Best overall
Big Ten Conference
100.0 index
ConferencesComparison Lab
Conference Research Lab
1961 College Football Conference Power Rankings
Rank college football conferences in 1961 by power rating, depth, top-end teams, schedule strength, and CFBTrack Conference Index components.
In 1961, Big Ten Conference ranks No. 1 by the CFBTrack Conference Index at 100/100. Southeastern 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
Big Ten Conference
10-2-1 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 10 FBS members · Power Four | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10-2-1 80.8% | 0 0 first round |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference 12 FBS members · Power Four | 98.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 94.1 | 19-6 76% | 0 0 first round |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast Conference 8 FBS members · Power Four | 81.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 41.2 | 6-12 33.3% | 0 0 first round |
| 4 | Pac-12 Conference 3 FBS members · Other | 77.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 45.0 | 4-7 36.4% | 0 0 first round |
| 5 | Mid-American Conference 7 FBS members · Group of Five | 76.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 41.2 | 1-2 33.3% | 0 0 first round |
| 6 | Mountain West Conference 8 FBS members · Other | 30.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 55.9 | 9-11-1 45.2% | 0 0 first round |
| 7 | Conference USA 10 FBS members · Group of Five | 26.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61.9 | 1-1-1 50% | 0 0 first round |
| 8 | Big 12 Conference 16 FBS members · Power Four | 26.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 16-21-2 43.6% | 0 0 first round |
| 9 | American Athletic Conference 13 FBS members · Group of Five | 24.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59.0 | 10-11-1 47.7% | 0 0 first round |
| 10 | Sun Belt Conference 13 FBS members · Group of Five | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0-3 0% | 0 0 first round |
Conference DNA
- Big Ten Conference
- Southeastern Conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Pac-12 Conference
Best by category
- Best overall
- Big Ten Conference
- Deepest league
- Big Ten Conference
- Strongest top end
- Big Ten Conference
- Best non-conference
- Big Ten 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 —Atlantic Coast Conference
Median —Pac-12 Conference
Median —Mid-American Conference
Median —Mountain West Conference
Median —Conference USA
Median —Big 12 Conference
Median —American Athletic Conference
Median —Depth shelf
Big Ten Conference10 top-25 · 10 top-40
Southeastern Conference12 top-25 · 12 top-40
Atlantic Coast Conference8 top-25 · 8 top-40
Pac-12 Conference3 top-25 · 3 top-40
Mid-American Conference7 top-25 · 7 top-40
Mountain West Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Conference USA0 top-25 · 0 top-40
Big 12 Conference0 top-25 · 0 top-40
American Athletic Conference0 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 | Atlantic Coast Conference | Pac-12 Conference | Mid-American Conference | Mountain West Conference | Conference USA | Big 12 Conference | American Athletic Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | — | 0 games | 1-0100% · 14.0 margin · 1.3 adj | 5-183.3% · 11.0 margin · 0.9 adj | 1-0100% · 13.0 margin · 1.3 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 2-1-162.5% · 2.3 margin · 0.3 adj | 1-0100% · 30.0 margin · 1.6 adj | 0 games |
| Southeastern Conference | 0 games | — | 8-372.7% · 10.1 margin · 0.7 adj | 0-10% · -7.0 margin · -1.1 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 7-0100% · 15.3 margin · 1.3 adj | 3-260% · 11.0 margin · 0.4 adj | 1-0100% · 38.0 margin · 1.8 adj |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 0-10% · -14.0 margin · -1.3 adj | 3-827.3% · -10.1 margin · -0.7 adj | — | 0 games | 0 games | 1-150% · 10.0 margin · 0.2 adj | 0 games | 0-10% · -31.0 margin · -1.6 adj | 1-150% · 5.5 margin · 0.1 adj | 1-0100% · 1.0 margin · 1.0 adj |
| Pac-12 Conference | 1-516.7% · -11.0 margin · -0.9 adj | 1-0100% · 7.0 margin · 1.1 adj | 0 games | — | 0 games | 1-150% · 6.0 margin · 0.1 adj | 0 games | 1-150% · -12.5 margin · -0.3 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| Mid-American Conference | 0-10% · -13.0 margin · -1.3 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | — | 0-10% · -16.0 margin · -1.3 adj | 0 games | 1-0100% · 4.0 margin · 1.1 adj | 0 games | 0 games |
| Mountain West Conference | 0 games | 0 games | 1-150% · -10.0 margin · -0.2 adj | 1-150% · -6.0 margin · -0.1 adj | 1-0100% · 16.0 margin · 1.3 adj | — | 1-150% · -1.0 margin · -0.0 adj | 5-7-142.3% · -2.5 margin · -0.2 adj | 0-10% · -10.0 margin · -1.2 adj | 0 games |
| Conference USA | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 1-150% · 1.0 margin · 0.0 adj | — | 0 games | 0-0-150% · 0.0 margin · 0.0 adj | 0 games |
| Big 12 Conference | 1-2-137.5% · -2.2 margin · -0.3 adj | 0-70% · -15.3 margin · -1.3 adj | 1-0100% · 31.0 margin · 1.6 adj | 1-150% · 12.5 margin · 0.3 adj | 0-10% · -4.0 margin · -1.1 adj | 7-5-157.7% · 2.5 margin · 0.2 adj | 0 games | — | 6-554.5% · 0.5 margin · 0.1 adj | 0 games |
| American Athletic Conference | 0-10% · -30.0 margin · -1.6 adj | 2-340% · -11.0 margin · -0.4 adj | 1-150% · -5.5 margin · -0.1 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 1-0100% · 10.0 margin · 1.2 adj | 0-0-150% · 0.0 margin · 0.0 adj | 5-645.5% · -0.5 margin · -0.1 adj | — | 1-0100% · 14.0 margin · 1.3 adj |
| Sun Belt Conference | 0 games | 0-10% · -38.0 margin · -1.8 adj | 0-10% · -1.0 margin · -1.0 adj | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0 games | 0-10% · -14.0 margin · -1.3 adj | — |
Game receipts
1961-09-23Baylor 31, Wake Forest 0regular
1961-09-23Florida 21, Clemson 17regular
1961-09-23Kansas State 14, Indiana 8regular
1961-09-23Mississippi State 6, Texas Tech 0regular
1961-09-23New Mexico 41, New Mexico State 7regular
1961-09-23Washington 6, Purdue 13regular
1961-09-23Rice 16, LSU 3regular
1961-09-23Air Force 6, UCLA 19regular
1961-09-23Vanderbilt 16, West Virginia 6regular
1961-09-23Wisconsin 7, Utah 0regular
1961-09-23Wyoming 15, NC State 14regular
1961-09-30Georgia Tech 24, Rice 0regular
1961-09-30Iowa 28, California 7regular
1961-09-30Air Force 12, Kansas State 14regular
1961-09-30Michigan 29, UCLA 6regular
1961-09-30Houston 7, Mississippi State 10regular
1961-09-30North Texas 41, BYU 30regular
1961-09-30TCU 7, Ohio State 7regular
1961-09-30Illinois 7, Washington 20regular
1961-09-30Wyoming 6, Kansas 6regular
1961-10-07Georgia 17, South Carolina 14regular
1961-10-07Michigan 38, Army 8regular
1961-10-07New Mexico State 14, North Texas 14regular
1961-10-07Ohio State 13, UCLA 3regular
1961-10-07Oklahoma State 26, Tulsa 0regular
1961-10-14Cincinnati 6, Air Force 8regular
1961-10-14Alabama 26, NC State 7regular
1961-10-14Georgia Tech 21, Duke 0regular
1961-10-14Kentucky 21, Kansas State 8regular
1961-10-14South Carolina 0, LSU 42regular
1961-10-14Memphis 21, Southern Miss 7regular
1961-10-14Ole Miss 47, Houston 7regular
1961-10-14Mississippi State 38, Arkansas State 0regular
1961-10-14Purdue 19, Miami (OH) 6regular
1961-10-14Rice 19, Florida 10regular
1961-10-14Tennessee 52, Tulsa 6regular
1961-10-14UCLA 28, Vanderbilt 21regular
1961-10-21Arizona 22, New Mexico 21regular
1961-10-21Air Force 0, Maryland 21regular
1961-10-21Wyoming 36, BYU 8regular
1961-10-28Houston 0, Alabama 17regular
1961-10-28Auburn 24, Clemson 14regular
1961-10-28Cincinnati 21, North Texas 9regular
1961-10-28Memphis 16, Mississippi State 23regular
1961-10-28UTEP 6, New Mexico State 42regular
1961-10-28Army 3, West Virginia 7regular
1961-10-28Utah 6, Wyoming 13regular
1961-11-04Arizona 20, Wyoming 15regular
1961-11-04Auburn 21, Wake Forest 7regular
1961-11-04Clemson 21, Tulane 6regular
1961-11-04Michigan 28, Duke 14regular
1961-11-04New Mexico 21, Utah 16regular
1961-11-04North Carolina 22, Tennessee 21regular
1961-11-04Southern Miss 6, NC State 7regular
1961-11-04Texas Tech 7, Rice 42regular
1961-11-04Tulsa 19, Cincinnati 0regular
1961-11-10UCLA 28, TCU 7regular
1961-11-11California 14, Air Force 15regular
1961-11-11UTEP 28, Arizona State 48regular
1961-11-11Duke 30, Navy 9regular
1961-11-11Tulsa 2, Houston 14regular
1961-11-11North Carolina 0, LSU 30regular
1961-11-18Arizona 48, UTEP 15regular
1961-11-18Baylor 31, Air Force 7regular
1961-11-18West Virginia 9, Indiana 17regular
1961-11-18Tulsa 6, Iowa State 27regular
1961-11-18California 7, Kansas 53regular
1961-11-18Cincinnati 3, Miami (OH) 7regular
1961-11-18Navy 13, Virginia 3regular
1961-11-25New Mexico 34, BYU 6regular
1961-11-25UTEP 14, North Texas 24regular
1961-11-25TCU 16, Rice 35regular
1961-11-25Vanderbilt 7, South Carolina 23regular
1961-12-02Colorado 29, Air Force 12regular
1961-12-02Rice 26, Baylor 14regular
1961-12-09New Mexico 28, Western Michigan 12Neutral
1961-12-16Rice 7, Kansas 33Neutral
1962-01-01LSU 25, Colorado 7Neutral
1962-01-01UCLA 3, Minnesota 21Neutral
Resume & schedule
Big Ten Conference
- Overall
- 42-34-1 · 55.2%
- Non-conference
- 10-2-1 · 80.8%
- Postseason
- 1-0 · 100%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 23-17 / 18-17-1 / 1-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 13-11-1 / 14-11
- FBS games
- 41-34-1
- Non-FBS games
- 1-0
Southeastern Conference
- Overall
- 58-45 · 56.3%
- Non-conference
- 19-6 · 76%
- Postseason
- 1-0 · 100%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 37-16 / 20-29 / 1-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 18-15 / 20-13
- FBS games
- 57-45
- Non-FBS games
- 1-0
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Overall
- 32-38 · 45.7%
- Non-conference
- 6-12 · 33.3%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 18-13 / 14-25 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 17-18 / 6-8
- FBS games
- 31-38
- Non-FBS games
- 1-0
Pac-12 Conference
- Overall
- 7-10 · 41.2%
- Non-conference
- 4-7 · 36.4%
- Postseason
- 0-1 · 0%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 4-4 / 3-5 / 0-1
- One-score / Blowout
- 3-4 / 1-3
- FBS games
- 7-10
- Non-FBS games
- 0-0
Mid-American Conference
- Overall
- 1-2 · 33.3%
- Non-conference
- 1-2 · 33.3%
- Postseason
- 0-1 · 0%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-0 / 1-1 / 0-1
- One-score / Blowout
- 1-0 / 0-0
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 1-2
Mountain West Conference
- Overall
- 12-14-1 · 46.3%
- Non-conference
- 9-11-1 · 45.2%
- Postseason
- 1-0 · 100%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 7-7-1 / 4-7 / 1-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 6-4-1 / 4-5
- FBS games
- 11-14-1
- Non-FBS games
- 1-0
Conference USA
- Overall
- 1-1-1 · 50%
- Non-conference
- 1-1-1 · 50%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-0-1 / 1-1 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-0-1 / 1-1
- FBS games
- 1-1-1
- Non-FBS games
- 0-0
Big 12 Conference
- Overall
- 36-41-2 · 46.8%
- Non-conference
- 16-21-2 · 43.6%
- Postseason
- 1-1 · 50%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 24-13-1 / 11-27-1 / 1-1
- One-score / Blowout
- 13-16-2 / 13-11
- FBS games
- 36-40-2
- Non-FBS games
- 0-1
American Athletic Conference
- Overall
- 14-15-1 · 48.3%
- Non-conference
- 10-11-1 · 47.7%
- Postseason
- 0-1 · 0%
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 10-5 / 4-9-1 / 0-1
- One-score / Blowout
- 1-3-1 / 3-9
- FBS games
- 13-15-1
- Non-FBS games
- 1-0
Sun Belt Conference
- Overall
- 0-3 · 0%
- Non-conference
- 0-3 · 0%
- Postseason
- 0-0 · —
- Avg SOS
- —
- Home / Away / Neutral
- 0-1 / 0-2 / 0-0
- One-score / Blowout
- 0-1 / 0-1
- FBS games
- 0-0
- Non-FBS games
- 0-3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Atlantic Coast 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
Mid-American 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
Conference USA
- 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
American Athletic 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
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
Atlantic Coast 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
Mid-American 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
Conference USA
- 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
American Athletic 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 | 1-0 · 100% | 100.0 | 95 | 20 |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 74 | 21 |
| Pac-12 Conference | 0-1 · 0% | 0.0 | 68 | 66 |
| Mid-American Conference | 0-1 · 0% | 0.0 | 80 | 25 |
| Mountain West Conference | 1-0 · 100% | 100.0 | 28 | 36 |
| Conference USA | 0-0 · — | — | 31 | 62 |
| Big 12 Conference | 1-1 · 50% | 50.0 | 31 | 28 |
| American Athletic Conference | 0-1 · 0% | 0.0 | 14 | 27 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 0-0 · — | — | 26 | 29 |
Realignment & geography
Big Ten Conference
- Current members
- 10
- 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
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Current members
- 8
- Join / departure events
- 19 / 2
- States
- MD, NC, SC, VA
- Time zones
- America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 5.0
- Longitude spread
- 5.9
Pac-12 Conference
- Current members
- 3
- Join / departure events
- 36 / 30
- States
- CA, WA
- Time zones
- America/Los_Angeles
- Latitude spread
- 13.5
- Longitude spread
- 4.1
Mid-American Conference
- Current members
- 7
- Join / departure events
- 18 / 7
- States
- MI, OH, WV
- Time zones
- America/Detroit, America/New_York
- Latitude spread
- 3.9
- Longitude spread
- 4.3
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
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
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
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
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,1961,100,100,100,100,,,,100,100,42-34-1,10-2-1,1-0,10,10,0,0,IA; IL; IN; MI; MN; OH; WI 2,Southeastern Conference,1961,98.3,100,100,94.1,,,,100,100,58-45,19-6,1-0,12,12,0,0,AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MS; TN 3,Atlantic Coast Conference,1961,81.9,100,100,41.2,,,,100,,32-38,6-12,0-0,8,8,0,0,MD; NC; SC; VA 4,Pac-12 Conference,1961,77.1,100,100,45,,,,100,0,7-10,4-7,0-1,3,3,0,0,CA; WA 5,Mid-American Conference,1961,76.1,100,100,41.2,,,,100,0,1-2,1-2,0-1,7,7,0,0,MI; OH; WV 6,Mountain West Conference,1961,30.3,0,0,55.9,,,,100,100,12-14-1,9-11-1,1-0,0,0,0,0,CO; HI; IL; NM; NV; TX; WY 7,Conference USA,1961,26.7,0,0,61.9,,,,100,,1-1-1,1-1-1,0-0,0,0,0,0,AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; NM; TN; TX; VA 8,Big 12 Conference,1961,26.1,0,0,54,,,,100,50,36-41-2,16-21-2,1-1,0,0,0,0,AZ; CO; FL; IA; KS; OH; OK; TX; UT; WV 9,American Athletic Conference,1961,24,0,0,59,,,,100,0,14-15-1,10-11-1,0-1,0,0,0,0,AL; FL; LA; MD; NC; NY; OK; PA; TN; TX 10,Sun Belt Conference,1961,7.7,0,0,0,,,,100,,0-3,0-3,0-0,0,0,0,0,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.