college bowls, conferences and quality of teams

[gojetsgomoxies]

been looking at some college bowl systems.

one thing i was interested in is relative positioning of the bowl teams within their conferences. i.e. top level MAC team vs. mediocre SEC team (mediocre in relation to other SEC teams),

i looked at bowl games since and including 2013 (randomly picked year... not ancient history, reasonable sample size.

Top teams within conference,

> 79% all-in winning percentage,

Big 12 36% ATS
Pac 12 38%
MAC and MWC 20% each.

AAC 67%
USA 100% (these last 2 = small sample size)...


mediocre teams within conference (<65% WP)

SEC 13-5 72% ATS... been a tiny loser the last 2 years. was perfect for 4 years before that.

[gojetsgomoxies]

since and including 2004 (data mining, but it was 50% for a few years beforehand), "winning % <55%" = 92-62 (60%) ATS.... hasn't had a major losing year back and including 2001.

"teams just happy to be there" are motivate.

[Amay537]

USA 100 percent. Hmm.

[gojetsgomoxies]

USA 100 percent. Hmm.

conference USA teams with winning % above 79% are 100% ATS in bowl games since 2012........ USA doesn't have many excellent teams, hence not that many teams with that WP.. and the USA teams have changed alot over time.......... i think i was clear on my parameters.

http://killersports.com/ncaafb/query?sdql=not%20C%20and%20site%20%3D%20neutral%20and%20%28month%20%3D%201%20or%20month%20%3D%2012%29%20and%20WP%20%3E%2079%20and%20conference%20%3D%20USA%20and%20season%20%3E%202012&output=summary