for whatever it's worth, the computer formulas out there have fairly consistently rated the WCC higher as a whole since BYU switched, and it seems the gap is widening, mostly because the new teams the MWC brought in are dragging that league down. You can argue different points either way, but it's far from a slam dunk that the MWC in general is a better league. More interesting teams for BYU fans to watch their team play against, and better fan environments and history/rivalries, yes I'll give you that for the MWC. I wish the P5 hadn't destroyed the college football landscape and the MWC hadn't made some really bad TV decisions that made this change necessary, but the WCC isn't that bad of a place for us. It's really just the best of no great options. I'll take the P12 or Big 12 in a second, but they're not asking us to join right now. Unfortunately the switch also coincided with BYU basketball being in a rebuilding mode that we're just now coming out of, IMO.
Sagarin:
CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS WIN50%
1 BIG 12 = 85.99 85.22 ( 1) 10 85.47 ( 1)
2 BIG EAST = 83.12 83.12 ( 2) 10 83.07 ( 2)
3 BIG TEN = 82.68 82.57 ( 4) 14 82.59 ( 4)
4 ATLANTIC COAST = 82.50 83.02 ( 3) 15 82.76 ( 3)
5 SOUTHEASTERN = 81.11 81.31 ( 5) 14 80.95 ( 5)
6 PAC-12 = 79.75 80.47 ( 6) 12 80.09 ( 6)
7 ATLANTIC 10 = 76.49 76.36 ( 8) 14 76.41 ( 8)
8 WEST COAST = 76.42 77.20 ( 7) 10 76.68 ( 7)
9 AMERICAN ATHLETIC = 75.42 75.19 ( 9) 11 75.27 ( 9)
10 MID-AMERICAN(east) = 74.86 74.56 ( 11) 6 74.66 ( 10)
11 MOUNTAIN WEST = 74.70 73.90 ( 13) 11 74.53 ( 11)
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