Conferences/Comparison Lab

Conference Comparison Lab

College Football Conference Comparison

Compare every FBS conference by power, depth, head-to-head record, schedule difficulty, recruiting talent, NFL Draft pipeline, postseason results, and data coverage.

In 2026, Southeastern Conference ranks No. 1 in the CFBTrack Conference Index at 100/100. The table also separates power, depth, resume, efficiency, schedule, recruiting, NFL Draft, and postseason coverage.

FBS-only membership uses the selected season when standings rows are available.

Data status: completed games, ratings, recruiting, draft, and advanced stats are shown when present; missing metrics are excluded from the index.

Best overall

Southeastern Conference

100.0 index

Deepest

Southeastern Conference

100.0 depth score

Top-end

Southeastern Conference

— top-3 rating

Non-conference

Southeastern Conference

0-0-32 record

NFL pipeline

Southeastern Conference

87 picks

Tables / export

rank,conference,season,index,power,depth,resume,efficiency,schedule,talent,nfl,postseason,record,nonConferenceRecord,postseasonRecord,top25Teams,top40Teams,draftPicks,firstRoundPicks,states
1,Southeastern Conference,2026,100,100,100,100,,,,100,,0-0-176,0-0-32,0-0,16,16,87,7,AL; AR; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; MS; OK; SC; TN; TX
2,Big Ten Conference,2026,98.2,100,100,100,,,,77.2,,0-0-197,0-0-35,0-0,18,18,68,10,CA; IA; IL; IN; MD; MI; MN; NE; NJ; OH; OR; PA; WA; WI
3,Big 12 Conference,2026,96.1,100,100,100,,,,48.9,,0-0-175,0-0-31,0-0,16,16,38,6,AZ; CO; FL; IA; KS; OH; OK; TX; UT; WV
4,Atlantic Coast Conference,2026,95.8,100,100,100,,,,45.7,,0-0-177,0-0-29,0-0,17,17,38,6,CA; FL; GA; KY; MA; NC; NY; PA; SC; TX; VA
5,Pac-12 Conference,2026,93,100,100,100,,,,9.2,,0-0-53,0-0-23,0-0,6,6,2,1,CA; CO; ID; OR; UT; WA
6,American Athletic Conference,2026,92.6,100,100,100,,,,3.4,,0-0-131,0-0-33,0-0,13,13,4,0,AL; FL; LA; MD; NC; NY; OK; PA; TN; TX
7,Mid-American Conference,2026,92.6,100,100,100,,,,4.2,,0-0-104,0-0-30,0-0,11,11,4,0,IN; MI; NY; OH
8,Sun Belt Conference,2026,92.4,100,100,100,,,,0.8,,0-0-130,0-0-48,0-0,13,13,2,0,AL; AR; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; WV
9,Conference USA,2026,92.3,100,100,100,,,,0,,0-0-100,0-0-36,0-0,10,10,1,0,AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; NM; TN; TX; VA
10,Mountain West Conference,2026,92.3,100,100,100,,,,0.5,,0-0-71,0-0-23,0-0,8,8,1,0,CO; HI; IL; NM; NV; TX; WY