FC: Jay Paterno's 'Pigskin Stew' blog previews the weekend's biggest games - and ranks conferences according to USN&WR average....

[Midnighter]

For those who don't want to read the link, the academic ranking per conference (based on USN&WR average rank) is:

5. Big 12 - 138
4. SEC - 112.6
3. Pac 12 - 84.9
2. Big Ten - 59*
1. ACC - 57

*Big Ten will become #1 once UCLA and USC are formally added; with them the Big Ten average ranking improves to 54.4.

4 Down Territory: The SEC and The Ivy League....It Just Means More

For many teams this is a last week of non-conference games before conference play begins. As such there aren’t a lot of heavy hitters. That is why ESPN College Game Day is headed to the Appalachian State/ Troy game in Boone, NC. The Sun Belt Conference is suddenly hot after a weekend where they...

www.jayvpaterno.com

 

[BobPSU92]

For those who don't want to read the link, the academic ranking per conference (based on USN&WR average rank) is:

5. Big 12 - 138
4. SEC - 112.6
3. Pac 12 - 84.9
2. Big Ten - 59*
1. ACC - 57

*Big Ten will become #1 once UCLA and USC are formally added; with them the Big Ten average ranking improves to 54.4.

4 Down Territory: The SEC and The Ivy League....It Just Means More

For many teams this is a last week of non-conference games before conference play begins. As such there aren’t a lot of heavy hitters. That is why ESPN College Game Day is headed to the Appalachian State/ Troy game in Boone, NC. The Sun Belt Conference is suddenly hot after a weekend where they...

www.jayvpaterno.com

But PSU will drag the b1g down to more than compensate for the addition of usc and ucla.