The Battle for Conference Supremacy

Rank	Conference	Avg. Team Rank
1	SEC	41.667
2	Big East	43.875
3	Big 10	48.455
4	Big XII	49.750
5	Pac 10	53.500
6	ACC	56.333
7	MWC	58.667
8	WAC	69.667
9	CUSA	74.000
10	Sun Belt	80.750
11	MAC	80.917
12	IND	81.600

Rank	Conference	Avg. Team Score
1	SEC	0.623
2	Big East	0.605
3	Big XII	0.585
4	Big 10	0.574
5	Pac 10	0.553
6	ACC	0.529
7	MWC	0.514
8	WAC	0.437
9	CUSA	0.408
10	MAC	0.380
11	IND	0.363
12	Sun Belt	0.355

2007/08 Final Rankings

Rank	Score	Team	Previous Rank	Score Change
1	1.0	Kansas (12-1)	1	0.0
2	0.9612	LSU (12-2)	3	0.002146
3	0.921997	West Virginia (11-2)	6	0.007369
4	0.911081	Missouri (12-2)	7	0.00961
5	0.891411	Hawaii (12-1)	2	-0.079867
6	0.878558	USC (11-2)	10	0.021485
7	0.876945	Ohio State (11-2)	4	-0.070198
8	0.86123	Oklahoma (11-3)	5	-0.06905
9	0.846873	Georgia (11-2)	13	0.025795
10	0.825787	BYU (11-2)	12	0.002624
11	0.812187	Virginia Tech (11-3)	8	-0.064527
12	0.807776	Cinncinati (10-3)	16	6.74E-4
13	0.797921	Boston College (11-3)	18	0.006866
14	0.789714	Boise State (10-3)	9	-0.073206
15	0.771875	Texas (10-3)	23	0.025746
16	0.75968	Arizona State (10-3)	11	-0.075621
17	0.754769	Florida (9-4)	17	-0.0513
18	0.752546	Clemson (9-4)	14	-0.062107
19	0.745302	Oregon (9-4)	25	0.031325
20	0.727668	South Florida (9-4)	15	-0.081798
21	0.722763	Texas Tech (9-4)	29	0.014936
22	0.720813	Penn State (9-4)	28	0.011063
23	0.707401	Utah (9-4)	30	0.008894
24	0.707271	Tennessee (10-4)	31	0.01515
25	0.703884	UCF (10-4)	19	-0.05997
26	0.695848	Tulsa (10-4)	36	0.041309
27	0.694352	Air Force (9-4)	21	-0.053835
28	0.688488	Connecticut (9-4)	20	-0.063031
29	0.685138	Auburn (9-4)	34	0.01402
30	0.683642	Oregon State (9-4)	35	0.014082
31	0.681062	Michigan (9-4)	32	0.005638
32	0.672475	Illinois (9-4)	22	-0.074291
33	0.670638	Wake Forest (9-4)	37	0.016452
34	0.66524	Wisconsin (9-4)	24	-0.05817
35	0.661536	New Mexico (9-4)	39	0.025486
36	0.656051	Troy (8-4)	33	-0.0158
37	0.652754	Virginia (9-4)	27	-0.059352
38	0.650514	Arkansas (8-5)	26	-0.062662
39	0.637734	Rutgers (8-5)	42	0.018939
40	0.621429	Fresno State (9-4)	47	0.021874
41	0.620785	Kentucky (8-5)	44	0.01024
42	0.612362	Purdue (8-5)	45	0.007502
43	0.605228	Houston (8-5)	38	-0.044366
44	0.600538	TCU (8-5)	51	0.014912
45	0.59976	Florida Atlantic (8-5)	52	0.01447
46	0.598177	East Carolina (8-5)	54	0.024113
47	0.576892	Western Kentucky (7-5)	49	-0.017764
48	0.574596	Michigan State (7-6)	40	-0.057553
49	0.560276	Alabama (7-6)	59	0.015405
50	0.560125	Mississippi State (8-5)	62	0.028208
51	0.557368	Ball State (7-6)	43	-0.060778
52	0.557003	Navy (8-5)	46	-0.047813
53	0.550353	Oklahoma State (7-6)	61	0.018052
54	0.545371	Bowling Green (8-5)	41	-0.079607
55	0.542151	Texas A&M (7-6)	50	-0.051995
56	0.540746	Georgia Tech (7-6)	48	-0.057606
57	0.538353	Florida State (7-6)	53	-0.04609
58	0.535009	California (7-6)	64	0.017752
59	0.527998	Central Michigan (8-6)	55	-0.042084
60	0.52559	Louisville (6-6)	60	-0.014952
61	0.519178	Southern Miss (7-6)	57	-0.04438
62	0.519014	Indiana (7-6)	56	-0.050299
63	0.504298	Memphis (7-6)	58	-0.047529
64	0.482668	South Carolina (6-6)	68	-0.010796
65	0.48077	Iowa (6-6)	66	-0.015838
66	0.478743	Maryland (6-7)	63	-0.049061
67	0.457461	UCLA (6-7)	67	-0.036276
68	0.452634	Nevada (6-7)	65	-0.054695
69	0.4524	Kansas State (5-7)	70	-0.012293
70	0.44871	Ohio (6-6)	71	-0.01345
71	0.448185	Louisiana Monroe (6-6)	72	-0.011231
72	0.446169	Colorado (6-7)	69	-0.043364
73	0.442288	Northwestern (6-6)	73	-0.012736
74	0.437876	Arizona (5-7)	74	-0.011079
75	0.421665	Pittsburgh (5-7)	75	-0.013595
76	0.419171	Vanderbilt (5-7)	76	-0.009789
77	0.406538	Washington State (5-7)	78	-0.010791
78	0.405059	Miami (Ohio) (6-7)	77	-0.012418
79	0.401807	Middle Tennessee State (5-7)	79	-0.012927
80	0.395448	Arkansas State (5-7)	80	-0.0101
81	0.392713	Toledo (5-7)	81	-0.012586
82	0.392325	Western Michigan (5-7)	83	-0.011671
83	0.38932	San Jose State (5-7)	82	-0.014901
84	0.382742	Nebraska (5-7)	85	-0.007587
85	0.382037	Buffalo (5-7)	84	-0.012073
86	0.376533	Miami (5-7)	86	-0.012454
87	0.36963	Wyoming (5-7)	87	-0.008899
88	0.354465	Louisiana Tech (5-7)	88	-0.010351
89	0.342443	North Carolina State (5-7)	89	-0.008389
90	0.330336	UTEP (4-8)	90	-0.010199
91	0.322582	North Carolina (4-8)	91	-0.011426
92	0.321184	Washington (4-9)	92	-0.011049
93	0.30719	Eastern Michigan (4-8)	93	-0.012166
94	0.30579	Tulane (4-8)	95	-0.007361
95	0.305118	San Diego State (4-8)	94	-0.009094
96	0.301716	Stanford (4-8)	96	-0.007768
97	0.286638	Akron (4-8)	97	-0.011229
98	0.28607	Temple (4-8)	98	-0.010406
99	0.266618	Colorado State (3-9)	99	-0.008673
100	0.235658	New Mexico State (4-9)	100	-0.005896
101	0.232078	Mississippi (3-9)	101	-0.005027
102	0.222323	Notre Dame (3-9)	102	-0.008325
103	0.221773	Louisiana Lafayette (3-9)	103	-0.006852
104	0.220889	Marshall (3-9)	104	-0.00613
105	0.219809	Iowa State (3-9)	105	-0.006057
106	0.21738	Kent State (3-9)	106	-0.007761
107	0.208407	Rice (3-9)	107	-0.005658
108	0.197015	UNLV (2-10)	108	-0.009545
109	0.170698	Army (3-9)	109	-0.004158
110	0.164196	Baylor (3-9)	110	-0.00148
111	0.132985	Utah State (2-10)	111	-0.007608
112	0.116895	North Texas (2-10)	112	-0.004244
113	0.110851	UAB (2-10)	113	-0.004452
114	0.109057	Syracuse (2-10)	114	-0.005148
115	0.097559	Northern Illinois (2-10)	115	-0.004406
116	0.087131	SMU (1-11)	116	-0.004268
117	0.070311	Minnesota (1-11)	117	-0.005166
118	0.069695	Idaho (1-11)	118	-0.005224
119	0.066108	Duke (1-11)	119	-0.00779
120	0.0	Florida International (1-11)	120	0.0

Postseason Wrap

My picks are a pathetic 19-13 (~59.4%) this bowl season. And of those I picked correctly, only 12 (37.5%) covered the spreads (if you can even call 1 or 2 points a spread) I took wild guesses at. Turns out that I'm probably not the one to listen to for making winning picks (surprise surprise).
Congratulations to all the winners and to the losers who played admirably, gave it their all, and were just outmatched. Shame on those teams who should have rolled and instead rolled over and died.

Coach of the year: Mark "Mayor McCheese" Mangino
They have the same initials and roughly the same physical characteristics. But Mayor McCheese never led the fry-kids to a season anywhere near the year Kansas had.
Runners-up: Sylvester Croom, Jim Leavitt, June Jones

Traitor of the year: Rich Rodriguez
Runners-up: Bobby Petrino

Most Valuable Player: Dennis Dixon
Just look what happened when Dixon went out with a torn ACL at the end of the season. And that was after already injuring himself, and still wanting to play. If the Ducks' subsequent implosion doesn't tell you how much of a contributor Dixon was, nothing will.
Runners-up: Tim Tebow, Matt Ryan

Comeback of the year: Michigan
After being left for dead following consecutive losses to eventual I-AA three-peat champion Appalachian State and a better than anticipated Oregon team, Michigan went a a tear, winning 9 in a row before dropping their finale to Ohio State and Lloyd Carr along with it. And after all that, the seniors who came back to win a championship that would never be decided to win one more for Carr and for themselves with a manhandling of last year's championship Gators.
Runners-up: Al Groh

Embarassment of the year: Notre Dame
Everyone expected some drop-off after Ty Willingham's best recruits were finally out the door, but I don't think anyone expected the kind of season the Irish fielded this year. Certainly Nebraska took their lumps too, but the Irish are a more-storied program and suffered a much bigger fall.
Runners-up: Nebraska, Hawaii's Sugar Bowl performance

Most puzzling decision of the year: June Jones leaving Hawaii for SMU
I've been to Dallas and I've been to Honolulu, and I have to say, this one makes no sense to me whatsoever. Hawaii. Texas. Beautiful lush island paradise. One of the favorite filming locations for COPS. You leave a program in their prime for a once-glorious place that hasn't amounted to anything since the NCAA removed their entire football program for a year. It's not like you have an easier path to a BCS game coming from CUSA or a better chance at a national title. I mean, I guess Jones is quitting while he's ahead, but damn.
Runners-up: GT attempting a 60+ yard field goal against Georgia after a sack moved the line of scrimmage from the 37 to the 44.