Rank these College Soccer Conferences

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  1. WPS_Movement

    WPS_Movement Member+

    Apr 9, 2008
    Rank these soccer conferences, in terms of women's college soccer ..........

    (After conference expansion to super-conferences take place)


    -ACC-
    North Carolina
    Florida State
    Duke
    Virginia
    Maryland
    Boston College
    Wake Forest
    Clemson
    Virginia Tech
    Miami
    N.C. State
    Syracuse (expanded member)
    Pitt (expanded member)
    Connecticut (expanded member)
    Rutgers (expanded member)


    -BIG EAST-
    Marquette
    Georgetown
    Louisville
    West Virginia
    South Florida
    Villanova
    Cincinnati
    DePaul
    Providence
    St. Johns
    Seton Hall
    TCU (expanded member)


    -BIG TEN- (14 schools below are members in ten states, and Big Ten keeps their name)
    Penn State
    Ohio State
    Wisconsin
    Illinois
    Minnesota
    Michigan
    Michigan State
    Purdue
    Indiana
    Iowa
    Northwestern
    Nebraska (expanded member)
    Notre Dame (expanded member)
    Kansas (expanded member)


    -SEC-
    Florida
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
    Georgia
    Vanderbilt
    Kentucky
    LSU
    Alabama
    Auburn
    Arkansas
    Mississippi
    Mississippi State
    Texas A&M (expanded member)
    Missouri (expanded member)


    -PAC 16-
    UCLA
    USC
    Stanford
    Cal
    Arizona
    Arizona State
    Oregon
    Oregon State
    Washington
    Washington State
    Colorado (expanded member)
    Utah (expanded member)
    Texas (expanded member)
    Texas Tech (expanded member)
    Oklahoma (expanded member)
    Oklahoma State (expanded member)


    -West Coast Conference-
    Portland
    Santa Clara
    San Diego
    Pepperdine
    Gonzaga
    Loyola Marymount
    St. Mary's
    San Francisco
    BYU (expanded member)



    I would rank them:
    ACC - "A+" (the best conference just got richer by adding UCONN and Rutgers)
    Pac 16 - "A" (Adding Texas, Oklahoma, and Okie State, ensure them of being 2nd best to ACC)
    Big Ten - "A-" (Adding Notre Dame is huge. Big Ten was already growing in w-soccer)
    West Coast - "B+" (Top 5 teams are strong. Still a "meh" in depth compared to the above)
    SEC - "B-" (Adding A&M is crucial. Outside of them, Florida, and South Carolina, is "meh")
    Big East - "C" (Losing UCONN, Rutgers, & Notre Dame is tough, and only adding TCU to replace)
     
  2. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Whatever the discussion now, ask this question again at the end of the season. That also will be after some of the dust has settled and we have a better idea of how the realignments will end up. At that point, whatever the alignments we're looking at, I'll provide an average RPI per conference based on the 2007 through 2011 competition years and also an average for only 2011.

    (By the way, don't rule out further expansion by the West Coast Conference.)
     
  3. Nacional Tijuana

    Nacional Tijuana St. Louis City

    St. Louis City SC
    May 6, 2003
    San Diego, Calif.
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Maybe off topic a tad, and if so, I apologize. I support SDSU, an MWC school. The MWC gets Boise State this year, and Fresno State next year,but does all this recent conference-switching madness affect the MWC at all further? Seems to be more the Eastern U.S. Just curious.
     
  4. hykos1045

    hykos1045 Member

    May 10, 2010
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Villanova just applied to the ACC. Did Rutgers?
     
  5. leftout1

    leftout1 Member

    Mar 15, 2010
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Unless Villanova has a BCS football team then they will not be getting in. Look for Connecticut and then Rutgers.
     
  6. tensoccerten

    tensoccerten New Member

    Sep 23, 2011
    What about the A10? Whats your opinion? If any lol
     
  7. bmoline

    bmoline Member

    Aug 24, 2008
    Champaign
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've heard talk of Villanova exploring the move to the BCS, but I don't think it's officially happening yet. Even if it were, the move would take a few years to complete.
     
  8. Morris20

    Morris20 Member

    Jul 4, 2000
    Upper 90 of nowhere
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    I don't know . . . Villanova could upgrade football like UCONN did as a condition of getting in.
     
  9. Carolina92

    Carolina92 Member

    Sep 26, 2008
    My two cents...

    UConn is desperate to join the ACC, but I'm not all that sure it makes sense for the conference. If I were the ACC I'd much rather take Nova as the last one in (assuming they take Rutgers). Rutgers and Cuse give them access to the NYC market. UConn just doesn't have the academic chops that the ACC prides itself on. Plus Nova balances the small private schools/large public universities.
     
  10. Morris20

    Morris20 Member

    Jul 4, 2000
    Upper 90 of nowhere
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    UCONN turned the ACC down the last time - they're the FIRST school the ACC wants to add - academics, that's pretty funny . . .
     
  11. multisport

    multisport Member

    Nov 9, 2008
    Did I read somewhere that Denver is moving conferences? Middle Tennessee TRIED to give them a game on Friday....unsuccessfully.. and Western Kentucky couldn't even get a shot on goal against them. They looked pretty bad. Actually really bad. And those two Sunbelt teams beat the bottom half of the conference by blowout proportions. It could be a long and boring conference season and I hope DU doesn't diminish horribly through this.
     
  12. DemitriMaximoffX

    Aug 19, 2006
    Denver's moving to the WAC starting next season, along with Seattle.
     
  13. multisport

    multisport Member

    Nov 9, 2008
    Thanks Demetri. Not my choice of WCC but guess no one listened. There is not a lot of parity in the WAC either or so it seems. More lopsided games? Seattle should be good. Travel should be somewhat better. Any other benefits other than no matter who ranks conferences the Sunbelt is by far the worst I have ever seen so they escape that?
     
  14. Morris20

    Morris20 Member

    Jul 4, 2000
    Upper 90 of nowhere
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    More conference money distributed from football & basketball, better TV money, a bit less travel since the Sun Belt has several Florida schools. Now instead of being the northwest outlier, Denver will be almost centrally located with the Texas schools coming in and LA Tech. There will be the alternate year Hawai'i trip, though.

    From a school perspective, you've certainly got a better group of peer institutions in the WAC (assuming there's not more movement, uhh . . .)
     
  15. footycoach9

    footycoach9 Member

    Jan 29, 2011
    Nashville, TN
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    i believe the ncaa has a moratorium on BCS additions at the moment. may be another 4-5 years before more are added. it's the talk around Vandy at least.
     
  16. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    I have heard there is a moratorium on D1 entry until 2012, which is obviously a bit porous, since new schools are gaining entry now. I have also heard the NCAA placed a moratorium on new BCS bowls.

    I'm trying to parse in my head what a moratorium on BCS entry would mean, since as far as I can tell, there is no legal BCS entity - no articles of incorporation, no legal officers- nothing.

    There are only agreements between the conferences and the TV networks for bowl games, and contracts between the bowls and the conferences for a set number of bowl appearances and locations. This is intentional to prevent congressional antitrust issues ( Google Orin Hatch BCS) and other oversight issues.

    The current conference shifts being what they are, I would think it would be impossible to enforce any such moratorium.
     
  17. Morris20

    Morris20 Member

    Jul 4, 2000
    Upper 90 of nowhere
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    Not so. The NCAA doesn't regulate the BCS, that's a (the?) problem.
     

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