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NCAA Conference Comparison: Week 6

Editor’s Note: The records listed for each NCAA conference are based on the Monday through Sunday schedule of the previous week.

Things are heating up in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge once again, and it’s about to get even more interesting for our NCAA Conference Comparisons. After Syracuse beat Hopkins, and their previous win of Notre Dame over Maryland, things are shifting towards the ACC for head to head. UVA gets Hopkins in a week, ‘Cuse has Rutgers this week, and Notre Dame is about to get both Michigan and Ohio State. There are more NCAA games on the horizon, but the ACC might be taking control of this table soon.

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2019 NCAA Conference Comparison

Conference Record % +/-
Big Ten 27-9 0.750 -0.009
ACC 19-7 0.731 0.064
Patriot 23-16 0.590 -0.032
CAA 21-15 0.583 0.063
Big East 19-16 0.543 -0.087
Ivy League 16-16 0.500 0.045
MAAC 16-22 0.421 0.007
NEC 18-26 0.409 0.015
SoCon 19-30 0.388 -0.023
DI Independent 9-15 0.375 0.059
America East 11-26 0.297 -0.010

The Ivy League also made a big climb in our Conference Comparison despite Cornell’s loss to Penn State. They are officially at .500, which is a major win for the Ancient Eight (minus Columbia). The SoCon also continue to fall, reinforcing the exception that High Point is in that league. The biggest shakeup, though is at the bottom of the Conference Comparison. Pairing up Utah’s surprise start with Albany’s virtual collapse means the Independents have a better winning percentage than the America East. That is definitely not something I would have expected.

As always, here are the past two years for reference.

2018 NCAA Conference Comparison

Conference Record % Bids
ACC 36-13 .735 4
Big Ten 38-14 .731 2
Big East 33-20 .623 3
Ivy League 31-22 .585 2
Patriot 28-24 .538 1
America East 29-27 .518 1
NEC 27-28 .491 1
CAA 22-29 .431 1
MAAC 19-36 .345 1
SoCon 13-39 .250 1
Independent 7-31 .184 0

2017 NCAA Conference Comparison

Conference Record % Bids
Big Ten 45-8 0.849 4
ACC 36-14 0.720 4
Colonial 28-22 0.560 1
America East 29-26 0.527 1
Ivy 25-25 0.500 1
Northeast 28-31 0.475 1
Patriot 27-30 0.474 1
Big East 25-28 0.472 2
MAAC 19-36 0.345 1
Southern 18-36 0.333 1