CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS

1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 79.18 78.86 ( 2) 12
2 PAC-10 (A) = 79.17 79.67 ( 1) 10
3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 78.29 77.37 ( 5) 12
4 BIG TEN (A) = 78.29 78.03 ( 3) 11
5 BIG 12 (A) = 76.92 77.47 ( 4) 12
6 BIG EAST (A) = 76.26 76.86 ( 6) 8
7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.08 71.30 ( 7) 9
8 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.73 64.56 ( 9) 9
9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 63.70 64.04 ( 10) 12
10 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 63.23 64.59 ( 8) 5
11 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 62.46 61.77 ( 11) 12
12 GREAT WEST (AA)= 57.89 57.25 ( 13) 5
13 COLONIAL (AA)= 57.54 57.50 ( 12) 12
14 SUN BELT (A) = 55.82 55.66 ( 14) 8

Man ... how is the Sun Belt rated lower than two 1AA conferences?

that can't be a comprehensive list

there are much better I-AA conferences than those two like the Southern

I just stopped after the D1A conferences were all listed. Of course this is as meaningless as any other preseason poll. I believe this just weights past performances of the last few years with heavy emphasis on last year. Meaningless.

How are preseason computer rankings calculated?

they write down the names of all the schools on index cards

put them in front of a fan

the ones who are blown the furthest are the top schools