A look at Conference Academic Rankings

Someone else put the rankings of the Pac 12 schools and the Big XII 4 that were potentially going there, and so I decided to take a look at how the Big 12 which apparently claimed higher academic Quality than the SEC ranked out. I also looked at the other BCS conferences to see how they graded out. I've included Pitt and Syracuse into the ACC since they are now there and A&M in the SEC, and here is how everything panned out:

SEC Average Rank = 99.1 (96 if you count A&M) *Note: The Mississippi schools and Arky bring this ranking down significantly as they are #132, #143, and #157)

Big XII-2 Average Rank = 100.2 (104.9 if you take out A&M and 99.8 before Colorado and Nebraska bolted)

PAC 12 Average Rank = 78.7 (86.4 if they take in UT, OU, OSU, and TTU)

ACC Average Rank = 49.2 (50.7 if you add in Syracuse and Pitt)

Big Ten Average Rank = 56.25 (52.2 before Nebraska joined)

Big East Average Rank = 112.3 (110.6 if you add in TCU and 125 if you take out Syracuse and Pitt)


The Big Ten and the ACC are honestly the only 2 top academic conferences.

The Pac 10 is better than the SEC, but the SEC is better than the Big XII or Big East.

So the academic arguments by OU and company are utter bullshite if that is their reasoning.