In a different thread there was a tangential discussion regarding NCAA violations as the relate to conferences. It got me curious and as I was looking for a reason to procrastinate from my class reading, I decided to use the NCAA database to analyze major violations by conference. Given that what is a “major” violation encompasses a wide range of wrongdoings, and some wrongdoings are so extreme that the NCAA can not even punish them (looking at you UNC) this is likely a completely meaningless list. But whatever, like I said it is better than reading. I used any team that received a “major” punishment from 1/1/2000 to 9/17/2020 (https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search?types=major&q=). The list is in order of the percentage of teams in each conference that received a violation. Also, I’m a bit tipsy so it is possible I made a mistake, but I invite anyone to correct the data.
Con.;----# with major vio.;----# of vio.;----% of teams punished;----Violations/#of teams
B12-----------------9-----------------19------------------90%--------------------------1.9
SEC----------------12----------------26-------------------86%--------------------------1.857
P12----------------10----------------20-------------------83%--------------------------1.667
AAC-----------------9----------------14-------------------83%------------------------1.273
B10-----------------11---------------20-------------------79%------------------------1.429
Sun Belt-------------8----------------14-------------------60%-----------------------1.167
MW-------------------7 ---------------10-------------------64%-----------------------.909
ACC-------------------9---------------14 -------------------60%-----------------------.933
BE---------------------6----------------8-------------------55%-----------------------.727
MAC-------------------5----------------7-------------------42%-----------------------.583
CUSA-----------------4-----------------7-------------------29%----------------------.5