Conferences & Divisions

This is not a top-to-bottom conference rating. I gave each conference and division a score based on three points for a top 10 team, 2 points for a team ranked 11-25, and 1 point for a team ranked 26-40. The sheer number of top 40 teams is also indicated. Score/tm is the conference's or division's total score divided by number of teams. I also indicated percent of teams in a group that are in the top 25 and top 40, respectively. They are sorted by score. Ties are sorted by top 40 membership, percentage in top 40, and top-25 membership, and finally percentage in the top 25. Failing that, the rankings of all top 40 teams of the respective conferences/divisions are averaged.

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Louisiana-Lafayette, at #60, is the best Sun Belt team.