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Lordandmaster -> conference records vs. AP Top 25 (new) (12/4/2006 10:22:32 AM)
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All right people, this time I am going to try to make it a more useful stat by trying to isolate OUT-OF-CONFERENCE games only. I'm going to do that by taking the overall conference records vs. the AP Top 25, and then removing the inverted in-conference records of all the teams in that conference in the AP Top 25. Get it? Doesn't matter, it should work.
So here goes:
Pac-10
Overall: 12-27
Pac-10 in Top 25: USC (7-2), California (7-2), Oregon State (6-3)
Adjusted record: 5-7
Big 10
Overall: 4-27
Big 10 in Top 25: Ohio State (8-0), Wisconsin (7-1), Michigan (7-1)
Adjusted record: 2-5
SEC
Overall: 11-37
SEC in Top 25: Florida (7-1), Tennessee (5-3), Arkansas (7-1), Auburn (6-2), LSU (6-2)
Adjusted record: 2-6
Big 12
Overall: 9-30
Big 12 in Top 25: Nebraska (6-2), Oklahoma (7-1), Texas (6-2), Texas A&M (5-3)
Adjusted record: 1-6
ACC
Overall: 8-24
ACC in Top 25: Wake Forest (6-2), Boston College (5-3), Virginia Tech (6-2)
Adjusted record: 1-7
Big East
Overall: 5-20
Big East in Top 25: Louisville (6-1), Rutgers (5-2), West Virginia (5-2)
Adjusted record: 0-4
What did we learn?
1. Very few teams play out-of-conference games against the AP Top 25. Once you remove the in-conference games, only a handful of games remain for the entire conference.
2. The Pac-10's out-of-conference record against the AP Top 25 is incredible. They're a tremendously underrated conference. (Three of those five out-of-conference wins in the Pac-10 belong to USC alone. That's more than any other CONFERENCE could put together. Think about that.)
3. The SEC's record is not incredible. This confirms what I've thought all along: they're an overrated conference.
4. The Big East didn't win a single game against the AP Top 25, except when they were knocking each other off.
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