Conference Strength

[Vowelguy]

Consensus - BigXII is strongest by a mile. ACC/SEC/BE are grouped closely, followed by Big 10, with PAC a distant last.

_________ SAGARIN | RPI
BIG12 ____ 86.2 1 | 0.611 1
ACC ______ 82.9 2 | 0.588 3
SEC ______ 82.5 3 | 0.590 2
BIGEAST __ 82.4 4 | 0.586 4
BIGTEN ___ 81.2 5 | 0.579 5
PAC ______ 79.7 6 | 0.577 6

Note: Both ratings are calculated using "central mean", in which outliers (ie, teams at the top/bottom) receive less weighting. Sagarin provides this; for RPI I calculated it myself.

 

[Phil]

According to RealTime RPI, the BE is second. Wonder why the difference.

Plus, there, the PAC10 is stronger than the ACC. Those are major differences.

 

[Vowelguy]

Note: Both ratings are calculated using "central mean", in which outliers (ie, teams at the top/bottom) receive less weighting. Sagarin provides this; for RPI I calculated it myself.

 

[Vowelguy]

Limiting it to only the teams in the top half of each conference, Big 12 is still clear #1, but BE is clear #2, ACC clear #3. SEC & Big 10 close, with PAC a distant last.

__________ __ RPI Avg __ | | Sagarin Avg Combined
__________ Simple|Central| |Simple|Central
BIGXII ___ 0.655 | 0.652 | | 91.8 | 90.6 1000
BIGEAST __ 0.645 | 0.648 | | 91.6 | 90.6 994
ACC ______ 0.635 | 0.636 | | 91.3 | 91.2 986
SEC ______ 0.632 | 0.625 | | 88.8 | 88.1 966
BIG10 ____ 0.626 | 0.626 | | 88.0 | 88.3 963
PAC ______ 0.619 | 0.613 | | 85.9 | 84.7 939

 

[VAUConnFan]

Good job!