Conferences

Settle it with math

Strength is 100 minus a team's yards to the end zone on the Field Board. Top is the best 4 teams, Depth the worst 4, Overall everyone.

10 · Strength
  1. 1

    SEC

    Power 4 · 16 teams · Top-heavy

    Georgia · #2 · 6 ydsAlabama · #7 · 10 ydsTexas · #8 · 10 ydsOle Miss · #11 · 13 ydsFlorida · #12 · 17 ydsLSU · #15 · 20 ydsKentucky · #17 · 24 ydsTennessee · #21 · 27 ydsMissouri · #34 · 36 ydsMississippi State · #41 · 40 ydsSouth Carolina · #63 · 55 ydsAuburn · #67 · 57 ydsOklahoma · #94 · 66 ydsTexas A&M · #96 · 66 ydsVanderbilt · #97 · 66 ydsArkansas · #118 · 83 yds
    Top
    90.3
    Depth
    29.8
    Overall
    62.8
  2. 2

    Big Ten

    Power 4 · 18 teams · Top-heavy

    Indiana · #3 · 6 ydsOhio State · #4 · 7 ydsNorthwestern · #13 · 20 ydsUSC · #14 · 20 ydsOregon · #16 · 22 ydsUCLA · #18 · 24 ydsIowa · #20 · 27 ydsNebraska · #24 · 29 ydsWisconsin · #27 · 29 ydsMichigan · #33 · 36 ydsWashington · #36 · 36 ydsIllinois · #47 · 46 ydsMinnesota · #49 · 46 ydsPenn State · #70 · 57 ydsMichigan State · #92 · 66 ydsMaryland · #100 · 75 ydsPurdue · #119 · 83 ydsRutgers · #120 · 83 yds
    Top
    86.8
    Depth
    23.3
    Overall
    60.4
  3. 3

    Big 12

    Power 4 · 16 teams · Top-heavy

    BYU · #5 · 8 ydsUtah · #9 · 11 ydsTexas Tech · #19 · 24 ydsCincinnati · #23 · 27 ydsArizona · #28 · 29 ydsOklahoma State · #30 · 31 ydsHouston · #31 · 31 ydsWest Virginia · #42 · 43 ydsBaylor · #43 · 45 ydsUCF · #59 · 52 ydsArizona State · #73 · 59 ydsIowa State · #74 · 59 ydsTCU · #75 · 59 ydsKansas State · #78 · 65 ydsColorado · #112 · 79 ydsKansas · #121 · 90 yds
    Top
    82.5
    Depth
    26.8
    Overall
    55.5
  4. 4

    ACC

    Power 4 · 17 teams · Balanced

    Miami · #6 · 9 ydsWake Forest · #22 · 27 ydsPittsburgh · #25 · 29 ydsVirginia Tech · #26 · 29 ydsSMU · #29 · 30 ydsLouisville · #37 · 36 ydsDuke · #38 · 37 ydsNorth Carolina · #44 · 45 ydsClemson · #51 · 47 ydsFlorida State · #65 · 56 ydsVirginia · #72 · 57 ydsBoston College · #80 · 66 ydsNC State · #93 · 66 ydsStanford · #95 · 66 ydsCalifornia · #98 · 75 ydsGeorgia Tech · #99 · 75 ydsSyracuse · #102 · 75 yds
    Top
    76.5
    Depth
    27.3
    Overall
    51.5
  5. 5

    Pac-12

    Group of 5 · 8 teams · Deep

    Boise State · #10 · 13 ydsOregon State · #35 · 36 ydsFresno State · #61 · 55 ydsTexas State · #64 · 55 ydsColorado State · #68 · 57 ydsWashington State · #103 · 75 ydsSan Diego State · #109 · 77 ydsUtah State · #111 · 77 yds
    Top
    60.3
    Depth
    28.5
    Overall
    44.4
  6. 6

    American

    Group of 5 · 14 teams · Balanced

    UTSA · #40 · 37 ydsArmy · #45 · 46 ydsFlorida Atlantic · #46 · 46 ydsMemphis · #48 · 46 ydsSouth Florida · #50 · 46 ydsNorth Texas · #62 · 55 ydsTulane · #71 · 57 ydsEast Carolina · #81 · 66 ydsTulsa · #87 · 66 ydsUAB · #88 · 66 ydsNavy · #101 · 75 ydsCharlotte · #125 · 90 ydsRice · #132 · 90 ydsTemple · #135 · 90 yds
    Top
    56.3
    Depth
    13.8
    Overall
    37.4
  7. 7

    MAC

    Group of 5 · 13 teams · Balanced

    Buffalo · #52 · 50 ydsMiami (OH) · #56 · 50 ydsToledo · #57 · 50 ydsWestern Michigan · #58 · 50 ydsBall State · #76 · 61 ydsOhio · #77 · 61 ydsEastern Michigan · #82 · 66 ydsMassachusetts · #84 · 66 ydsKent State · #114 · 79 ydsAkron · #122 · 90 ydsBowling Green · #123 · 90 ydsCentral Michigan · #124 · 90 ydsSacramento State · #133 · 90 yds
    Top
    50
    Depth
    10
    Overall
    31.3
  8. 8

    Sun Belt

    Group of 5 · 14 teams · Balanced

    James Madison · #32 · 36 ydsLouisiana Tech · #55 · 50 ydsApp State · #66 · 57 ydsLouisiana · #69 · 57 ydsArkansas State · #79 · 66 ydsGeorgia State · #83 · 66 ydsSouth Alabama · #86 · 66 ydsCoastal Carolina · #104 · 77 ydsGeorgia Southern · #106 · 77 ydsMarshall · #107 · 77 ydsTroy · #110 · 77 ydsOld Dominion · #131 · 90 ydsSouthern Miss · #134 · 90 ydsUL Monroe · #136 · 90 yds
    Top
    50
    Depth
    13.3
    Overall
    30.3
  9. 9

    Mountain West

    Group of 5 · 9 teams · Deep

    New Mexico · #39 · 37 ydsAir Force · #60 · 55 ydsSan José State · #85 · 66 ydsUNLV · #90 · 66 ydsWyoming · #91 · 66 ydsHawai'i · #126 · 90 ydsNevada · #128 · 90 ydsNorthern Illinois · #130 · 90 ydsUTEP · #137 · 90 yds
    Top
    44
    Depth
    10
    Overall
    27.8
  10. 10

    Conference USA

    Group of 5 · 10 teams · Deep

    Jacksonville State · #53 · 50 ydsLiberty · #54 · 50 ydsDelaware · #105 · 77 ydsMiddle Tennessee · #108 · 77 ydsFlorida International · #113 · 79 ydsMissouri State · #115 · 79 ydsSam Houston · #116 · 79 ydsWestern Kentucky · #117 · 79 ydsKennesaw State · #127 · 90 ydsNew Mexico State · #129 · 90 yds
    Top
    36.5
    Depth
    15.5
    Overall
    25

Yellow bar = top 4 average · grey bar = bottom 4 average · dots = teams, stronger to the right · top-heavy and deep are measured against the other leagues

20 · On the field

League vs. league, this season

The board is opinion. This is results: straight-up records when two leagues met. Read across: the row league's wins and losses against the column league. 96games so far. Notre Dame's games stay out; it has no league to credit.

vs.SECBig TenBig 12ACCG5Total
SEC—2-13-15-018-028-2
Big Ten1-2—2-11-425-029-7
Big 121-31-2—2-118-122-7
ACC0-54-11-2—10-115-9
G50-180-251-181-10—2-71

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