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[QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 1127198, member: 666"]
Whenever a list like this comes out, I am always interested in looking at it from a conference perspective.  The average ranking for the ACC and B1G are heads and shoulders above the other P5 conferences.  If full time athletic members are counted (no ND for ACC, no Johns Hopkins for B1G, no University of Chicago for B1G), the averages are as follows:

ACC - 57.57
B1G - 59.2
Pac - 80.75
SEC - 100.07
XII - 112.9

If we add ND into the ACC mix, the average goes down to 54.8.  If the ACC still had Maryland instead of the anchor that is Louisville, it would be at 48.2.  If Johns Hopkins and Chicago were added to B1G, it would be 52.8.  A more accurate count would be to count the CIC members though, which includes Chicago and not Hopkins, the B1G would be at 55.5.  The loss of Maryland (62) and addition of Louisville (161) hurt and furthers my belief the ACC should have swallowed its pride and picked up UConn.

I was surprised that XII had a lower average than the SEC.  Of course, the fact that the XII has the lowest rated school (West Virginia) was not entirely surprising.  I figured it would be between WVU and one of the Mississippi schools.
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