Best overall
Big Ten Conference
98.5 index
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1904 College Football Conference Power Rankings
Rank college football conferences in 1904 by power rating, depth, top-end teams, schedule strength, and CFBTrack Conference Index components.
In 1904, Big Ten Conference ranks No. 1 by the CFBTrack Conference Index at 98.5/100. American Athletic Conference is the nearest challenger in the current view.
Deepest
Big Ten Conference
100.0 depth score
Top-end
Big Ten Conference
— top-3 rating
Non-conference
American Athletic Conference
7-1 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 8 FBS members · Power Four | 98.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.2 | 5-1 83.3% | 0 0 first round |
| 2 | American Athletic Conference 13 FBS members · Group of Five | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7-1 87.5% | 0 0 first round |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast Conference 17 FBS members · Power Four | 29.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 72.3 | 9-5-1 63.3% | 0 0 first round |
| 4 | Mountain West Conference 8 FBS members · Other | 25.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 0-0-1 50% | 0 0 first round |
| 5 | Southeastern Conference 16 FBS members · Power Four | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.4 | 11-17-1 39.7% | 0 0 first round |
| 6 | Big 12 Conference 16 FBS members · Power Four | 20.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.8 | 5-9 35.7% | 0 0 first round |
| 7 | Pac-12 Conference 6 FBS members · Other | 16.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0-1-1 25% | 0 0 first round |
| 8 | Conference USA 10 FBS members · Group of Five | 16.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 1-3 25% | 0 0 first round |
| 9 | Sun Belt Conference 13 FBS members · Group of Five | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0-0 — | 0 0 first round |
| 10 | Mid-American Conference 11 FBS members · Group of Five | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0-1 0% | 0 0 first round |
Conference DNA
- Big Ten Conference
- American Athletic Conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Mountain West 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.
American Athletic Conference
Median —Atlantic Coast Conference
Median —Mountain West Conference
Median —Southeastern Conference
Median —Big 12 Conference
Median —Conference USA
Median —Pac-12 Conference
Median —Sun Belt Conference
Median —Mid-American Conference
Median —Depth shelf
Big Ten Conference8 top-25 · 8 top-40
American Athletic Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Atlantic Coast Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Mountain West Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Southeastern Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Big 12 Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Conference USA0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Pac-12 Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Sun Belt Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Mid-American Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Head-to-head matrix
Matrix cells use games between selected season conference members.
| Conference | Big Ten Conference | American Athletic Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | Mountain West Conference | Southeastern Conference | Big 12 Conference | Conference USA | Pac-12 Conference | Sun Belt Conference | Mid-American Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | — | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 1-150% · -0.5 margin · -0.0 adj | 3-0100% · 55.3 margin · 2.1 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 1-0100% · 27.0 margin · 1.5 adj |
| American Athletic Conference | 0 games | — | 3-0100% · 10.7 margin · 1.2 adj | 0 games | 3-175% · 7.8 margin · 0.7 adj | 0 games | 1-0100% · 11.0 margin · 1.2 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 0 games | 0-30% · -10.7 margin · -1.2 adj | — | 0 games | 8-2-177.3% · 14.8 margin · 0.8 adj | 1-0100% · 33.0 margin · 1.7 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games |
| Mountain West Conference | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | — | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0-0-150% · 0.0 margin · 0.0 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| Southeastern Conference | 1-150% · 0.5 margin · 0.0 adj | 1-325% · -7.7 margin · -0.7 adj | 2-8-122.7% · -14.8 margin · -0.8 adj | 0 games | — | 5-455.6% · 5.7 margin · 0.2 adj | 2-166.7% · 12.7 margin · 0.6 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games |
| Big 12 Conference | 0-30% · -55.3 margin · -2.1 adj | 0 games | 0-10% · -33.0 margin · -1.7 adj | 0 games | 4-544.4% · -5.7 margin · -0.2 adj | — | 0 games | 1-0100% · 46.0 margin · 1.9 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| Conference USA | 0 games | 0-10% · -11.0 margin · -1.2 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 1-233.3% · -12.7 margin · -0.6 adj | 0 games | — | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games |
| Pac-12 Conference | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0-0-150% · 0.0 margin · 0.0 adj | 0 games | 0-10% · -46.0 margin · -1.9 adj | 0 games | — | 0 games | 0 games |
| Sun Belt Conference | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | — | 0 games |
| Mid-American Conference | 0-10% · -27.0 margin · -1.5 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | — |
Game receipts
1904-10-08Alabama 0, Clemson 18regular
1904-10-08Indiana 0, Kentucky 12regular
1904-10-08Texas 40, TCU 0regular
1904-10-15Clemson 0, Auburn 5regular
1904-10-15Minnesota 32, Iowa State 0regular
1904-10-15North Carolina 27, South Carolina 0regular
1904-10-15Baylor 0, Texas A&M 5regular
1904-10-16LSU 17, Louisiana Tech 0regular
1904-10-17Georgia Tech 77, Florida 0regular
1904-10-21Florida 0, Florida State 23regular
1904-10-21Oklahoma 0, Kansas 16regular
1904-10-22Clemson 10, Georgia 0regular
1904-10-22Georgia Tech 2, Tennessee 0regular
1904-10-22Michigan 130, West Virginia 0regular
1904-10-22Texas A&M 29, TCU 0regular
1904-10-23Tulane 11, Louisiana Tech 0regular
1904-10-28Missouri 0, Purdue 11regular
1904-10-29Auburn 12, Georgia Tech 0regular
1904-10-29Iowa 10, Iowa State 6regular
1904-10-29Louisiana Tech 6, LSU 0regular
1904-10-29Tulane 10, Mississippi State 0regular
1904-11-05Baylor 17, Arkansas 6regular
1904-11-05South Carolina 0, NC State 0regular
1904-11-12Tennessee 0, Clemson 6regular
1904-11-12Georgia Tech 23, Georgia 6regular
1904-11-12Virginia 0, Navy 5regular
1904-11-12Texas A&M 10, Baylor 0regular
1904-11-16Tennessee 0, Cincinnati 35regular
1904-11-19Syracuse 5, Army 21regular
1904-11-19Colorado 46, Colorado State 0regular
1904-11-19Indiana 27, Kent State 0regular
1904-11-19Navy 11, Virginia Tech 0regular
1904-11-19Texas 58, Baylor 0regular
1904-11-19Tulane 5, LSU 0regular
1904-11-24Colorado State 6, Wyoming 6regular
1904-11-24Kansas 29, Missouri 0regular
1904-11-24Stanford 33, Colorado 0regular
1904-11-24Tulane 22, Ole Miss 0regular
1904-11-25Mississippi State 32, Louisiana Tech 5regular
1904-12-03Tulane 0, Alabama 6regular
Resume & schedule
Big Ten Conference
- Overall
- 14-10 · 58.3%
- Non-conference
- 5-1 · 83.3%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 9-5 / 5-5 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 2-1 / 7-4
- FBS games
- 12-9
- Non-FBS games
- 2-1
American Athletic Conference
- Overall
- 8-2 · 80%
- Non-conference
- 7-1 · 87.5%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 6-1 / 2-1 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 2-1 / 1-0
- FBS games
- 6-2
- Non-FBS games
- 2-0
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Overall
- 15-11-5 · 56.5%
- Non-conference
- 9-5-1 · 63.3%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 11-4-2 / 4-7-3 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 6-6-5 / 5-1
- FBS games
- 11-9-4
- Non-FBS games
- 4-2-1
Mountain West Conference
- Overall
- 0-0-1 · 50%
- Non-conference
- 0-0-1 · 50%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-0 / 0-0-1 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-0-1 / 0-0
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 0-0-1
Southeastern Conference
- Overall
- 28-34-1 · 45.2%
- Non-conference
- 11-17-1 · 39.7%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 19-11-1 / 9-23 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 7-8-1 / 13-15
- FBS games
- 23-26
- Non-FBS games
- 5-8-1
Big 12 Conference
- Overall
- 9-13-4 · 42.3%
- Non-conference
- 5-9 · 35.7%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 4-4-2 / 5-9-2 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 1-3-4 / 5-8
- FBS games
- 4-9-4
- Non-FBS games
- 5-4
Conference USA
- Overall
- 1-3 · 25%
- Non-conference
- 1-3 · 25%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 1-0 / 0-3 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 1-0 / 0-1
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 1-3
Pac-12 Conference
- Overall
- 0-1-1 · 25%
- Non-conference
- 0-1-1 · 25%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-0-1 / 0-1 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-0-1 / 0-1
- FBS games
- 0-1
- Non-FBS games
- 0-0-1
Sun Belt Conference
- Overall
- 0-0 · —
- Non-conference
- 0-0 · —
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-0 / 0-0
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 0-0
Mid-American Conference
- Overall
- 0-1 · 0%
- Non-conference
- 0-1 · 0%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-0 / 0-1 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-0 / 0-1
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 0-1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Offense / defense / special teams
Big Ten 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
Atlantic Coast 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
Southeastern 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
Conference USA
- 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
Sun Belt 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
Recruiting & talent
Big Ten 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
Atlantic Coast 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
Southeastern 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
Conference USA
- 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
Sun Belt 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Postseason & history
| Conference | Postseason | Postseason score | Seasons tracked | Churn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 131 | 20 |
| American Athletic Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 14 | 27 |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 74 | 21 |
| Mountain West Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 28 | 36 |
| Southeastern Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 95 | 20 |
| Big 12 Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 31 | 28 |
| Conference USA | 0-0 · — | — | 31 | 62 |
| Pac-12 Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 68 | 66 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 26 | 29 |
| Mid-American Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 80 | 25 |
Realignment & geography
Big Ten Conference
- Current members
- 8
- Join / departure events
- 19 / 1
- States
- IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, WI
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Latitude spread
- 45.0
- Longitude spread
- 93.2
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
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
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
Southeastern Conference
- Current members
- 16
- Join / departure events
- 18 / 2
- States
- AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, TX
- Time zones
- America/Chicago, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 9.3
- Longitude spread
- 16.7
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
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
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
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
Mid-American Conference
- Current members
- 11
- Join / departure events
- 18 / 7
- States
- IN, MI, NY, OH
- Time zones
- America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 4.3
- Longitude spread
- 6.8
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,1904,98.5,100,100,95.2,,,,100,,14-10,5-1,0-0,8,8,0,0,IA; IL; IN; MI; MN; WI 2,American Athletic Conference,1904,38.5,0,0,100,,,,100,,8-2,7-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; FL; LA; MD; NC; NY; OK; PA; TN; TX 3,Atlantic Coast Conference,1904,29.9,0,0,72.3,,,,100,,15-11-5,9-5-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,CA; FL; GA; KY; MA; NC; NY; PA; SC; TX; VA 4,Mountain West Conference,1904,25.3,0,0,57.1,,,,100,,0-0-1,0-0-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,CO; HI; IL; NM; NV; TX; WY 5,Southeastern Conference,1904,21.7,0,0,45.4,,,,100,,28-34-1,11-17-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; AR; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; MS; OK; SC; TN; TX 6,Big 12 Conference,1904,20.2,0,0,40.8,,,,100,,9-13-4,5-9,0-0,0,0,0,0,AZ; CO; FL; IA; KS; OH; OK; TX; UT; WV 7,Conference USA,1904,16.5,0,0,28.6,,,,100,,1-3,1-3,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; NM; TN; TX; VA 8,Pac-12 Conference,1904,16.5,0,0,28.6,,,,100,,0-1-1,0-1-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,CA; CO; ID; OR; UT; WA 9,Sun Belt Conference,1904,11.1,0,0,,,,,100,,0-0,0-0,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; AR; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; WV 10,Mid-American Conference,1904,7.7,0,0,0,,,,100,,0-1,0-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,IN; MI; NY; OH
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.