Big 12 is mopping up Conference Showdowns!

[IdahoBoy]

From Rich Kern's website, I went through and checked the various conferences to see how things were starting to shape up for the 2005 postseason. Some things are good for teams I like, some not so good, but what stands out the most to me now is how dominating the Big 12 has been! Granted, this is NOT an very precise way to look at the information, and all things are not equal for all conferences, but conference head-to-head matchups is a solid criteria fans can use to help base our opinions on which win is better for a team.

1	Big 12	38-6 0.864
2	Southeastern	37-6 0.860
3	Big Ten	34-10  0.773
4	Pac-10	29-9  0.763
5	West Coast	30-9  0.769
6	Conference USA	39-17  0.696
7	Mid-American	34-20  0.630
8	Western Athletic	24-15  0.615
9	Big West	27-17  0.614
10	Big East	39-28  0.582
11	Atlantic Coast	22-17  0.564
12	Sun Belt	33-26  0.559
13	Atlantic 10	30-25  0.545
14	Mountain West	19-19  0.500
15	Big Sky	19-22  0.463
16	Colonial Athletic Association	25-30  0.455
17	Southland	19-25  0.432
18	Horizon League	17-23  0.425
19	Missouri Valley	21-30  0.412
20	Southern	19-28  0.404
21	Patriot	12-18  0.400
22	Ohio Valley	20-33  0.377
23	America East	11-22  0.333
24	Atlantic Sun	16-33  0.327
25	Mid-Continent	12-25  0.324
26	Big South	11-23  0.324
27	Northeast	8-18  0.308
28	Metro Atlantic Athletic	10-30  0.250
29	Independents	8-29  0.216
30	Mid-Eastern Athletic	3-29  0.094
31	Southwestern Athletic	1-25  0.038
32	Ivy league	??	??

[huskervbfan]

I supposed this happens in every league but I know that at least with some of the Big 12 teams, they are playing opponents WAAAAY below their level which boosts their win/loss record. Of course some top teams in other conferences have been doing that too so far so maybe it all sort of balances out ... at least with the top conferences. Of course this means teams in the SWAC, MEAC, and their ilk get stomped on pretty hard.

[JHAM]

I just did that comparison myself but could you post this info every Monday until after the preseason is over? Interesting to see how the preseason shakes out.

[2c]

idahoboy said:

From Rich Kern's website, I went through and checked the various conferences to see how things were starting to shape up for the 2005 postseason. Some things are good for teams I like, some not so good, but what stands out the most to me now is how dominating the Big 12 has been!

Yeah, but even so... I still can't believe Texas lost to ND, Kansas lost to BYU, and IowaState lost to StephenFAustin.