Latrell wrote:The Pac 12 is incredibly mediocre.
Yes and no. I agree that it doesn't have 3–4 top dawgs that are gonna beat up on everyone else in the conference, a la Big Ten and ACC. But whether that has more to do with the mediocrity of the top teams, or more to do with the quality of the mid-tier teams in the conference...
Sagarin's default conference rating is "
central mean", which comes out like this right now:
- SEC-WEST
- PAC-12(NORTH)
- PAC-12(SOUTH)
- ACC-ATLANTIC
- BIG 12
- ACC-COASTAL
- BIG TEN-EAST
- BIG TEN-WEST
- SEC-EAST
Basically, most people wouldn't think of the Pac-12 as elite right now, because it doesn't have as clear of a crop of top tier teams as, say, the Big Ten. But in terms of overall quality/depth, there's a solid case to put the Pac-12 in the top 2, or even #1 (as an impersonal, objective measure does above). And largely
because of that depth – and because the Pac-12 plays 9 conference games – I doubt anyone is gonna escape without a loss.
Does a one-loss conference champion Washington get into the playoff? I don't know. I think they should...because I think there should be an 8-team playoff.
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