Conference Rankings - Sagarin

[Chemhen]

According to Sagarin,

1 PAC-10 (A) = 82.66 81.92 ( 1) 10 82.12 ( 1)
2 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 77.46 77.22 ( 2) 12 77.26 ( 2)
3 BIG 12 (A) = 76.80 76.88 ( 3) 12 76.97 ( 3)
4 BIG TEN (A) = 75.80 74.99 ( 4) 11 75.21 ( 4)
5 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 71.89 71.85 ( 5) 3 71.85 ( 5)
6 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 71.60 71.69 ( 6) 12 71.65 ( 6)
7 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 70.56 70.79 ( 7) 9 70.62 ( 8)
8 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.47 70.70 ( 8) 9 70.68 ( 7)
9 BIG EAST (A) = 69.35 69.80 ( 9) 8 69.75 ( 9)
10 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.43 63.99 ( 10) 12 64.06 ( 10)
11 BIG SKY (AA)= 63.00 62.03 ( 12) 9 62.32 ( 12)
12 COLONIAL (AA)= 62.61 62.54 ( 11) 10 62.57 ( 11)
13 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 62.32 61.71 ( 13) 13 61.90 ( 13)
14 SOUTHERN (AA)= 60.67 60.08 ( 14) 9 60.22 ( 14)
15 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 59.41 59.91 ( 15) 9 59.84 ( 15)
16 GREAT WEST (AA)= 58.08 58.21 ( 16) 5 58.20 ( 16)
17 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 56.01 56.55 ( 17) 8 56.36 ( 17)
18 SUN BELT (A) = 54.70 55.13 ( 18) 9 55.08 ( 18)
19 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 52.01 50.99 ( 20) 6 51.21 ( 20)
20 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 50.82 51.46 ( 19) 9 51.25 ( 19)
21 NORTHEAST (AA)= 50.78 50.59 ( 21) 9 50.64 ( 21)
22 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 48.64 49.77 ( 22) 7 49.44 ( 22)
23 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 46.10 45.59 ( 23) 8 45.65 ( 23)
24 SOUTHWESTERN (AA)= 45.15 44.48 ( 24) 10 44.68 ( 24)
25 PATRIOT LEAGUE (AA)= 44.57 43.71 ( 25) 7 44.00 ( 25)
26 PIONEER (AA)= 41.80 42.61 ( 26) 10 42.32 ( 26)
27 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 40.68 40.85 ( 27) 9 40.72 ( 27)

[webfan]

BSC better than CAA, hmm.

[weberwildcat]

According to Sagarin,

1 PAC-10 (A) = 82.66 81.92 ( 1) 10 82.12 ( 1)
2 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 77.46 77.22 ( 2) 12 77.26 ( 2)
3 BIG 12 (A) = 76.80 76.88 ( 3) 12 76.97 ( 3)
4 BIG TEN (A) = 75.80 74.99 ( 4) 11 75.21 ( 4)
5 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 71.89 71.85 ( 5) 3 71.85 ( 5)
6 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 71.60 71.69 ( 6) 12 71.65 ( 6)
7 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 70.56 70.79 ( 7) 9 70.62 ( 8)
8 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.47 70.70 ( 8) 9 70.68 ( 7)
9 BIG EAST (A) = 69.35 69.80 ( 9) 8 69.75 ( 9)
10 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.43 63.99 ( 10) 12 64.06 ( 10)
11 BIG SKY (AA)= 63.00 62.03 ( 12) 9 62.32 ( 12)
12 COLONIAL (AA)= 62.61 62.54 ( 11) 10 62.57 ( 11)
13 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 62.32 61.71 ( 13) 13 61.90 ( 13)
14 SOUTHERN (AA)= 60.67 60.08 ( 14) 9 60.22 ( 14)
15 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 59.41 59.91 ( 15) 9 59.84 ( 15)
16 GREAT WEST (AA)= 58.08 58.21 ( 16) 5 58.20 ( 16)
17 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 56.01 56.55 ( 17) 8 56.36 ( 17)
18 SUN BELT (A) = 54.70 55.13 ( 18) 9 55.08 ( 18)
19 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 52.01 50.99 ( 20) 6 51.21 ( 20)
20 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 50.82 51.46 ( 19) 9 51.25 ( 19)
21 NORTHEAST (AA)= 50.78 50.59 ( 21) 9 50.64 ( 21)
22 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 48.64 49.77 ( 22) 7 49.44 ( 22)
23 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 46.10 45.59 ( 23) 8 45.65 ( 23)
24 SOUTHWESTERN (AA)= 45.15 44.48 ( 24) 10 44.68 ( 24)
25 PATRIOT LEAGUE (AA)= 44.57 43.71 ( 25) 7 44.00 ( 25)
26 PIONEER (AA)= 41.80 42.61 ( 26) 10 42.32 ( 26)
27 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 40.68 40.85 ( 27) 9 40.72 ( 27)

[ToTheLeft]

MEAC worse than PFL. Hmmmmm.

[ISUSycamores23]

The MVFC is actually better than some other conferences?

[∞∞∞]

Yeah FCS Independents!!! We're just barely worse than the Sun Belt!!!

[aceinthehole]

According to Sagarin,

20 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 50.82 51.46 ( 19) 9 51.25 ( 19)
21 NORTHEAST (AA)= 50.78 50.59 ( 21) 9 50.64 ( 21)
22 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 48.64 49.77 ( 22) 7 49.44 ( 22)
23 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 46.10 45.59 ( 23) 8 45.65 ( 23)
24 SOUTHWESTERN (AA)= 45.15 44.48 ( 24) 10 44.68 ( 24)
25 PATRIOT LEAGUE (AA)= 44.57 43.71 ( 25) 7 44.00 ( 25)
26 PIONEER (AA)= 41.80 42.61 ( 26) 10 42.32 ( 26)
27 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 40.68 40.85 ( 27) 9 40.72 ( 27)

Great job NEC!

[UAalum72]

Compare to Massey Ratings
Rk Conf. Tms W L
1 Colonial 10 19 10
2 Big Sky 9 11 10
3 Missouri Valley 9 12 12
4 Southern 9 15 10
5 Great West 5 11 13
6 Southland 9 14 15
7 OH Valley 9 11 15
8 Big South 7 10 20
9 Southwestern AC 10 6 9
10 Northeast 9 12 12
11 Ivy League 8 12 8
12 Mid-Eastern AC 9 8 14
13 Patriot League 7 9 19
14 FCS Indep 4 8 13
15 Pioneer 10 10 18

[Grizalltheway]

All hail the Big Fluffy!

[dgreco]

Compare to Massey Ratings
Rk Conf. Tms W L
1 Colonial 10 19 10
2 Big Sky 9 11 10
3 Missouri Valley 9 12 12
4 Southern 9 15 10
5 Great West 5 11 13
6 Southland 9 14 15
7 OH Valley 9 11 15
8 Big South 7 10 20
9 Southwestern AC 10 6 9
10 Northeast 9 12 12
11 Ivy League 8 12 8
12 Mid-Eastern AC 9 8 14
13 Patriot League 7 9 19
14 FCS Indep 4 8 13
15 Pioneer 10 10 18

Massey Composite, which right now has 11 different sites, averages out to:
1. CAA 28.81
2. MVFC 33.54
3. Southern 35.51
4. Big Sky 35.81
5. Great West 39.91
6. Southland 54.72
7. OVC 64.48
8. NEC 73.91
9. Ivy League 76.09
10. Big South 76.87
11. FCS Indy 80.35
12. SWAC 80.63
13. Patriot League 84.70
14. MEAC 86.95
15. Pioneer 93.07

[siuham]

Sagarin uses (edit: median) rating to rank conferences, so it's a little weird. It's not the average ranking necessarily, just the ranking of whatever team is in the middle of the conference.

[UAalum72]

Sagarin uses mean rating to rank conferences, so it's a little weird. It's not the average ranking necessarily, just the ranking of whatever team is in the middle of the conference.

Not exactly, but he's trying to lessen the effect of one really good or really bad team on the conference average.

The "central mean" gives the most weight to the middle team(s) in the group and progressively less weight to teams as you go away from the middle in either direction, up or down. This tends to smooth out the effect of anomalous teams that are rated much higher and lower than the middle team(s) in the group.

example 9-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1

[GA St. MBB Fan]

Sagarin uses mean rating to rank conferences, so it's a little weird. It's not the average ranking necessarily, just the ranking of whatever team is in the middle of the conference.

I think you are confusing the mean with the median.

The mean is the average.

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[siuham]

Sagarin uses mean rating to rank conferences, so it's a little weird. It's not the average ranking necessarily, just the ranking of whatever team is in the middle of the conference.

I think you are confusing the mean with the median.

The mean is the average.

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See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yeahyeah. Misspoke. This is what happens when you don't take math for 6 years. Everyone seems to have got what I meant.

[GA St. MBB Fan]

Yeah FCS Independents!!! We're just barely worse than the Sun Belt!!!

Yeah and better than the Big South and Ivy, among others.