(07-04-2013 01:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(07-04-2013 01:15 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  ... Thanks for that, it really helps out the MAC rank average:

AAC = 18.3
MWC = 24.9
MAC = 33.6
CUSA = 37.7
SB = 40.5

I uploaded these numbers into a spreadsheet, so I can get the simple and centrally weighted Sagarin rating averages too (simple | weighted):

AAC = 67.66 | 66.12
MWC = 65.67 | 65.50
MAC = 60.73 | 60.99
CUSA = 59.44 | 59.16
SB = 57.39 | 58.02

Note that these are ranked on the centrally weighted average, to be consistent with the Sagarin conference rankings ~ the simple weighted average flips the AAC and MWC. On these rankings / ratings, its more like AAC/MWC; MAC; CUSA/Sunbelt.

AAC is 1.99 ahead of MWC on your simple average and .62 on your weighted.
MAC is 1.29 ahead of CUSA on your simple and 1.83 on your weighted.
CUSA is 2.05 ahead of SB on your simple and 1.14 on your weighted.
So your separating MAC from CUSA while grouping CUSA with Sun Belt makes absolutely no sense at all.

Here's the sense of it ~ remember that I said rankings / ratings. The incrementals are, rank average first and centrally weighted ratings average second:

AAC - MWC = -6.6 | +0.62
MWC - MAC = -8.7 | +4.51
MAC - CUSA = -4.1 | +1.83
CUSA - SB = -2.8 | +1.14

Ranking the gaps in size, from largest to smallest:

AAC - MWC: 2nd | 4th
MWC - MAC: 1st | 1st
MAC - CUSA: 3rd | 2nd
CUSA - SB: 4th | 3rd

MWC to MAC is the clearest split:

AAC/MWC; MAC/CUSA/SB

Among the MAC/CUSA/SB group, obviously CUSA/SB is closer than MAC/CUSA, on both the average ranking and the weighted rating, so:

AAC/MWC; MAC; CUSA/SB