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.

The board is still seeded from the AP poll and records, so these numbers are too. They start meaning something once the desk votes.

10 · Strength
  1. 1

    SEC

    Power 4 · 16 teams · Top-heavy

    Texas · #1 · 0 ydsGeorgia · #2 · 1 ydsOle Miss · #4 · 4 ydsAlabama · #8 · 9 ydsLSU · #10 · 12 ydsTennessee · #14 · 17 ydsMissouri · #19 · 23 ydsFlorida · #21 · 26 ydsTexas A&M · #23 · 29 ydsMississippi State · #24 · 30 ydsAuburn · #39 · 49 ydsKentucky · #40 · 49 ydsVanderbilt · #41 · 49 ydsSouth Carolina · #45 · 52 ydsOklahoma · #65 · 63 ydsArkansas · #87 · 74 yds
    Top
    96.5
    Depth
    40.5
    Overall
    69.6
  2. 2

    Big Ten

    Power 4 · 18 teams · Top-heavy

    Indiana · #5 · 5 ydsOhio State · #7 · 8 ydsUSC · #12 · 14 ydsPenn State · #13 · 16 ydsIowa · #17 · 21 ydsMichigan · #18 · 22 ydsOregon · #20 · 25 ydsNebraska · #28 · 33 ydsUCLA · #30 · 33 ydsWashington · #34 · 35 ydsWisconsin · #38 · 48 ydsMinnesota · #48 · 53 ydsNorthwestern · #50 · 53 ydsIllinois · #61 · 63 ydsMaryland · #62 · 63 ydsMichigan State · #63 · 63 ydsRutgers · #106 · 77 ydsPurdue · #107 · 78 yds
    Top
    89.3
    Depth
    29.8
    Overall
    60.6
  3. 3

    Big 12

    Power 4 · 16 teams · Top-heavy

    BYU · #9 · 10 ydsTexas Tech · #11 · 13 ydsUtah · #15 · 18 ydsHouston · #25 · 31 ydsKansas State · #27 · 33 ydsCincinnati · #32 · 34 ydsWest Virginia · #33 · 34 ydsUCF · #35 · 47 ydsBaylor · #37 · 48 ydsArizona · #46 · 53 ydsArizona State · #47 · 53 ydsOklahoma State · #51 · 53 ydsIowa State · #57 · 62 ydsTCU · #58 · 62 ydsColorado · #68 · 64 ydsKansas · #85 · 72 yds
    Top
    82
    Depth
    35
    Overall
    57.1
  4. 4

    ACC

    Power 4 · 17 teams · Top-heavy

    Miami · #6 · 7 ydsLouisville · #16 · 20 ydsSMU · #22 · 27 ydsDuke · #26 · 33 ydsPittsburgh · #29 · 33 ydsVirginia Tech · #31 · 33 ydsVirginia · #36 · 47 ydsWake Forest · #42 · 49 ydsClemson · #43 · 50 ydsNorth Carolina · #54 · 54 ydsCalifornia · #59 · 63 ydsFlorida State · #60 · 63 ydsBoston College · #67 · 64 ydsNC State · #82 · 71 ydsSyracuse · #83 · 71 ydsGeorgia Tech · #84 · 72 ydsStanford · #88 · 74 yds
    Top
    78.3
    Depth
    28
    Overall
    51.1
  5. 5

    American

    Group of 5 · 14 teams · Balanced

    South Florida · #55 · 54 ydsTulsa · #56 · 54 ydsMemphis · #72 · 64 ydsUTSA · #74 · 65 ydsArmy · #76 · 67 ydsFlorida Atlantic · #81 · 69 ydsEast Carolina · #92 · 75 ydsUAB · #100 · 75 ydsNavy · #110 · 81 ydsNorth Texas · #116 · 82 ydsRice · #117 · 82 ydsTulane · #119 · 82 ydsTemple · #127 · 85 ydsCharlotte · #133 · 96 yds
    Top
    40.8
    Depth
    13.8
    Overall
    26.4
  6. 6

    Sun Belt

    Group of 5 · 14 teams · Balanced

    James Madison · #44 · 52 ydsApp State · #52 · 54 ydsGeorgia State · #69 · 64 ydsLouisiana · #71 · 64 ydsMarshall · #75 · 66 ydsTroy · #79 · 68 ydsSouth Alabama · #98 · 75 ydsLouisiana Tech · #109 · 81 ydsArkansas State · #113 · 82 ydsSouthern Miss · #118 · 82 ydsCoastal Carolina · #122 · 85 ydsGeorgia Southern · #123 · 85 ydsOld Dominion · #130 · 86 ydsUL Monroe · #134 · 96 yds
    Top
    41.5
    Depth
    12
    Overall
    25.7
  7. 7

    Mountain West

    Group of 5 · 10 teams · Deep

    North Dakota State · #49 · 53 ydsNew Mexico · #64 · 63 ydsAir Force · #86 · 74 ydsSan José State · #97 · 75 ydsUNLV · #101 · 75 ydsWyoming · #103 · 75 ydsNevada · #111 · 81 ydsUTEP · #121 · 83 ydsHawai'i · #129 · 86 ydsNorthern Illinois · #137 · 97 yds
    Top
    33.8
    Depth
    13.3
    Overall
    23.8
  8. 8

    MAC

    Group of 5 · 13 teams · Balanced

    Massachusetts · #53 · 54 ydsToledo · #73 · 64 ydsCentral Michigan · #80 · 69 ydsMiami (OH) · #95 · 75 ydsOhio · #96 · 75 ydsWestern Michigan · #102 · 75 ydsBuffalo · #104 · 76 ydsKent State · #105 · 77 ydsEastern Michigan · #108 · 80 ydsAkron · #128 · 86 ydsSacramento State · #131 · 86 ydsBall State · #132 · 87 ydsBowling Green · #136 · 97 yds
    Top
    34.5
    Depth
    11
    Overall
    23
  9. 9

    Pac-12

    Group of 5 · 8 teams · Deep

    Boise State · #66 · 64 ydsFresno State · #77 · 68 ydsColorado State · #90 · 75 ydsTexas State · #99 · 75 ydsOregon State · #112 · 81 ydsWashington State · #120 · 82 ydsSan Diego State · #126 · 85 ydsUtah State · #135 · 96 yds
    Top
    29.5
    Depth
    14
    Overall
    21.8
  10. 10

    Conference USA

    Group of 5 · 10 teams · Deep

    Liberty · #70 · 64 ydsMiddle Tennessee · #78 · 68 ydsDelaware · #91 · 75 ydsFlorida International · #93 · 75 ydsJacksonville State · #94 · 75 ydsKennesaw State · #114 · 82 ydsMissouri State · #115 · 82 ydsNew Mexico State · #124 · 85 ydsSam Houston · #125 · 85 ydsWestern Kentucky · #138 · 97 yds
    Top
    29.5
    Depth
    12.8
    Overall
    21.2

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. 85games so far. Notre Dame's games stay out; it has no league to credit.

vs.SECBig TenBig 12ACCG5Total
SEC—2-13-15-017-027-2
Big Ten1-2—2-11-423-027-7
Big 121-31-2—2-115-119-7
ACC0-54-11-2—6-011-8
G50-170-231-150-6—1-61

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