Realignment Thread

[Rocky]

USA TODAY AMERICAS BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

USA TODAY AMERICAS BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

Big 12 – Avg 83.6
45 - Texas
58 - Texas A&M
76 - Baylor
90 - Missouri
97 – Iowa State
101 – Kansas
101 - OU
132 - Oklahoma State
143 – K-State
160 - Texas Tech

ACC – Avg 49.2
10 – Duke
25 - Virginia
25 – Wake Forest
29 – UNC
31 – Boston College
36 – Georgia Tech
38 – Miami
55 – Maryland
68 - Clemson
71 – Virginia Tech Miami has to look down to see us, WTF?
101 – Florida State
101 – NC State

B1G – Avg 56.3
12 – Northwestern
28 – Michigan
42 – Wisconsin
45 – Penn State
45 – Illinois
55 – Ohio State
62 – Purdue
68 – Minnesota
71 – Michigan State
71 – Iowa
75 – Indiana
101 - Nebraska

PAC-10 – Avg 78.7
5 – Stanford
21 – Cal Berkley
23 - USC
25 - UCLA
42 - Washington
94 – Colorado
101 - Oregon
115 - Washington State
124 - Arizona
124 – Utah
132 - Arizona State
138 – Oregon State

SEC – Ave 99.2
17 – Vanderbilt
58 – Florida
62 - Georgia
75 – Alabama
82 – Auburn
101 – Tennessee
111 – South Carolina
124 – Kentucky
128 – LSU
132 – Arkansas
143 - Mississippi
157 – Mississippi State

We could be the 4th best school in the SEC, while thug U would be 2nd.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Where are Pitt and Cuse ranked. It should help us.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Also, Miami is a tip top school, quite the opposite o the image of the football team.

 

[Rocky]

Where are Pitt and Cuse ranked. It should help us.

58) Pittsburgh

62) Syracuse

 

[Rocky]

Also, Miami is a tip top school, quite the opposite o the image of the football team.

I pictured thugs, surfers, and topless SoBe hotties.

 

[sparko]

but they're smart topless SoBe hotties .. thanks for putting this together .. it's interesting .. i don't see what the big deal is about the pac's academics. aside from the california schools, they're far from special. not surprising that the acc and b1g are at the top of the list.

what kind of technical undergraduate programs does texas tech offer?? sheesh

 

[Sleepy T]

I assume this is based on academics. If you look at the "Value" of BCS schools..we are more like in the Top 25, based on revenue and expenses. I saw the link/spreadsheet somewhere but can't seem to find it..

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I really want to go post this on the main board to start shit but the mods are a bit trigger happy right now.

If I got banned, would you all follow me to the next destination?

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

WVU 164 and TCU 97 for Big XII

 

[HoHumHokie]

Fixed a few things...

USNEWS AMERICAS BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

Big 12 – Avg 111.6
45 - Texas
76 - Baylor
97 – Iowa State
97 - TCU
101 – Kansas
101 - OU
132 - Oklahoma State
143 – K-State
160 - Texas Tech
164 - West Virginia

ACC – Avg 49.2
10 – Duke
25 - Virginia
25 – Wake Forest
29 – UNC
31 – Boston College
36 – Georgia Tech
38 – Miami
55 – Maryland
68 - Clemson
71 – Virginia Tech
101 – Florida State
101 – NC State

B1G – Avg 56.3
12 – Northwestern
28 – Michigan
42 – Wisconsin
45 – Penn State
45 – Illinois
55 – Ohio State
62 – Purdue
68 – Minnesota
71 – Michigan State
71 – Iowa
75 – Indiana
101 - Nebraska

PAC-10 – Avg 78.7
5 – Stanford
21 – Cal Berkley
23 - USC
25 - UCLA
42 - Washington
94 – Colorado
101 - Oregon
115 - Washington State
124 - Arizona
124 – Utah
132 - Arizona State
138 – Oregon State

SEC – Ave 83.9
17 – Vanderbilt
58 – Florida
58 - Texas A&M
62 - Georgia
75 – Alabama
82 – Auburn
90 - Missouri
101 – Tennessee
111 – South Carolina
124 – Kentucky
128 – LSU
132 – Arkansas
143 - Mississippi
157 – Mississippi State

WVU really killed the Big12's standing...

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

pitt and cuse will lower us a little....which says a hell of a lot about the ACC academics is "The University of Pittsburgh" and "Syracuse" bring you down.

 

[NickVT10]

I really want to go post this on the main board to start shit but the mods are a bit trigger happy right now.

If I got banned, would you all follow me to the next destination?

Just post it and dont say anything else about it. let them fight over the content

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I will, this afternoon.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

USNEWS AMERICAS BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

Big 12 – Avg 111.6
45 - Texas
76 - Baylor
97 – Iowa State
97 - TCU
101 – Kansas
101 - OU
132 - Oklahoma State
143 – K-State
160 - Texas Tech
164 - West Virginia

ACC – Avg 50.7
10 – Duke
25 - Virginia
25 – Wake Forest
29 – UNC
31 – Boston College
36 – Georgia Tech
38 – Miami
55 – Maryland
58 - Pittsburgh
62 - Syracuse
68 - Clemson
71 – Virginia Tech
101 – Florida State
101 – NC State

B1G – Avg 56.3
12 – Northwestern
28 – Michigan
42 – Wisconsin
45 – Penn State
45 – Illinois
55 – Ohio State
62 – Purdue
68 – Minnesota
71 – Michigan State
71 – Iowa
75 – Indiana
101 - Nebraska

PAC-10 – Avg 78.7
5 – Stanford
21 – Cal Berkley
23 - USC
25 - UCLA
42 - Washington
94 – Colorado
101 - Oregon
115 - Washington State
124 - Arizona
124 – Utah
132 - Arizona State
138 – Oregon State

SEC – Ave 83.9
17 – Vanderbilt
58 – Florida
58 - Texas A&M
62 - Georgia
75 – Alabama
82 – Auburn
90 - Missouri
101 – Tennessee
111 – South Carolina
124 – Kentucky
128 – LSU
132 – Arkansas
143 - Mississippi
157 – Mississippi State

 

[Ragingcroc]

USNEWS AMERICAS BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

Big 12 – Avg 111.6
45 - Texas
76 - Baylor
97 – Iowa State
97 - TCU
101 – Kansas
101 - OU
132 - Oklahoma State
143 – K-State
160 - Texas Tech
164 - West Virginia

ACC – Avg 50.7
10 – Duke
25 - Virginia
25 – Wake Forest
29 – UNC
31 – Boston College
36 – Georgia Tech
38 – Miami
55 – Maryland
58 - Pittsburgh
62 - Syracuse
68 - Clemson
71 – Virginia Tech
101 – Florida State
101 – NC State

B1G – Avg 56.3
12 – Northwestern
28 – Michigan
42 – Wisconsin
45 – Penn State
45 – Illinois
55 – Ohio State
62 – Purdue
68 – Minnesota
71 – Michigan State
71 – Iowa
75 – Indiana
101 - Nebraska

PAC-10 – Avg 78.7
5 – Stanford
21 – Cal Berkley
23 - USC
25 - UCLA
42 - Washington
94 – Colorado
101 - Oregon
115 - Washington State
124 - Arizona
124 – Utah
132 - Arizona State
138 – Oregon State

SEC – Ave 83.9
17 – Vanderbilt
58 – Florida
58 - Texas A&M
62 - Georgia
75 – Alabama
82 – Auburn
90 - Missouri
101 – Tennessee
111 – South Carolina
124 – Kentucky
128 – LSU
132 – Arkansas
143 - Mississippi
157 – Mississippi State

 

[hokiegrad]

I'd suggest you reorder by conference name or avg before posting on the main board. If there's any order to this at the moment I'm missing it.

 

[NickVT10]

"I think it needs to be the four best teams in the country. I don't think it needs to be the conference champions because in our league we might have four of the best teams in the country."
Florida coach Will Muschamp on the proposed 4-team playoff for college football.

Side bar quote from Athlon's website. This is what is wrong with the 4 team model still and why i think it should be 8. If they do it that way, we will still never know who the best team is because the media hype will not give the other teams a chance i.e. (OSU or Stanford last year)

 

[sparko]

Yeah -- you notice that every SEC coach/talking head is all for the "top 4" to be in the playoff .. That's because they KNOW that AT LEAST one SEC team will be in the top 4 .. the SEC will never be left out of a 4-team playoff .. but if they go the "top 4" route, they will be able to get an extra team in fairly often = more $$ for the SEC = they become even bigger and stronger

this conference realignment/playoff shit is just as political as DC .. they obviously don't want to do what's best for college football in general.

 

[bigesse16]

Yeah -- you notice that every SEC coach/talking head is all for the "top 4" to be in the playoff .. That's because they KNOW that AT LEAST one SEC team will be in the top 4 .. the SEC will never be left out of a 4-team playoff .. but if they go the "top 4" route, they will be able to get an extra team in fairly often = more $$ for the SEC = they become even bigger and stronger

this conference realignment/playoff shit is just as political as DC .. they obviously don't want to do what's best for college football in general.

The SEC wants the top 4 teams because it means they will have more than 1 team in the playoff. They don't want super conferences to have conference winners play each other in the form of a playoff, which is what was trending when the SEC and Big 12 agreed to play each other in their bowl game. The Pac 12 and Big 10 want the conference champions to play in the playoff because it means the Rose Bowl stays relevant and the Big 12 wants the conference champions to play because it means their conference stays alive. The SEC wants nothing to do with that and probably only signed the bowl deal with the Big 12 in hopes of killing the ACC and adding VT and UNC/NC State.

 

[Sleepy T]

I agree with what you guys are saying. IMO it is inevitable that there will be 4 football super-conferences when all is said and done. When this happens it will be "The world" vs the SEC when this all goes to vote and the details get worked out. It will never fly and two SEC teams in the 4 team playoff would totally go against the whole idea of all of this. I don't think the "Top 4 team" model will fly with the other conferences...and it shouldn't. It will take on more of an NFL model...