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1949 College Football Conference Comparison
Compare every FBS conference in 1949 by power, depth, resume, schedule, recruiting, NFL Draft pipeline, and postseason results.
In 1949, Big Ten Conference ranks No. 1 in the CFBTrack Conference Index at 98.2/100. The table also separates power, depth, resume, efficiency, schedule, recruiting, NFL Draft, and postseason coverage.
Deepest
Big Ten Conference
100.0 depth score
Top-end
Big Ten Conference
— top-3 rating
Non-conference
American Athletic Conference
13-6-2 record
NFL pipeline
Big Ten Conference
0 picks
Conference index
Composite rankings use the visible formula weights and skip categories without data for that conference.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Ten Conference 9 FBS members · Power Four | 98.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 93.7 | 7-4-1 62.5% | 0 0 first round |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference 12 FBS members · Power Four | 94.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 81.3 | 11-9-4 54.2% | 0 0 first round |
| 3 | Mid-American Conference 4 FBS members · Group of Five | 84.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 49.9 | 2-4 33.3% | 0 0 first round |
| 4 | American Athletic Conference 13 FBS members · Group of Five | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13-6-2 66.7% | 0 0 first round |
| 5 | Mountain West Conference 8 FBS members · Other | 35.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 90.7 | 11-7-1 60.5% | 0 0 first round |
| 6 | Big 12 Conference 16 FBS members · Power Four | 29.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71.1 | 17-19-3 47.4% | 0 0 first round |
| 7 | Pac-12 Conference 6 FBS members · Other | 29.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 7-8 46.7% | 0 0 first round |
| 8 | Atlantic Coast Conference 17 FBS members · Power Four | 28.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 16-17-3 48.6% | 0 0 first round |
| 9 | Sun Belt Conference 13 FBS members · Group of Five | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0-4 0% | 0 0 first round |
| 10 | Conference USA 10 FBS members · Group of Five | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0-6 0% | 0 0 first round |
Conference DNA
- Big Ten Conference
- Southeastern Conference
- Mid-American Conference
- American Athletic Conference
Best by category
- Best overall
- Big Ten Conference
- Deepest league
- Big Ten Conference
- Strongest top end
- Big Ten Conference
- Best non-conference
- American Athletic Conference
- NFL factory
- Big Ten Conference
- Coverage note
- Partial metrics
Power curve
Teams are sorted within each conference by the latest available team rating or final ranking proxy.
Big Ten Conference
Median —Southeastern Conference
Median —Mid-American Conference
Median —American Athletic Conference
Median —Mountain West Conference
Median —Big 12 Conference
Median —Pac-12 Conference
Median —Atlantic Coast Conference
Median —Conference USA
Median —Depth shelf
Big Ten Conference9 top-25 · 9 top-40
Southeastern Conference12 top-25 · 12 top-40
Mid-American Conference4 top-25 · 4 top-40
American Athletic Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Mountain West Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Big 12 Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Pac-12 Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Atlantic Coast Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Conference USA0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Sun Belt Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Head-to-head matrix
Matrix cells use games between selected season conference members.
| Conference | Big Ten Conference | Southeastern Conference | Mid-American Conference | American Athletic Conference | Mountain West Conference | Big 12 Conference | Pac-12 Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | Conference USA | Sun Belt Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | — | 0 games | 0 games | 1-150% · 10.5 margin · 0.2 adj | 0 games | 0-1-125% · -3.5 margin · -0.6 adj | 0 games | 6-275% · 8.5 margin · 0.7 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| Southeastern Conference | 0 games | — | 1-150% · -6.0 margin · -0.1 adj | 3-0-187.5% · 18.3 margin · 1.1 adj | 0 games | 0-20% · -7.0 margin · -1.1 adj | 0 games | 4-6-342.3% · -0.2 margin · -0.2 adj | 0 games | 3-0100% · 31.0 margin · 1.6 adj |
| Mid-American Conference | 0 games | 1-150% · 6.0 margin · 0.1 adj | — | 0 games | 0-10% · -20.0 margin · -1.4 adj | 1-0100% · 10.0 margin · 1.2 adj | 0 games | 0-20% · -6.0 margin · -1.1 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| American Athletic Conference | 1-150% · -10.5 margin · -0.2 adj | 0-3-112.5% · -18.2 margin · -1.1 adj | 0 games | — | 1-150% · 17.0 margin · 0.3 adj | 6-1-181.3% · 8.3 margin · 0.8 adj | 0 games | 5-0100% · 16.2 margin · 1.3 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| Mountain West Conference | 0 games | 0 games | 1-0100% · 20.0 margin · 1.4 adj | 1-150% · -17.0 margin · -0.3 adj | — | 5-5-150% · 2.6 margin · 0.1 adj | 2-0100% · 17.5 margin · 1.4 adj | 0-10% · -54.0 margin · -2.1 adj | 2-0100% · 31.5 margin · 1.6 adj | 0 games |
| Big 12 Conference | 1-0-175% · 3.5 margin · 0.6 adj | 2-0100% · 7.0 margin · 1.1 adj | 0-10% · -10.0 margin · -1.2 adj | 1-6-118.8% · -8.2 margin · -0.8 adj | 5-5-150% · -2.6 margin · -0.1 adj | — | 3-537.5% · 0.6 margin · -0.2 adj | 2-250% · -0.2 margin · -0.0 adj | 2-0100% · 34.5 margin · 1.7 adj | 1-0100% · 21.0 margin · 1.4 adj |
| Pac-12 Conference | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0-20% · -17.5 margin · -1.4 adj | 5-362.5% · -0.6 margin · 0.2 adj | — | 0-30% · -26.7 margin · -1.5 adj | 2-0100% · 33.0 margin · 1.7 adj | 0 games |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 2-625% · -8.5 margin · -0.7 adj | 6-4-357.7% · 0.2 margin · 0.2 adj | 2-0100% · 6.0 margin · 1.1 adj | 0-50% · -16.2 margin · -1.3 adj | 1-0100% · 54.0 margin · 2.1 adj | 2-250% · 0.3 margin · 0.0 adj | 3-0100% · 26.7 margin · 1.5 adj | — | 0 games | 0 games |
| Conference USA | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0-20% · -31.5 margin · -1.6 adj | 0-20% · -34.5 margin · -1.7 adj | 0-20% · -33.0 margin · -1.7 adj | 0 games | — | 0 games |
| Sun Belt Conference | 0 games | 0-30% · -31.0 margin · -1.6 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0-10% · -21.0 margin · -1.4 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | — |
Game receipts
1949-09-16Memphis 7, Ole Miss 40regular
1949-09-17Kentucky 71, Southern Miss 7regular
1949-09-17Cincinnati 21, Nevada 41regular
1949-09-17BYU 6, UTEP 47regular
1949-09-24Arizona 40, New Mexico State 7regular
1949-09-24Iowa State 20, Illinois 20regular
1949-09-24Ohio 17, West Virginia 7regular
1949-09-24Oregon State 27, Utah 7regular
1949-09-24Rice 33, Clemson 7regular
1949-09-30New Mexico State 13, New Mexico 14regular
1949-10-01Mississippi State 6, Baylor 14regular
1949-10-01Oregon State 0, California 41regular
1949-10-01Tennessee 7, Duke 21regular
1949-10-01Tulsa 7, Florida 40regular
1949-10-01LSU 14, Rice 7regular
1949-10-01Stanford 7, Michigan 27regular
1949-10-01North Carolina 21, Georgia 14regular
1949-10-01Northwestern 7, Pittsburgh 16regular
1949-10-01Virginia 21, Miami (OH) 18regular
1949-10-01Colorado State 0, Wyoming 8regular
1949-10-07Syracuse 14, Temple 27regular
1949-10-08Michigan 7, Army 21regular
1949-10-08Wisconsin 20, California 35regular
1949-10-08Louisiana 7, Houston 28regular
1949-10-08Mississippi State 7, Clemson 7regular
1949-10-08Navy 28, Duke 14regular
1949-10-08West Virginia 7, Pittsburgh 20regular
1949-10-08Rice 55, New Mexico 0regular
1949-10-08Indiana 6, TCU 13regular
1949-10-08Texas Tech 15, Tulsa 0regular
1949-10-14Ole Miss 25, Boston College 25regular
1949-10-14Miami 0, Purdue 14regular
1949-10-15Cincinnati 19, Mississippi State 0regular
1949-10-15Pittsburgh 35, Miami (OH) 26regular
1949-10-15SMU 27, Rice 41regular
1949-10-15San Diego State 39, New Mexico State 18regular
1949-10-15Arizona 0, UTEP 28regular
1949-10-15Wisconsin 48, Navy 13regular
1949-10-15Wyoming 27, Utah State 0regular
1949-10-21Miami 13, Georgia 9regular
1949-10-22Utah State 7, Colorado 20regular
1949-10-22Indiana 48, Pittsburgh 14regular
1949-10-22LSU 13, North Carolina 7regular
1949-10-22Memphis 21, Kansas State 14regular
1949-10-22SMU 20, Kentucky 7regular
1949-10-22Stanford 27, Oregon State 7regular
1949-10-22TCU 33, Ole Miss 27regular
1949-10-22Wyoming 13, Utah 0regular
1949-10-29New Mexico 19, Arizona State 28regular
1949-10-29Georgia Tech 14, Duke 27regular
1949-10-29Kentucky 14, Cincinnati 7regular
1949-10-29Rice 28, Texas Tech 0regular
1949-10-29North Carolina 6, Tennessee 35regular
1949-10-29Virginia 19, West Virginia 14regular
1949-10-29Wyoming 45, BYU 0regular
1949-11-05Arizona 46, New Mexico 14regular
1949-11-05Arizona State 68, New Mexico State 32regular
1949-11-05California 33, Washington State 14regular
1949-11-05Utah 12, Colorado State 21regular
1949-11-05Navy 21, Tulane 21regular
1949-11-05Pittsburgh 10, Ohio State 14regular
1949-11-05UTEP 0, Texas Tech 13regular
1949-11-05Tulsa 13, Oklahoma State 13regular
1949-11-05BYU 3, Utah State 22regular
1949-11-11BYU 14, Colorado State 16regular
1949-11-12Baylor 32, Wyoming 13regular
1949-11-12Pittsburgh 7, Minnesota 24regular
1949-11-12New Mexico 17, Colorado 15regular
1949-11-12North Texas 28, Houston 23regular
1949-11-12UTEP 13, West Virginia 13regular
1949-11-18Miami 28, Florida 13regular
1949-11-19Alabama 34, Southern Miss 26regular
1949-11-19SMU 26, Baylor 35regular
1949-11-19New Mexico State 0, Colorado State 45regular
1949-11-19TCU 14, Rice 20regular
1949-11-19New Mexico 0, Texas Tech 27regular
1949-11-19Virginia 14, Tulane 28regular
1949-11-19Tulsa 48, Kansas State 27regular
1949-11-19Vanderbilt 27, Marshall 6regular
1949-11-24Nevada 28, North Texas 7regular
Resume & schedule
Big Ten Conference
- Overall
- 33-30-5 · 52.2%
- Non-conference
- 7-4-1 · 62.5%
- Postseason
- 1-0 · 100%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 17-15-2 / 15-15-3 / 1-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 12-11-5 / 8-6
- FBS games
- 33-30-5
- Non-FBS games
- 0-0
Southeastern Conference
- Overall
- 47-45-10 · 51%
- Non-conference
- 11-9-4 · 54.2%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 28-17-5 / 19-28-5 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 15-15-10 / 20-15
- FBS games
- 42-44-10
- Non-FBS games
- 5-1
Mid-American Conference
- Overall
- 2-4 · 33.3%
- Non-conference
- 2-4 · 33.3%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 2-1 / 0-3 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-2 / 0-0
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 2-4
American Athletic Conference
- Overall
- 14-7-2 · 65.2%
- Non-conference
- 13-6-2 · 66.7%
- Postseason
- 1-0 · 100%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 9-2-2 / 4-5 / 1-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 3-1-2 / 5-5
- FBS games
- 12-5-2
- Non-FBS games
- 2-2
Mountain West Conference
- Overall
- 14-10-1 · 58%
- Non-conference
- 11-7-1 · 60.5%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 8-5-1 / 6-5 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 5-2-1 / 7-5
- FBS games
- 11-8-1
- Non-FBS games
- 3-2
Big 12 Conference
- Overall
- 34-36-7 · 48.7%
- Non-conference
- 17-19-3 · 47.4%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 19-15-3 / 15-21-4 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 8-11-7 / 15-14
- FBS games
- 33-33-7
- Non-FBS games
- 1-3
Pac-12 Conference
- Overall
- 10-11 · 47.6%
- Non-conference
- 7-8 · 46.7%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 5-3 / 5-8 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 2-1 / 5-6
- FBS games
- 9-11
- Non-FBS games
- 1-0
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Overall
- 33-34-3 · 49.3%
- Non-conference
- 16-17-3 · 48.6%
- Postseason
- 0-2 · 0%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 19-17-1 / 14-15-2 / 0-2
- One-score / Blowout
- 11-11-3 / 5-6
- FBS games
- 29-33-3
- Non-FBS games
- 4-1
Conference USA
- Overall
- 0-6 · 0%
- Non-conference
- 0-6 · 0%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-2 / 0-4 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-1 / 0-5
- FBS games
- 0-5
- Non-FBS games
- 0-1
Sun Belt Conference
- Overall
- 0-4 · 0%
- Non-conference
- 0-4 · 0%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-1 / 0-3 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-1 / 0-3
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 0-4
Efficiency landscape
Advanced season stats are averaged across visible conference members when available.
Big Ten Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Southeastern Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Mid-American Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
American Athletic Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Mountain West Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Big 12 Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Pac-12 Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Conference USA
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Sun Belt Conference
- Offense PPA
- 0.0
- Defense PPA allowed
- 0.0
- Net PPA
- —
- Success rate split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Explosiveness split
- 0.0 / 0.0
- Havoc split
- 0.0 / 0.0
Offense / defense / special teams
Big Ten Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Southeastern Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Mid-American Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
American Athletic Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Mountain West Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Big 12 Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Pac-12 Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Conference USA
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Sun Belt Conference
- Offense rating
- —
- Defense rating
- —
- Special teams rating
- —
- Points per opportunity
- 0.0 / 0.0 allowed
Recruiting & talent
Big Ten Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Southeastern Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Mid-American Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
American Athletic Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Mountain West Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Big 12 Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Pac-12 Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Conference USA
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
Sun Belt Conference
- Recruiting points
- —
- Avg class rank
- —
- Talent score
- —
- Future-facing coverage
- unavailable
NFL Draft pipeline
Big Ten Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Southeastern Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Mid-American Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
American Athletic Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Mountain West Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Big 12 Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Pac-12 Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Conference USA
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Sun Belt Conference
- Draft picks
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- First round
- 0 total · 0.0 per team
- Top 10 picks
- 0
- Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
- 0 / 0 / 0
Postseason & history
| Conference | Postseason | Postseason score | Seasons tracked | Churn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | 1-0 · 100% | 100.0 | 131 | 20 |
| Southeastern Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 95 | 20 |
| Mid-American Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 80 | 25 |
| American Athletic Conference | 1-0 · 100% | 100.0 | 14 | 27 |
| Mountain West Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 28 | 36 |
| Big 12 Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 31 | 28 |
| Pac-12 Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 68 | 66 |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 0-2 · 0% | 0.0 | 74 | 21 |
| Conference USA | 0-0 · — | — | 31 | 62 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 26 | 29 |
Realignment & geography
Big Ten Conference
- Current members
- 9
- Join / departure events
- 19 / 1
- States
- IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 45.0
- Longitude spread
- 93.2
Southeastern Conference
- Current members
- 12
- Join / departure events
- 18 / 2
- States
- AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, TN
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 8.4
- Longitude spread
- 8.8
Mid-American Conference
- Current members
- 4
- Join / departure events
- 18 / 7
- States
- MI, OH
- Time zones
- America/Detroit, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 3.2
- Longitude spread
- 3.5
American Athletic Conference
- Current members
- 13
- Join / departure events
- 20 / 7
- States
- AL, FL, LA, MD, NC, NY, OK, PA, TN, TX
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 15.0
- Longitude spread
- 23.2
Mountain West Conference
- Current members
- 8
- Join / departure events
- 22 / 14
- States
- CO, HI, IL, NM, NV, TX, WY
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/Denver, America/Los_Angeles
- Latitude spread
- 20.6
- Longitude spread
- 69.0
Big 12 Conference
- Current members
- 16
- Join / departure events
- 22 / 6
- States
- AZ, CO, FL, IA, KS, OH, OK, TX, UT, WV
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/Denver, America/New_York, America/Phoenix
- Latitude spread
- 13.4
- Longitude spread
- 32.0
Pac-12 Conference
- Current members
- 6
- Join / departure events
- 36 / 30
- States
- CA, CO, ID, OR, UT, WA
- Time zones
- America/Boise, America/Denver, America/Los_Angeles
- Latitude spread
- 14.0
- Longitude spread
- 18.2
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Current members
- 17
- Join / departure events
- 19 / 2
- States
- CA, FL, GA, KY, MA, NC, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/Kentucky/Louisville, America/Los_Angeles, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 17.1
- Longitude spread
- 51.1
Conference USA
- Current members
- 10
- Join / departure events
- 36 / 26
- States
- AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, NM, TN, TX, VA
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/Denver, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 37.4
- Longitude spread
- 106.7
Sun Belt Conference
- Current members
- 13
- Join / departure events
- 21 / 8
- States
- AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA, WV
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 8.5
- Longitude spread
- 19.1
Realignment impact uses current tracked membership, state/time-zone footprint, and conference directory churn. Scenario modeling still lives in the Realignment Tool.
Tables / export
rank,conference,season,index,power,depth,resume,efficiency,schedule,talent,nfl,postseason,record,nonConferenceRecord,postseasonRecord,top25Teams,top40Teams,draftPicks,firstRoundPicks,states 1,Big Ten Conference,1949,98.2,100,100,93.7,,,,100,100,33-30-5,7-4-1,1-0,9,9,0,0,IA; IL; IN; MI; MN; OH; WI 2,Southeastern Conference,1949,94.2,100,100,81.3,,,,100,,47-45-10,11-9-4,0-0,12,12,0,0,AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MS; TN 3,Mid-American Conference,1949,84.6,100,100,49.9,,,,100,,2-4,2-4,0-0,4,4,0,0,MI; OH 4,American Athletic Conference,1949,42.9,0,0,100,,,,100,100,14-7-2,13-6-2,1-0,0,0,0,0,AL; FL; LA; MD; NC; NY; OK; PA; TN; TX 5,Mountain West Conference,1949,35.6,0,0,90.7,,,,100,,14-10-1,11-7-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,CO; HI; IL; NM; NV; TX; WY 6,Big 12 Conference,1949,29.6,0,0,71.1,,,,100,,34-36-7,17-19-3,0-0,0,0,0,0,AZ; CO; FL; IA; KS; OH; OK; TX; UT; WV 7,Pac-12 Conference,1949,29.2,0,0,70,,,,100,,10-11,7-8,0-0,0,0,0,0,CA; CO; ID; OR; UT; WA 8,Atlantic Coast Conference,1949,28,0,0,72.9,,,,100,0,33-34-3,16-17-3,0-2,0,0,0,0,CA; FL; GA; KY; MA; NC; NY; PA; SC; TX; VA 9,Conference USA,1949,7.7,0,0,0,,,,100,,0-6,0-6,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; NM; TN; TX; VA 10,Sun Belt Conference,1949,7.7,0,0,0,,,,100,,0-4,0-4,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; AR; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; WV
Custom formula
Weights are stored in the URL. Categories without data are skipped for that conference.
Methodology & sources
Power
Default weight: 25
Depth
Default weight: 15
Resume
Default weight: 20
Efficiency
Default weight: 15
Schedule
Default weight: 8
Talent
Default weight: 7
NFL
Default weight: 5
Postseason
Default weight: 5
Conference membership is season-aware when a season standings page exists. Otherwise the comparison falls back to current FBS members and marks affected categories as partial where appropriate.
Power uses team ratings when available and final ranking proxies when ratings are sparse. Resume uses completed games, with non-conference records separated from same-conference games.
Recruiting uses team recruiting ranking points/ranks. NFL pipeline uses draft picks from the selected draft year, including a first-round count.
SP+, FPI, transfer portal net movement, returning production, active NFL player counts, and NFL salary data are not shown unless they exist in CFBTrack source data for this route.
FAQ
What is the CFBTrack Conference Index?
It is a 0-100 composite built from available power, depth, resume, efficiency, schedule, recruiting, NFL Draft, and postseason components. Missing categories are excluded instead of scored as zero.
Are conference records based on current alignment?
The default comparison uses season-based conference membership when standings data exists, then falls back to current FBS membership with partial coverage labels.
Do bowl games count?
Postseason results are shown as their own component and record split so regular-season strength and bowl/CFP performance can be compared separately.
Are FCS games included?
Raw records include completed games available in the schedule feed. The page separates FBS and non-FBS splits when opponent classifications are present.