Not including Vandy (#13) for the SEC. Also not including Texas (#38) or Oklahoma (#127) for either
Big 12 |
SEC |
Baylor (#77) |
Florida (#29) |
BYU (#89) |
Georgia (#59) |
TCU (#89) |
Texas A&M (#67) |
Kansas (#121) |
Auburn (#97) |
Iowa St (#127) |
Tennessee (#115) |
UCF (#137) |
South Carolina (#115) |
Cincinnati (#151) |
Missouri (#121) |
Kansas St (#166) |
Kentucky (#137) |
Oklahoma St (#182) |
Alabama (#137) |
Houston (#182) |
Ole Miss (#151) |
Texas Tech (#214) |
Arkansas (#176) |
West Virginia (#234) |
LSU (#176) |
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Mississippi St (#194)
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You could take out the SEC's top 3 academic institutions (Vanderbilt, Florida, Texas) and they'd probably still be slightly ahead overall (though it would be close then)
Which is not to denigrate the Big 12. A lot of those are schools which have a specific mission and fulfill it well. But it's clear that the Big 12 focuses on academic credentials less than any other major conference - which again is fine
But if you took away the SECs top 4 academic schools (Vanderbilt, Florida, Texas, Georgia) then the two conferences would be academically on par