With Conference Play in Full Swing, Not Much Change in Conference Strength

The SEC and Big 12 are 1-2 in this week's conference strength rankings.  Surprised? Yes, me neither.

With the rankings being based on out-of-conference games, the conference strength ratings will not change too much over the rest of the regular season.

However, the conference ratings play a small part in the bigger ratings, my Official Championship Game Ratings (OCGR).  Due to qualifying teams having to play five games, the OCGR will debut this Sunday (Oct. 12).

Conference strength through games played on Oct. 4, 2008

Rank	Conference	OOC Record	Rating
1	SEC	28-5	0.6677
2	Big 12	38-10	0.6459
3	Big Ten	31-9	0.6180
4	ACC	28-10	0.6115
5	MWC	23-11	0.5747
6	Big East	21-12	0.5715
7	Pac-10	13-15	0.5254
8	Independents	11-11	0.5186
9	WAC	16-17	0.4910
10	Conference USA	16-23	0.4528
11	MAC	17-27	0.4509
12	Sun Belt	8-21	0.4026