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Old 07-22-2011, 11:25 PM   #7
TatisNelson
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Re: Conference Ideas?

I decided that since they allowed us so much flexibility that I might try my hand at the rumored “Super Conferences”. So I grabbed the team grades (from original rosters, haven’t had the time to base this off an updated roster file) and assigned a number value for offense, defense, special teams and for. The scores were then given a percentile value (how they compare to all other teams) and then I gave weight each attribute. This produces a score on a 100% scale. I then took the 80 highest scoring teams and regionally grouped them into the Big East, Big 10, Big 12, SEC and Pac 12. I used the same team scoring system to then determine the divisions.
A purist (or an ACC fan) will likely not care for this approach but many of the traditional teams remained in their usual conferences while other current BCS AQ schools got relegated to the non-BCS ranks

The conferences are pretty balanced. The SEC is still the best and the Big East is still the bottom but it isn't a terrible gap. I set the these five conferences as the only automatic BCS qualifiers and they have no bowl tie-ins.

Oh, the game would not allow me to empty out the independent schools, which I had originally hoped, so Army remains as the sole independent. I believe I originally had them slotted for C-USA.
BCS Automatic Qualifying Conferences








Conf/Div/School
Power
Rank


Conf/Div/School
Power
Rank


Conf/Div/School
Power
Rank

Big 10
54.7%

Big East
54.3%

SEC
61.6%
A
55.5%

A
54.6%

A
62.2%
Illinois
45.6%

Boston College
56.0%

Auburn
76.3%
Iowa State
30.2%

Connecticut
59.0%

Clemson
68.4%
Kentucky
53.1%

ECU
55.6%

Georgia Tech
47.2%
Michigan State
70.3%

Navy
28.3%

Miami
89.5%
Nebraska
67.1%

Penn State
84.4%

Mississippi State
61.3%
Northwestern
50.4%

Pittsburgh
61.3%

South Carolina
77.9%
Ohio State
82.9%

Rutgers
50.9%

South Florida
49.6%
Purdue
44.6%

Virginia
41.2%

Vanderbilt
27.4%
B
53.9%

B
54.1%

B
61.0%
Cincinnati
47.9%

Duke
36.2%

Alabama
87.5%
Indiana
30.9%

Maryland
54.9%

Florida
71.5%
Iowa
57.7%

NC State
51.9%

Florida State
84.4%
Louisville
47.6%

North Carolina
71.9%

Georgia
73.8%
Michigan
77.9%

Syracuse
34.8%

Ole Miss
54.9%
Minnesota
30.3%

Tennessee
57.2%

Southern Miss
33.9%
Notre Dame
60.7%

Virginia Tech
67.1%

Troy
31.9%
Wisconsin
77.9%

West Virginia
59.0%

UCF
50.4%
Big 12
59.8%

Pac 12
56.6%



A
60.5%

A
55.3%



Arkansas
77.9%

Arizona
54.9%



Kansas
27.4%

BYU
46.6%



Kansas State
46.6%

California
53.1%



LSU
76.6%

Nevada
45.1%



Missouri
60.2%

Oregon
87.8%



Oklahoma
96.8%

San Diego State
30.9%



SMU
51.9%

USC
65.1%



Tulsa
46.6%

Utah
59.0%



B
59.0%

B
57.8%



Baylor
47.0%

Air Force
41.0%



Colorado
29.4%

Arizona State
57.9%



Houston
43.2%

Boise State
81.5%



Oklahoma State
73.4%

Fresno State
47.0%



TCU
79.7%

Oregon State
58.5%



Texas
75.0%

Stanford
83.2%



Texas A&M
77.9%

UCLA
41.7%



Texas Tech
46.6%

Washington
51.9%











Non-Automatic Qualifying Conferences








Conf/Div/School
Power
Rank


Conf/Div/School
Power
Rank


Conf/Div/School
Power
Rank

ACC
15.9%

MAC
14.7%

Sun Belt
10.0%
Arkansas State
14.0%

Akron
1.3%

FIU
7.8%
Marshall
19.7%

Bowling Green
10.8%

Florida Atlantic
7.8%
Memphis
4.0%

Kent State
8.7%

Louisiana Tech
20.7%
Mid Tenn State
20.4%

Miami Univ.
20.7%

Tulane
8.0%
Temple
26.2%

Ohio
21.6%

UAB
10.7%
Wake Forest
22.5%

Toledo
25.5%

UL Lafayette
6.3%
Western Kentucky
4.9%

MW
13.3%

UL Monroe
8.7%
C-USA
11.1%

Colorado State
24.4%

WAC
12.3%
Ball State
9.0%

Idaho
15.2%

Hawaii
22.5%
Buffalo
3.8%

New Mexico
17.2%

North Texas
7.8%
Central Michigan
12.3%

New Mexico State
4.3%

Rice
6.8%
Eastern Michigan
0.1%

UNLV
8.8%

San Jose State
0.1%
Northern Illinois
21.7%

Utah State
9.8%

UTEP
19.7%
Western Michigan
19.7%

IND
12.5%

Washington State
14.1%



Army
12.5%

Wyoming
15.4%
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