With March approaching and teams starting to fight for seeds and bubble spots, I figured it would be a good time to take a look at the conferences. Hopefully this also gives us KU fans some more ammunition when arguing for the #1 overall seed on Selection Sunday. In an effort to save some headaches and time for me, I only took the six major conferences into consideration (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, SEC, and PAC 10). Using Ken Pomeroy's rankings, I charted all of the teams and found the average rank for the entire conference and the average for the top 10 teams in each conference. Top 10 teams were used for two reasons:
- The different number of teams in each conference, I wanted a consistent way to judge the conferences.
- Using the top 10 allows us to ignore some of the bottom feeders that drag down the average (ie LSU ranked 208).
Big 12 | SEC | Big 10 | Big East | ACC | Pac 10 | ||||||
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Kansas | 1 | Kentucky | 8 | Wisconsin | 5 | Syracuse | 3 | Duke | 2 | California | 17 |
Kansas St | 9 | Vanderbilt | 20 | Purdue | 6 | West Virginia | 4 | Maryland | 10 | Arizona State | 35 |
Texas | 13 | Tennessee | 26 | Ohio St | 12 | Villanova | 11 | Clemson | 19 | Washington | 45 |
Missouri | 14 | Miss St | 37 | Michigan St | 25 | Georgetown | 15 | Virginia Tech | 22 | Southern Cal | 60 |
Baylor | 16 | Ole Miss | 41 | Minnesota | 42 | Marquette | 18 | Georgia Tech | 23 | Arizona | 75 |
Texas A&M | 36 | Florida | 47 | Illinois | 44 | Pittsburgh | 28 | Florida State | 24 | Washington St | 98 |
Oklahoma St | 59 | Alabama | 69 | Michigan | 67 | Louisville | 38 | Wake Forest | 33 | Stanford | 102 |
Texas Tech | 81 | South Carolina | 79 | Northwestern | 70 | UConn | 49 | Virginia | 50 | UCLA | 116 |
Nebraska | 84 | Georgia | 90 | Penn St | 107 | South Florida | 63 | Miami | 57 | Oregon | 127 |
Iowa St | 85 | Arkansas | 94 | Indiana | 133 | Seton Hall | 64 | North Carolina | 61 | Oregon State | 151 |
Colorado | 88 | Auburn | 105 | Iowa | 137 | Notre Dame | 73 | Boston College | 65 | ||
Oklahoma | 89 | LSU | 208 | Cincinatti | 74 | NC State | 80 | ||||
Average | 48 | Average | 69 | Average | 59 | Average | 58 | Average | 37 | Average | 83 |
Top 10 Average | 40 | Top 10 Average | 51 | Top 10 Average | 51 | Top 10 Average | 29 | Top 10 Average | 30 | Top 10 Average | 83 |
Final ranks using the entire conference:
1. ACC
2. Big 12
3. Big East
4. Big 10
5. SEC
6. PAC 10
and ranks using only the top 10 teams:
1. Big East
2. ACC
3. Big 12
4/5 Big 10/SEC
6. PAC 10