Here is a link to last year's Directors' Cup Final Standings:
http://thedirectorscup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/june26stand.pdf
What I found interesting were the P5 teams not in the Top 65 final standings.
All SEC teams finished in the Top 65.
The B1G had two teams not in the top 65 if you include Rutgers who was in the AAC at the time of these rankings.
The ACC, Big 12 and PAC 12 each had three teams not in the Top 65. Statistically, that means the Big 12 had the worst overall teams at the bottom of the conference since they only had 10 members.
SEC - None
B1G - Iowa (78); Rutgers (91)
ACC - Wake Forest (70); Pittsburgh (85); Georgia Tech (89)
Big 12 - West Virginia (69); TCU (77); Kansas State (99)
PAC 12 - Utah (72); Oregon State (75); Washington State (149)
Combined, the rankings for the 11 teams in the Power 5 not in the Top 65:
West Virginia - 69
Wake Forest - 70
Utah - 72
Oregon State - 75
TCU - 77
Iowa - 78
Pittsburgh - 85
Georgia Tech - 89
Rutgers - 91
Kansas State - 99
Washington State - 149
Interesting to note that 10 of the 11 are within 30 spots of each other (69-99) and then last place Washington State is 50 spots behind the next lowest team, Kansas State!
So we have 11 Power 5 teams not in the Top 65. So let's look at the Top 11 non-Power 5 schools in the standings. First, I wanted to point out that Louisville finished in 30th place last year in the AAC and was the highest ranked team not in the Power 5 last year, but I do not include them in this list since they are now a Power 5 team.
BYU - 42
Denver - 43
Princeton - 44
Harvard - 49
New Mexico - 51
San Diego State - 56
UConn - 57
Dartmouth - 58
Columbia - 61
Kent State - 62
Cornell - 63
Those 11 non-P5 schools were in the Top 65 in place of the 11 P5 schools listed above.
Now if you want to only compare the standings for schools that play FBS football, you would these 11 schools at the bottom of the standings:
BYU - 42
New Mexico - 51
San Diego State - 56
UConn - 57
Kent State - 62
*West Virginia - 69
*Wake Forest - 70
Akron - 73
Boise State - 74
*Oregon State - 75
*TCU - 77
This means that seven Group of 5 schools are screwed by the fact that seven P5 teams don't pull their own weight, or at least did not do so last year. BYU, New Mexico, San Diego State, UConn, Kent State, Akron and Boise State are left out because TCU, Iowa, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Rutgers, Kansas State and Washington State are P5 schools with the poorest performing athletic programs in the P5 ranked lower than those Group of 5 schools.
If the AAC had the top 12 Group of 5 schools based on overall athletic program strength, those 12 schools would be:
BYU - 42
New Mexico - 51
San Diego State - 56
UConn - 57
Kent State - 62
Akron - 73
Boise State - 74
Houston - 80
Memphis - 83
Arkansas State - 83
Louisiana Lafayette - 86
Air Force - 87
And if expanded to a superconference:
Navy - 90
South Florida - 93
Tulsa - 94
UCF - 95
SMU - 96
UMass - 97
UNLV - 98
Rice - 104
Of course, this was all for fun. Football and Money obviously dominates everything, not overall sports strength.
http://thedirectorscup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/june26stand.pdf
What I found interesting were the P5 teams not in the Top 65 final standings.
All SEC teams finished in the Top 65.
The B1G had two teams not in the top 65 if you include Rutgers who was in the AAC at the time of these rankings.
The ACC, Big 12 and PAC 12 each had three teams not in the Top 65. Statistically, that means the Big 12 had the worst overall teams at the bottom of the conference since they only had 10 members.
SEC - None
B1G - Iowa (78); Rutgers (91)
ACC - Wake Forest (70); Pittsburgh (85); Georgia Tech (89)
Big 12 - West Virginia (69); TCU (77); Kansas State (99)
PAC 12 - Utah (72); Oregon State (75); Washington State (149)
Combined, the rankings for the 11 teams in the Power 5 not in the Top 65:
West Virginia - 69
Wake Forest - 70
Utah - 72
Oregon State - 75
TCU - 77
Iowa - 78
Pittsburgh - 85
Georgia Tech - 89
Rutgers - 91
Kansas State - 99
Washington State - 149
Interesting to note that 10 of the 11 are within 30 spots of each other (69-99) and then last place Washington State is 50 spots behind the next lowest team, Kansas State!
So we have 11 Power 5 teams not in the Top 65. So let's look at the Top 11 non-Power 5 schools in the standings. First, I wanted to point out that Louisville finished in 30th place last year in the AAC and was the highest ranked team not in the Power 5 last year, but I do not include them in this list since they are now a Power 5 team.
BYU - 42
Denver - 43
Princeton - 44
Harvard - 49
New Mexico - 51
San Diego State - 56
UConn - 57
Dartmouth - 58
Columbia - 61
Kent State - 62
Cornell - 63
Those 11 non-P5 schools were in the Top 65 in place of the 11 P5 schools listed above.
Now if you want to only compare the standings for schools that play FBS football, you would these 11 schools at the bottom of the standings:
BYU - 42
New Mexico - 51
San Diego State - 56
UConn - 57
Kent State - 62
*West Virginia - 69
*Wake Forest - 70
Akron - 73
Boise State - 74
*Oregon State - 75
*TCU - 77
This means that seven Group of 5 schools are screwed by the fact that seven P5 teams don't pull their own weight, or at least did not do so last year. BYU, New Mexico, San Diego State, UConn, Kent State, Akron and Boise State are left out because TCU, Iowa, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Rutgers, Kansas State and Washington State are P5 schools with the poorest performing athletic programs in the P5 ranked lower than those Group of 5 schools.
If the AAC had the top 12 Group of 5 schools based on overall athletic program strength, those 12 schools would be:
BYU - 42
New Mexico - 51
San Diego State - 56
UConn - 57
Kent State - 62
Akron - 73
Boise State - 74
Houston - 80
Memphis - 83
Arkansas State - 83
Louisiana Lafayette - 86
Air Force - 87
And if expanded to a superconference:
Navy - 90
South Florida - 93
Tulsa - 94
UCF - 95
SMU - 96
UMass - 97
UNLV - 98
Rice - 104
Of course, this was all for fun. Football and Money obviously dominates everything, not overall sports strength.
