Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences

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Year Four

Preseason Top 25 Poll

1 UCLA (PAC)
2 Alabama (SEC)
3 Clemson (SEC)
4 LSU (SEC)
5 Ohio St. (B1G)
6 Notre Dame (--)
7 Missouri (B12)
8 Arizona St. (PAC)
9 Washington (PAC)
10 Oklahoma St. (B12)
11 Oklahoma (B12)
12 Virginia (B1G)
13 Oregon (PAC)
14 Virginia Tech (B1G)
15 Michigan St. (B1G)
16 Georgia (SEC)
17 Virginia Tech (B1G)
18 Arizona (PAC)
19 Kansas St. (B12)
20 Bowling Green (MAC)
21 Texas A&M (B12)
22 Texas (B12)
23 BYU (PAC)
24 Kentucky (B1G)
25 Tennessee (SEC)

Pre-season Heisman Watch:
L. Scott RB Michigan State, J. Dotson RB Washington, T. Deal RB Wisconsin, M. Weber RB Ohio St., J. Rosen QB UCLA

[KnightTime]

Seriously how? For me Bowling Green would have been ranked #3. I mean I'll be using the editor to change rankings but still...

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Quote: Originally Posted by KnightTime

Seriously how? For me Bowling Green would have been ranked #3. I mean I'll be using the editor to change rankings but still...

I think having to move from outside the top 25 in the polls, this was about as high as they could get. We will see in season four, since they are starting out at #20.

After year #5 I will give an update on the prestige for every school and the recruiting class. This should give a good indicator on how the Power 4 compare to the smaller ones.

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Year #4 -cont.-

Air Force (8-5)

Armed Forces Bowl: Houston (8-5) 31 Air Force (8-5) 21

Conference Champions: ACC=Duke (11-1 #19) AMERICAN=Temple (11-1 #10) BIG XII=Missouri (12-1 #6) BIG TEN=Penn St. (10-3 #25) CUSA=Rice (7-5 UR) INDY=Notre Dame (8-4 #14) MAC=Western Michigan (12-0 #4) MWC=Fresno St. (9-3 UR) PAC-12=UCLA (12-1 #8) SEC=Mississippi St. (11-2 #2) SUNBELT=Louisiana Monroe (11-1 #21)

Conference Championship Game Results:

BIG XII #7 Missouri (12-1) 38 #22 Arkansas (8-5) 0
BIG TEN UR Penn State (10-3) 49 UR Kentucky (8-5) 21
PAC-12 #9 UCLA (12-1) 44 #10 Arizona St. (10-3) 24
SEC #2 Miss St. (11-2) 29 #8 Tennessee (10-3) 24

Heisman Trophy: N. Scott RB Penn State (runners-up: . B. Olorunfunmi RB UCLA, F. Nutile QB Temple, C. Forrest QB California, T. Flacco QB Western Michigan)

Pre-Bowl BCS Rankings:
1 Washington 11-1 1.000 (PAC)
2 Miss St. 11-2 .995 (SEC)
3 Alabama 10-2 .989 (SEC)
4 Western Michigan 12-0 .984 (MAC)
5 California 9-3 .979 (PAC)
6 Missouri 12-0 .971 (B12)
7 Clemson 10-2 .968 (SEC)
8 UCLA 12-1 .966 (PAC)
9 Stanford 9-3 .947 (PAC)
10 Temple 11-1 .945 (AMR)
11 Auburn 9-3 .944 (SEC)
12 Virginia Tech 9-3 .941 (B1G)
13 Tennessee 10-3 .932 (SEC)
14 Notre Dame 8-4 .921 (--)
15 Wisconsin 7-4 .916 (B12)
16 Kansas St. 8-4 .900 (B12)
17 Arizona St. 10-3 .890 (PAC)
18 LSU 8-4 .888 (SEC)
19 Duke 11-1 .880 (ACC)
20 Nebraska 9-3 .857 (B12)
21 UL-Monroe 11-1 .855 (SUN)
22 Baylor 9-3 .850 (B12)
23 Texas 8-4 .847 (B12)
24 North Carolina 8-4 .844 (SEC)
25 Penn St. 10-3 .841 (B1G)

Power 4 Conferences in the #25 BCS Rankings:

SEC=6 PAC-12=5 BIG XII=6 BIG TEN=2 Non-Power Conferences=6

Fiesta Bowl UCLA 27 Missouri 13
Orange Bowl Alabama 45 Penn State 16
Rose Bowl Virginia Tech 48 Wisconsin 42
Sugar Bowl Western Michigan 45 Temple 0

(next best bowl featuring highest ranked teams: Outback Bowl Louisville 32 Clemson 27)

National Championship Game: Washington 56 Miss St. 49

Final Top 25 Poll
1 Washington 12-1
2 Alabama 11-2
3 Miss State 11-3
4 Western Michigan 13-0
5 California 9-4
6 Clemson 10-3
7 Missouri 12-2
8 UCLA 13-1
9 Virginia Tech 10-3
10 Temple 11-2
11 Auburn 10-3
12 Stanford 10-3
13 Tennessee 11-3
14 Wisconsin 7-5
15 Notre Dame 8-5
16 Duke 11-2
17 Arizona St. 10-4
18 Kansas St. 8-5
19 LSU 9-4
20 UL-Monroe 12-1
21 Nebraska 10-3
22 Baylor 10-3
23 North Carolina 9-4
24 Texas 9-4
25 Penn State 10-4

A few interesting things about this season (and perhaps a trend):

--Two teams, Washington and Alabama were ranked in the top four despite not being in a conference championship game.

--Washington wins the NC and isn't a conference champion. UCLA's lone loss is a 17-38 defeat to USC and the Bruins win the Pac-12 with a convincing victory over a then #10 ranked Arizona St. team.

--UCLA goes on to win the Fiesta Bowl over Missouri (12-1) at the time to finish 13-1. But end up being ranked #8 in the final poll. Now that is being robbed, especially since Washington wins the NC.

--The Big Ten had a REALLY down year.

--This season's Western Michigan looks like last year's Bowling Green.

--At this point, every year has had two non-power conference teams playing in the Big Five Bowl games. Could this be hardcoded?

--I am 0-4 in Bowl Games at Air Force. That sucks.

On to Season #5!

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Year Five
Preseason Top 25 Poll

1 Alabama (SEC)
2 Clemson (SEC)
3 UCLA (PAC)
4 Stanford (PAC)
5 Miss St. (SEC)
6 Auburn (SEC)
7 Washington (PAC)
8 Missouri (B12)
9 Tennessee (SEC)
10 Notre Dame (--)
11 Texas (B12)
12 North Carolina (SEC)
13 LSU (SEC)
14 Virginia Tech (B1G)
15 Wisconsin (B12)
16 Nebraska (B12)
17 Kansas St. (B12)
18 Penn St. (B1G)
19 Arizona St. (SEC)
20 California (PAC)
21 USC (PAC)
22 Baylor (B12)
23 Oregon (PAC)
24 Western Michigan (MAC)
25 Michigan (B1G)

Pre-season Heisman Watch:
B. Olorunfunmi RB UCLA, K. Johnson RB Auburn, J. Lewis RB Arizona St, J. Williams QB Air Force, K. Brewer QB Oklahoma

Wow! Look how many SEC teams are in the top ten. Also my QB is in the running for a Heisman!

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Year #5 -cont.-

Air Force (3-9)

Conference Champions: ACC=Wake Forest (9--3 UR) AMERICAN=Army (11-1 #9) BIG XII=Texas (12-1 #4) BIG TEN=Virginia Tech (11-2 #3) CUSA=Tulsa (9-3 UR) INDY=Notre Dame (5-7 UR) MAC=Bowling Green (11-1 #14) MWC=Colorado St. (9-3 UR) PAC-12=UCLA (11-2 #2) SEC=Alabama (13-0 #1) SUNBELT=Louisiana (7-5 UR)

Conference Championship Game Results:

BIG XII #6 Texas (12-1) 34 #7 Wisconsin (9-4) 27
BIG TEN #2 Virginia Tech (11-2) 38 #23 Louisville (9-4) 13
PAC-12 #3 UCLA (11-2) 56 #17 Boise St. (10-3) 24
SEC #1 Alabama (13-0) 48 #22 South Carolina (8-5) 24

Heisman Trophy: J. Boyd RB Texas (runners-up: M. Washington QB Arizona, B. Scarbrough RB Alabama, J. Griffin RB Bowling Green, D. Smith QB Texas A&M)

Pre-Bowl BCS Rankings:
1 Alabama 3-0 1.000 (SEC)
2 UCLA 11-2 .992 (PAC)
3 Virginia Tech 11-2 .987 (B1G)
4 Texas 12-1 .984 (B12)
5 Texas A&M 11-1 .984 (B12)
6 USC 10-2 .974 (PAC)
7 LSU 9-3 .963 (SEC)
8 Missouri 9-3 .958 (B12)
9 Army 11-1 .957 (AMR)
10 Washington 8-4 .954 (PAC)
11 Ohio St. 9-3 .947 (B1G)
12 Tennessee 9-3 .927 (SEC)
13 North Carolina 8-4 .918 (SEC)
14 Bowling Green 11-1 .917 (MAC)
15 Wisconsin 9-4 .912 (B12)
16 Penn St. 9-3 .911 (B1G)
17 Ole Miss 8-4 .903 (SEC)
18 Auburn 8-4 .885 (SEC)
19 Navy 9-3 .877 (AMR)
20 Kentucky 8-4 .870 (B1G)
21 Oklahoma St. 8-4 .860 (B12)
22 Baylor 9-3 .850 (B12)
23 Boise State 10-3 .856 (PAC)
24 Toledo 10-2 .831 (MAC)
25 Georgia Tech 8-4 .824 (SEC)

Power 4 Conferences in the #25 BCS Rankings:

SEC=7 PAC-12=4 BIG XII=6 BIG TEN=4 Non-Power Conferences=4

Fiesta Bowl Army 28 LSU 14
Orange Bowl Texas 31 Virginia Tech 24
Rose Bowl Bowling Green 35 Ohio St. 28
Sugar Bowl USC 27 Texas A&M 6

(next best bowl featuring highest ranked teams: Outback Bowl #11 Tennessee 56 #20 Penn St. 38)

National Championship Game: UCLA 34 Alabama 16

Final Top 25 Poll
1 UCLA 12-2
2 Texas 13-1
3 USC 11-2
4 Alabama 13-1
5 Army 12-1
6 Virginia Tech 11-3
7 Missouri 10-3
8 Texas A&M 11-2
9 Washington 9-4
10 Bowling Green 12-1
11 Tennessee 10-3
12 North Carolina 9-4
13 Ole Miss 9-4
14 Kentucky 9-4
15 LSU 9-4
16 Auburn 9-4
17 Boise St. 11-3
18 Ohio St. 9-4
19 Penn St. 9-4
20 Arizona St. 9-4
21 Toledo 11-2
22 Arizona 10-3
23 Georgia Tech 9-4
24 West Virginia 8-5
25 Oregon 8-5

UCLA gets its revenge.

On to the off-season!

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I figured I would list of the top recruiting classes after year #5.

Class Rankings:

1 Alabama SEC
2 USC PAC
3 Texas B12
4 Nebraska B12
5 Ole Miss SEC
6 Clemson SEC
7 Auburn SEC
8 Florida St. SEC
9 Oregon PAC
10 Ohio St. B1G
11 Miss St. SEC
12 Arizona PAC
13 Texas A&M B12
14 Miami SEC
15 Georgia Tech SEC
16 Stanford PAC
17 Wisconsin B12
18 Georgia SEC
19 Arizona St. PAC
20 North Carolina St. SEC
21 Notre Dame (--)
22 Vanderbilt SEC
23 Iowa B12
24 UCLA PAC
25 Penn St. B1G

*Syracuse at #31 had the top signing class of the non-power conferences (Toledo #34, Army #35, Rutgers #46 were the next best)

Certainly in recruiting the Power 4 are dominating, in particular the SEC with 11 of the top 25 classes.

Notre Dame does has maintained its elite status as the lone independent.

My recruiting class at Air Force was #89.

UTEP had the worst overall recruiting class of all the conferences. Kentucky was worst Power 4 Conference at #113.

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Here are the prestige rankings and overall ranking for each school after playing five seasons.

ACC
1 Old Dominion 2* 81
2 East Carolina 1* 83
3 Duke 3* 86
4 Wake Forest 4* 79
5 UCF 2* 86
6 USF 1* 81
7 Charlotte 2* 79
8 Georgia State 1* 81
9 Florida Atlantic 2* 81
10 Florida International 1* 77

AMERICAN
1 Syracuse 4* 88
2 Buffalo 1* 75
3 Boston College 2* 79
4 UMass 1* 79
5 UConn 2* 81
6 Rutgers 2* 83
7 Army 4* 84
8 Temple 3* 83
9 Marshall 3* 83
10 Navy 3* 86

BIG TEN
EAST
1 Virginia 3* 86
2 Virginia Tech 6* 93
3 Maryland 2* 84
4 Penn St. 5* 88
5 West Virginia 5* 90
6 Pitt 4* 84
7 Ohio St. 6* 95
8 Cincinnati 2* 84
WEST
9 Louisville 3* 84
10 Kentucky 2* 83
11 Michigan 4* 91
12 Michigan St. 4* 91
13 Indiana 2* 79
14 Purdue 2*84
15 Illinois 2* 83
16 Northwestern 3* 86

BIG XII
NORTH
1 Wisconsin 4* 90
2 Minnesota 2* 90
3 Iowa 3* 84
4 Iowa State 3* 84
5 Kansas 2* 81
6 Kansas St. 5* 84
7 Nebraska 5* 95
8 Missouri 5* 86
SOUTH
9 Texas 5* 95
10 Texas A&M 5* 93
11 Texas Tech 1* 79
12 Oklahoma 5* 97
13 Oklahoma St. 4* 90
14 Arkansas 3* 86
15 TCU 4* 88
16 Baylor 3* 86

C-USA
1 Tulsa 4* 84
2 SMU 2* 83
3 Houston 4* 83
4 Rice 2* 79
5 North Texas 2* 81
6 UTSA *1 77
7 Texas State 2* 84
8 UTEP 2* 77
9 New Mexico 2* 79
10 New Mexico St. 1* 74

Independent
Notre Dame 5* 97

MAC
1 Toledo 3* 88
2 Bowling Green 4* 83
3 Ohio 2* 77
4 Miami Ohio 1* 81
5 Kent State 2* 77
6 Akron 1* 84
7 Ball State 1* 79
8 Northern Illinois 3* 83
9 Western Michigan 3* 83
10 Eastern Michigan 1* 75
11 Central Michigan 1* 79

MWC
1 Air Force 2* 84
2 Idaho 2* 75
3 Nevada *2 79
4 Utah State 1* 79
5 UNLV 1* 75
6 San Jose State 1* 77
7 Colorado State 3* 83
8 Fresno State 4* 83
9 Wyoming 2* 79

PAC 12
NORTH
1 Washington 5* 91
2 Washington St. 2* 83
3 Oregon 5* 93
4 Oregon State 2* 79
5 Stanford 5* 93
6 California 4* 86
7 USC 5* 91
8 UCLA 5* 97
SOUTH
9 Arizona 5* 90
10 Arizona St. 5* 86
11 BYU 5* 86
12 Utah 3* 88
13 Colorado 2* 83
14 San Diego St. 2* 86
15 Boise 4* 88
16 Hawai'i 2* 86

SEC
WEST
1 Alabama 6* 99
2 Auburn 4* 99
3 Ole Miss 3* 90
4 Miss St. 4* 93
5 Georgia 4* 97
6 Georgia Tech 4* 88
7 Vanderbilt 3* 90
8 LSU
EAST
9 Florida St. 4* 97
10 Miami 3* 90
11 Florida 4* 88
12 Clemson 5* 95
13 North Carolina 5* 91
14 North Carolina State 2* 91
15 South Carolina 4* 93
16 Tennessee 5* 90

Sunbelt
1 Troy 2* 83
2 South Alabama 1* 84
3 Southern Miss 3* 86
4 Tulane 3* 81
5 Memphis 1* 79
6 Middle Tennessee 1* 77
7 Louisiana 2* 77
8 Louisiana Tech 1* 84
9 Louisiana Monroe 3* 79
10 Arkansas State 2* 77
11 Western Kentucky 2* 81