LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The rescheduling of the conference is again in full swing. Less than 12 months after Texas and Oklahoma announced last summer that they would leave the Big 12 for the SEC, USC and UCLA are now moving from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten.
While we’ve hit a holding pattern when it comes to conference realignment news, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before more moves are made. The SEC and Big Ten are well on their way to becoming two superconferences, while the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 are struggling to keep up
There have been many rumors about who will be next to join the SEC-Big Ten arms race, but which schools are actually the most desirable for conference realignment purposes?
Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated tried to answer that question and recently released “Desirability Ratings” for each school. This formula measures the conference value of each Power Five school based on five factors:
Putting all of these metrics together puts Louisville just 55th out of 69 Power Five schools. The Cardinals are ranked 53rd in football, 65th in academics, 33rd in all sports, 44th in attendance and 45th in ratings.
Louisville is the third-lowest ACC school, ahead of only Syracuse at 60th and Boston College at 62nd. Clemson leads the conference at No. 16; while Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Georgia make up the top five.
Unsurprisingly, the SEC leads the pack in average school ranking when factoring in future membership, at 25.1. The Big Ten is right behind them at 25.8, with the ACC at 39.6, the Pac-12 at 41.4 and the Big 12 at 49.3.
(Cardinal Stadium photo by Matt McGavic – Louisville Report)
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