FBS Conference Rankings After September 2017

The first month of the 2017 NCAA football season has been completed. As a contribution to the never-ending debate about which FBS conference is superior to the others, I present the rankings of the ten FBS conferences according to my creation, the Harvey System.

This system ranks the ten FBS conferences in an objective fashion. Teams earn points for their conferences based on victories versus other FBS teams. Victories on the road are worth more than those at home or at neutral sites. Wins against other conferences’ champions, divisional or overall, are worth additional points.

CONFERENCE                      SCORE

Big Ten                                    .787

Pacific Twelve                         .647

Southeastern                            .605

Atlantic Coast                          .561

American Athletic                   .500

Big Twelve                              .500

Mid-American                         .287

Conference USA                     .281

Mountain West                        .195

Sun Belt                                   .038