Football Conference Rankings 2010-2011

[SlappyCajun]

Or maybe this...

The specific article about ESPN having an "out clause" in case realignment effected the WAC.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/po...the-wac-expand

[Cajunpride101]

_ NCAA Men's Football - Conference Rankings (2010-2011)


Rank Conference (Teams) All Non-Conf Index Sos Sos Rk
1 Big 12 12 89-57 (61%) 40-8 (83%) 47.13 45.71 1
2 Southeastern 12 90-56 (62%) 41-7 (85%) 47.10 45.14 2
3 Big Ten 11 78-52 (60%) 35-9 (80%) 45.79 43.65 4
4 Independents 3 22-14 (61%) 19-11 (63%) 45.57 42.25 7
5 Pacific-10 10 66-55 (55%) 21-10 (68%) 43.65 43.70 3
6 Atlantic Coast 12 79-67 (54%) 30-18 (63%) 43.27 43.51 5
7 Big East 8 52-44 (54%) 24-16 (60%) 42.79 42.26 6
8 Western Athletic 9 59-54 (52%) 23-18 (56%) 41.42 41.25 9
9 Mountain West 9 54-56 (49%) 18-20 (47%) 40.47 41.45 8
10 Conference USA 12 69-78 (47%) 20-29 (41%) 38.06 38.77 10

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11 Mid-American 13 69-91 (43%) 16-38 (30%) 35.73 37.55 11
12 Sun Belt 9 41-69 (37%) 5-33 (13%) 32.27 34.80 12

Since 2004, the Sunbelt has been in last place every year. There should be a push to get out and join any other conference. Nothing good can happen staying in the Sunbelt for football. _

Interesting that we are behind the MAC. Two MAC teams lost to FCS opponents i.e. Akron lost to Gardner-Webb in OT, Ball State lost to Liberty.

That might have been offset by a Northern Illinois victory over Minnesota & a Toledo victory over Purdue.

[SlappyCajun]

_ Interesting that we are behind the MAC. Two MAC teams lost to FCS opponents i.e. Akron lost to Gardner-Webb in OT, Ball State lost to Liberty.

That might have been offset by a Northern Illinois victory over Minnesota & a Toledo victory over Purdue. _

I think slowly perception is changing. Troy trouncing Ohio helps. As a league we need to schedule out of conference smarter.

[BayouTeche]

Point of the topic is for Cajuns to get the hell out of the Sunbelt. I do not believe the WAC will ever be rated below the sunbelt. The Sunbelt has been the worst even before teams starting jumping ship and moving around. If WAC ever falls below Sunbelt, it won't be from the Sunbelt improving its status. The Mountain West conference will jump ahead of others anyway so then you are back to square one. Mountain will just replace WAC on the chart. The goal for Sunbelt is too first pass the MAC and hope WAC doesn't fall below them.

[NOCajun]

_ Even with the BCS pay-day, the WAC paid the following amounts to member schools for the 2007-08 fiscal year:
1. Hawaii $4,922,062
2. Boise State $1,672,056
3. Nevada $1,380,377
4. Fresno State $1,308,608
5. San Jose State $971,747
6. Louisiana Tech $855,015
7. Utah State $800,247
8. Idaho $800,247
9. New Mexico St. 432,197 (although they paid $40k x 8 to each school to host the B-ball tourney)

The Western Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a seven-year contract extension that will give the network multi-platform rights through the 2016-17 academic year.

Idaho benfited tremendously from WAC TV revenue. My point being, the new teams joining the WAC will make a whole lot more money and besides the ESPN contract makes it more attractive for the exposure. Bosie ST. benefited big time from this. _

Uh, MCFLY!!!! Not with Boise, Fresno, Nevada, and Hawaii GONE!!!! ESPN will be looking to get out of this contract, sooner rather than later. At the very least, the remaining member schools will be lucky to see a 1/3 of the revenue they've been getting because there won't be a single school that will EVER come close to the BCS again and the Conference will be lucky to have 2 schools even bowl eligible for the foreseeable future.

[MetryCajun]

_ Point of the topic is for Cajuns to get the hell out of the Sunbelt. I do not believe the WAC will ever be rated below the sunbelt. The Sunbelt has been the worst even before teams starting jumping ship and moving around. If WAC ever falls below Sunbelt, it won't be from the Sunbelt improving its status. The Mountain West conference will jump ahead of others anyway so then you are back to square one. Mountain will just replace WAC on the chart. The goal for Sunbelt is too first pass the MAC and hope WAC doesn't fall below them. _

Lets decode this post.
Damn, I am dead wrong again. Why do these poeple keep bringing up hard fact to refute my half-maked assertions. Oh well, let me just change the subject slightly and move on.

[Turbine]

_ WAC does have a bright spot with the addition of these three schools even before any football games are played.

UT-SA- hired Larry Coker who won a recent national title pretty recently, San Antonio is the largest U.S. city without a Football Bowl Subdivision football program, has over 30,000 students enrolled, they will have the largest media market of any school in the WAC, and the largest stadium in the conference, the Alamodome.

Texas State-has over 32,000 students enrolled, Austin media area, may hire Dennis Franchione or another big name.

Montana- The Grizzlies playoff streak of 17 in a row from 1993-2009 is a record at the I-AA level, now known as the NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision. The WAC will only make them more attractive playing in the FBS. _

Viewing athletic accomplishments/potential at that level and thinking they will carry over, is like trying to transfer academic credits, from an unaccredited online university to UL.

It might look good on paper, but the paper is worthless.

jmo

[AstroCajun]

_ Turbine,

This BayouTeche character has no game but has forum diarrhea that seems to have no end. Is there any chance you can shove a facilitator suppository up his username ass and shut him up?

J1M

PS I know you like "polls". Please take a poll of people that will pay to limit him to one post per week. This may be the greatest fund-raising event in the history of RaginPagin. _

After reading BT's nonsensical posts, I agree with your proposition.

We need this.

[BayouTeche]

One positive for the Sunbelt though, there are some very good teams that the Sunbelt will play.
Cajuns will play Okl. St. again
FAU-@ Florida @ Mich. St. @ Auburn
Troy- @ Clemson @ Arkansas @ Navy
and others play some as well
Looks like FAU will have played the hardest schedule in america after the first 4 weeks since I don't see an opponent for them for week 3.

[ulforlife]

FYI, Montana turned down the invite to come in the WAC

Judging by your wording, I'm assuming you're a Tech fan?




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