2009 WASEAN conference ratings, week 10

The top three BCS leagues (SEC, ACC, Big East) are starting to pull away from the bottom three (Big 12, Pac 10, Big Ten). This week this was driven by the bottom three dropping, as opposed to the top 3 moving up. The Big Ten is dropping like a brick. They won't 'catch' the MWC, for 7th, but they are now closer to the MWC than the Big East.

The SEC really is as good as the hype this year. The #11 team in the SEC (Kentucky) is 5-4 and ranked 50th overall (among FBS teams).

The Colonial has 3 of the top 4 teams in the FCS, and those rank 16, 31 and 34 overall (including FBS). They have 7 of the FCS top 25. This might seem high, but . . .

Villanova beat Temple. William & Mary beat Virginia. Richmond beat Duke. New Hampshire beat Ball State. UMass only lost 21-17 at Kansas State. JMU is ranked 7th in the Colonial, and they only lost at Maryland 38-35. If you are questioning how this league ranks higher than C-USA and the MAC, you now know why. The top 7 would rank higher than the Big 10 if they were their own league. The top 10 would be higher than the MWC.

I have the Ivy league rated higher than most, still not sure if I'm wrong or the others are. Would be nice to see them play in the FCS playoffs, there is a new commissioner there, so maybe things could change in the future.

Division	Conference	WASEAN
I-A-BCS	SEC	0.715
I-A-BCS	ACC	0.683
I-A-BCS	BigEast	0.681
I-A-BCS	Big12	0.667
I-A-BCS	Pac10	0.652
I-A-BCS	Big10	0.617
I-A	MWC	0.564
I-A	I-A-Ind	0.558
I-A	WAC	0.533
I-AA	Colonial*	0.522
I-A	CUSA	0.498
I-A	MAC	0.479
I-AA	MVC*	0.462
I-AA	Ivy	0.457
I-AA	GreatWest	0.443
I-A	SunBelt	0.440
I-AA	Southern*	0.439
I-AA	Patriot*	0.431
I-AA	BigSky*	0.390
I-AA	NEC	0.379
I-AA	Southland*	0.375
I-AA	MEAC*	0.354
I-AA	BigSouth	0.332
I-AA	OVC*	0.326
I-AA	Pioneer	0.315
I-AA	I-AA-Ind	0.255
I-AA	SWAC	0.240

*FCS automatic bid conference.

**FCS automatic bid conference when playoffs expand to 20 in 2010.