Big East is falling

BigWave96744 · Post by **BigWave96744** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:10 pm

Yesterday on ESPN Radio, they were saying how the fall of the Big East and their automatic BCS bowl bid is an insult to conferences like MWC, CUSA, and the WAC... They said as of this week all three confernces ARE BETTER than the Big East and they specifically said the WAC...

They said the Big East (BC, UCONN, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, West Virginia) is so bad now that they should be classified with the 3 above conferences and the best team gets the automatic bid... So far only UTAH has a remote chance from the non-BCS schools..

Sagrin Ratings
1 PAC-10 (A) = 78.83
2 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 78.31
3 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 78.21
4 BIG 12 (A) = 77.92
5 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 77.36
6 BIG TEN (A) = 76.65
7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 72.69
8 BIG EAST (A) = 70.41
9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 67.25
10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 66.20
11 SUN BELT (A) = 60.68
12 ATLANTIC 10 (AA)= 60.23
13 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 60.06
14 GREAT WEST (AA)= 56.88
15 GATEWAY (AA)= 55.59
16 BIG SKY (AA)= 55.50
17 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 55.23
18 SOUTHERN (AA)= 53.89
19 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 50.70
20 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 49.40
21 PATRIOT LEAGUE (AA)= 48.14
22 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 46.64
23 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 42.18
24 SOUTHWESTERN (AA)= 39.41
25 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 38.63
26 NORTHEAST (AA)= 31.67
27 PIONEER (AA)= 28.89
28 METRO ATLANTIC (AA)= 19.53

vis · Post by **vis** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:43 pm

you sure that ratings is for football?? cuz i dont remember "SOUTHEASTERN" being a top fb conference. at number 3.. okay.

10 · Post by 10 » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:15 pm

That would be the SEC! I'm always torn between SEC and Pac-10 for the best football conference. It's the SEC this year.

Strange though, never heard of the "Sagrin" ratings.

vis · Post by **vis** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:32 am

ooohh!! SEC!!! eh.. i knew that... sorry.. forgot about that... i like pac 10 cuz all the strong teams are on the east.. and pac10 is alot of the best of the west! and i think MWC should take bigwest automatic BCS birth.

WA Warrior · Post by **WA Warrior** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:31 am

Too bad the WAC isn't...especially with Idaho and Utah State coming aboard...though it is nice to see one of the "BCS" conferences plummet...perhaps that will open up to a mid-major conference? yeah, right.......