Top Conferences Top-to-Bottom Using Sagarin Predictor

[banditbdl]

The problem with the using the Sagarin for this is that such a large part of it is based on Strength of Schedule which is a pretty meaningless measure in college football since there are so few non-conference games and the vast majority of them are bought and paid for by schools from the big conferences.

9 of the top 10 teams for Strength of Schedule according to Sagarin are from the Big 10. The other two Big Ten teams, Iowa and Wisconsin are ranked 13 and 18 respectively. So you figure maybe the Big 10 dominated its non-conference games huh? Well, sort of.

Here was the Big 10s record against some of the other conferences:

W L
Big 12 0 2

ACC 1 0

Pac-10 1 2

SEC 1 0

NotreDame 1 2

Big 10 was an underwhelming 4-6 against the more respected opposition. They fared a lot better against the rest though going a combined 16-0 against the M/WAC and 3-0 against the dying Big East with all but 2 or 3 of those 19 games being played at Big 10 stadiums.

All the Sagarin and your rankings have shown is that the Big 10 is indeed awesome at scheduling patsies at home and not screwing them up. But we all knew that already.