Conference strength
A conference’s average team against an average FBS team, with its 90% range. Independents are unranked.
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Ratings in points; 0 = average FBS. Squares: average ratings. Bars: 90% rating ranges. The dashed line marks 0.
How deep each conference is
Each logo is a team at its rating; the bar is the conference’s average with its 90% range.
SEC: average +15.0, teams from 4.1 to 23.3 
Big Ten: average +10.9, teams from −3.7 to 34.8 
ACC: average +7.4, teams from −8.7 to 27.5 
Big 12: average +7.2, teams from −7.8 to 24.9 
Pac-12: average −2.2, teams from −8.8 to 4.4 
American: average −5.6, teams from −26.9 to 10.3 
Mountain West: average −8.3, teams from −17.3 to 1.4 
Sun Belt: average −10.1, teams from −18.0 to 10.2 
MAC: average −14.5, teams from −37.1 to 8.4 
C-USA: average −15.4, teams from −28.2 to −6.9 
Independent: average +10.7, teams from −8.3 to 29.8 Logos: available team ratings. Bar: the conference average, over its 90% range. The dashed line is the FBS average, 0.