) = 66.80 66.41 ( 11) 6 66.64 ( 11)
12 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 64.12 64.35 ( 12) 10 64.34 ( 12)
13 CONFERENCE USA-EAST (A) = 62.30 63.41 ( 13) 7 62.73 ( 13)
14 MAC-WEST (A) = 61.61 59.95 ( 16) 6 61.09 ( 14)
15 AMERICAN ATHLETIC (A) = 60.88 59.97 ( 15) 11 60.47 ( 16)
16 CONFERENCE USA-WEST (A) = 60.15 61.40 ( 14) 6 60.84 ( 15)
17 MWC-WEST (A) = 57.52 57.13 ( 17) 6 57.24 ( 17)
18 SUN BELT (A) = 55.95 55.78 ( 18) 11 55.89 ( 18)
19 MAC-EAST (A) = 53.09 52.90 ( 19) 7 52.91 ( 19)
20 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 52.56 52.56 ( 20) 6 52.57 ( 20)
21 SOUTHERN (AA)= 50.54 50.59 ( 21) 8 50.53 ( 21)
22 COLONIAL (AA)= 48.11 48.00 ( 22) 12 48.09 ( 22)
23 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 47.11 44.58 ( 27) 11 47.30 ( 23)
24 BIG SKY (AA)= 46.47 47.18 ( 23) 13 46.90 ( 24)
25 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 45.52 45.25 ( 24) 9 45.52 ( 25)
26 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 44.63 44.63 ( 26) 1 44.63 ( 27)
27 PATRIOT (AA)= 44.45 44.97 ( 25) 7 44.67 ( 26)
28 NORTHEAST (AA)= 42.68 41.12 ( 28) 7 42.21 ( 28)
29 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 39.84 39.55 ( 29) 8 39.84 ( 29)
30 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 36.13 35.33 ( 30) 11 35.99 ( 30)
31 SWAC-WEST (AA)= 32.11 31.32 ( 32) 5 31.55 ( 32)
32 SWAC-EAST (AA)= 31.59 32.23 ( 31) 5 31.78 ( 31)
33 PIONEER (AA)= 24.27 24.76 ( 33) 11 24.55 ( 33)
34 ***UNRATED*** (__)= -90.00 -90.00 ( 34) 1 -90.00 ( 34)

 

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Any rating system that rates a take your pick of 1AA conference higher than a 1A automatically loses credibility in my mind. How on earth could that even be? they don't play a 1A schedule, its bunk.

Not that it matters but CUSA wasn't the top G5 last year, MWC was due to Boise, we came in a close second.