Week 16 - Conference vs Overall records.

[BRS24]

The disparity between conference and overall records (3 or more spots differential) marked in color. The ACC wins again this week with the most teams. The overall winner is again Tennessee, seven spots between conf and overall record. ESPN bracketology prediction of # teams at the top of each group.

 

[DefenseBB]

Not sure this analysis really tells us anything other than some conference leaders play crummy OOC schedules (here's looking at you TCU, Texas Tech, Rice, Georgia, Ole Miss....so that their conference losses equal their overall losses. I am always all for calling out Tennessee and Duke but they have played a very good OOC to try to assess their growth needs. Kudos to them. What exactly is this analysis supposed to be telling me?

 

[BRS24]

Not sure this analysis really tells us anything other than some conference leaders play crummy OOC schedules (here's looking at you TCU, Texas Tech, Rice, Georgia, Ole Miss....so that their conference losses equal their overall losses. I am always all for calling out Tennessee and Duke but they have played a very good OOC to try to assess their growth needs. Kudos to them. What exactly is this analysis supposed to be telling me?

Perhaps exactly this. I started looking at teams' records last year (maybe before that?) to see if there were significant differences between conf and overall. This used to be a fast follow post to each week's schedule, however sometimes I cannot get to it right away. I may stop doing it if folks don't deem there to be any value to it.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Perhaps exactly this. I started looking at teams' records last year (maybe before that?) to see if there were significant differences between conf and overall. This used to be a fast follow post to each week's schedule, however sometimes I cannot get to it right away. I may stop doing it if folks don't deem there to be any value to it.

Its not a bad idea, although a more dramatic comparison would be between conference record and non-conference record. In general, a lot of power conference type teams will have better out of conference records than in-conference, except for the top teams where they may be close to equal. Duke's situation is unusual.

Conversely, many non-power conference teams with good conference records will have bad out of conference records because they played stronger teams out of conference, whether to prepare for in-conference or for the money.

I point this out using Florida as an example - they are 13th in the SEC by over-all and conference record - yet their conference record of 3-9 certainly contrasts with their non-conference 12-3.