January 16, 2009

Conference debated: Bowl Challenge Cup

These are easy to calculate, and have been available since, well as soon as the clock at the National Championship Game went to 0:00.

Pac-10 -- 5-0 -- 1.000
SEC -- 6-2 -- 0.750
Big East -- 4-2 -- 0.667
Conference USA -- 4-2 -- 0.667
Mountain West -- 3-2 -- 0.600
Big 12 -- 4-3 -- 0.571
*Independents -- 1-1 -- 0.5000
*Sun Belt -- 1-1 -- 0.500
ACC -- 4-6 -- 0.400
WAC -- 1-4 -- 0.200
Big Ten -- 1-6 -- 0.143
MAC -- 0-5 -- 0.000

* Not included in the official Challenge Cup Standings due to the requirement that a conference play 3 games.

Since the BCS's conference comparison does not include the bowls, the challenge cup could be added to them as a final exam of sorts. Counting the Bowl Challenge Cup standings 25% (equal weight to the three criteria the BCS uses, and a common value for final exams) we get the following results:

Final grades:

Big 12: 0.879
SEC: 0.779
ACC: 0.659
Big East: 0.561
PAC 10: 0.555
MWC: 0.551
Big 10: 0.537
WAC: 0.274
C-USA: 0.168
Sun Belt: 0.125
MAC: 0.086

What does this all mean? I am not really sure.

Comments:

Conference debated: Bowl Challenge Cup
These are easy to calculate, and have been available since, well as soon as the clock at the National Championship Game went to 0:00. Pac-10 -- 5-0 -- 1.000 SEC -- 6-2 -- 0.750 Big East -- 4-2 -- 0.667 Conference USA -- 4-2 -- 0.667 Mountain West -- 3-2 -- 0.600 Big 12 -- 4-3 -- 0.571 *Independents -- 1-1 -- 0.5000 *Sun Belt -- 1-1 -- 0.500 ACC -- 4-6 -- 0.400 WAC -- 1-4 -- 0.200 Big Ten -- 1-6 -- 0.143 MAC -- 0-5 -- 0.000 * Not included in the official Challenge Cup Standings due to the requirement that a conference play 3 games. Since the BCS's conference comparison does not include the bowls, the challenge cup could be added to them as a final exam of sorts. Counting the Bowl Challenge Cup standings 25% (equal weight to the three criteria the BCS uses, and a common value for final exams) we get the following results: Final grades: Big 12: 0.879 SEC: 0.779 ACC: 0.659 Big East: 0.561 PAC 10: 0.555 MWC: 0.551 Big 10: 0.537 WAC: 0.274 C-USA: 0.168 Sun Belt: 0.125 MAC: 0.086 What does this all mean? I am not really sure.