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Quote:My point with using the 2005 line ups in the numbers above is that there is a natural dividing line between the MW/BE and the Big 5 and also between the MW/BE and C-USA/WAC. The difference between the BE and MW is very tiny compared with the difference between the BE and the ACC.
*Sigh*
Using Miami, VT, and BC BE numbers would hardly make the New ACC the fifth (lowest) super-conference, now would it?
Also, a case could be made for allowing the usage of UL, UC, and TCU numbers when analyzing these conferences since they are facing teams of similar strengths as their old records were against without majorly impacting the numbers of the teams currently in those conferences - particularly in the BE's case since they no longer face Miami, an automatic loss for most of the league.
Lastly, as a 12 team league, the comparison would no longer be the same now would it?
As a 12-team league, it's not 1 vs. 1 and 2 vs. 2 and down the line. It would be ACC #1, #3, #5 and #6 since as a 12-team league the ACC would need 2 teams in the Top 10/15, 2 teams in the Top 25 and two more in the Top 40/50.
However, even with incorporating Miami, VT, and BC rankings you will see the gap using the correct analogies is still less between NBE and lower super-conference leagues then the gap between NBE and NMW (except at the top level).
NACC - 5yr, 4 yr, 3 yr, Avg
#1 - 4, 4, 6, 5
#2 - 10, 12, 12, 11
#3 - 16, 19, 18, 18
#4 - 20, 22, 22, 21
#5 - 26, 29, 28, 28
#6 - 34, 34, 34, 34
Pac-10 - 5yr, 4yr, 3 yr, Avg
#1 - 3, 3, 3, 3
#2 - 8, 9, 9, 9
#3 - 20, 22, 26, 23
#4 - 31, 30, 35, 32
#5 - 38, 39, 44, 40
In a 10-team league the analysis would probably call for 2 Top 10/15 team, 1 more Top 25, and 2 more Top 40/50.
Using the Average Numbers you get:
NACC, Pac-10, NBE, NMW
4, 3, 17, 16
(10, 9, -, -)
18, 23, 26, 33
(21, -, -, -)
28, 32, 34, 50
34, 40, 49, 61
So, as can be seen by the above, the top level of the NBE and NMW are comparable with each other but nowhere near the top level of super-conference leagues.
However, the difference between second-level (Top 25) and third level (Top 40/50) is about the same between super-conference and NBE as it is between NBE and NMW.
Cheers,
Neil
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