I'm This is not a top-to-bottom conference rating (that is reflected in the list at the bottom); the focus here is on how well-represented the conferences are among the top teams. 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. Conferences are first sorted by overall score. Ties are sorted by top 40 membership, percentage in top 40, 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. If averages are used, that will be noted below the tables.
Conf 1_10 11_25 26_40 top 40 pt pt/tm % top 40 % top 25
1 BIG 3 3 1 7 16 1.142860 0.500000 0.428570
2 SEC 3 3 0 6 15 1.071430 0.428570 0.428570
3 P-12 1 2 3 6 10 0.833330 0.500000 0.250000
4 BXII 0 4 0 4 8 0.800000 0.400000 0.400000
5 AAC 1 2 1 4 8 0.727270 0.363640 0.272730
6 ACC 1 0 4 5 7 0.500000 0.357140 0.071430
7 Ind. 1 0 1 2 4 1.333330 0.666670 0.333330
8 MAC 0 1 1 2 3 0.230770 0.153850 0.076920
9 USA 0 0 2 2 2 0.153850 0.153850 0.000000
10 SBC 0 0 1 1 1 0.090910 0.090910 0.000000
11 MWC 0 0 1 1 1 0.083330 0.083330 0.000000
Divisions:
Div 1_10 11_25 26_40 top 40 pt pt/tm % top 40 % top 25
1 SECW 2 3 0 5 12 1.714290 0.714290 0.714290
2 B1GE. 2 2 0 4 10 1.428570 0.571430 0.571430
3 PACS 1 1 1 3 6 1.000000 0.500000 0.333330
4 B1GW 1 1 1 3 6 0.857140 0.428570 0.285710
5 PACN 0 1 2 3 4 0.666670 0.500000 0.166670
6 ACCA 1 0 1 2 4 0.571430 0.285710 0.142860
7 ACCC 0 0 3 3 3 0.428570 0.428570 0.000000
8 SECE. 1 0 0 1 3 0.428570 0.142860 0.142860
Best average team:
1. SEC
2. Big Ten
3. Pac-12
4. Big XII
5. ACC
6. AAC (American)
7. MAC
8. MWC (Mountain West)
9. CUSA
10.SBC (Sun Belt)