College Football - If You Thought SEC Was the Toughest NCAA Conference, Think Again

There is so a unbelievable deal buzz and hype involving the Southeast Conferencebetter pointed out it's because SECyou may potentially take on there are no diverse NCAA soccer meetings which will ponder.



Even Jeff Sagarin in his Sagarin Ratings lists the SEC it's because peak convention with a fundamental propose (which would possibly be Sagarin math be in touch) of seventy 9.89 with the Pacific 10better pointed out it's because Pac 10second at seventy 9.19. On a scale of one hundred the massive difference is 70/100ths of one, or shut satisfactory now not to make a giant difference in my brain.



Ranked eleventh amongst Division 1A meetings is Conference USA at fifty eight.88. Three 1AA meetings are then rated above the beautifully easiest 1A conferencethe Sun Beltat fifty eight.26.



Sagarin rates similarly of the 242 exact an designated 1A and 1AA teams after which mixes them amongst meetings to succeed in at those figures.



I read about diverse can furnish into his mathematical formulation for identifying which convention is the hardest (much advantageous) convention.



Knowing that the SEC is legion for scheduling Division 1AA teams in its non-convention agenda, I suspect that the SEC's electricity of agenda (the much of its rivals) may potentially potentially also now not be as potent. Turns out that I am applicable.



The "laborious" SEC done exactly 10 Division 1AA rivals this season, more than each and each one diverse convention within of the state. By overview, the Big 12 done 10, the ACC and Big Ten done 7 video games, the Big East 6, and the Pac 10 much competitive 2.



When I upload up the electricity of agenda for the 12 SEC teams I get a median of 30 as in comparison with a median electricity of agenda of 14 for the Pac 10. Who performs the greater durable agenda between the peak two pet? It is much competitive the Pac 10.



If you will be able to possibly be considering, the work force that has done the hardest agenda for the duration of the 1st 12 weeks of the 2007 university soccer season is the Washington Huskies, and which is the reason they could be ranked No. 1 amongst the varying 242 Division 1A and 1AA colleges.



For the rfile, Nebraska is No. 2, Stanford No. three, California No. 4 and Colorado No. five, so three of Top five teams in electricity of agenda are from the Pac 10.



Please, do now not send me this garbage involving the SEC gambling the hardest agenda. The statistics and statistics say or else.



Another fascinating reality of come upon is that this: Since the NCAA positioned the Division 1A and 1AA separation in 1978, much competitive five Division 1A colleges have now not done a Division 1AA university: Washington, Southern California, UCLA, Michigan State and Notre Dame. Again three of the five teams come from the Pac 10.



The SEC already has 7 of its 12 teams with 7 or greater wins and bowl eligible with the aid of NCCA criteria, and now you perceive very likely the much purposes why.



It is an equivalent rationalization why Hawaii is unbeaten at 10-zero, having defeated two 1AA colleges in fattening up its exquisite win rfile when racking up the 153rd hardest agenda in the direction of the several 119 Division 1A colleges.



Sometimes a 1AA university can beat a 1A university (like Appalachian State beating Michigan at residing 34-32), now not since they could be unavoidably greater huge although it's because 1A university didn't take them heavily.



Copyright 2007 Ed Bagley