Non-Conf Report: The non-BCS Conferences

Yesterday I posted the BCS non-conference stats. Here's the non-BCS non-conference ones. In total, the non-BCS conferences notched just 11 wins against blue teams. That's 1 less than the ACC had by itself and the same as the Big12 had. As I've said before, parity schmarity. You would've thought they'd have more, seeing as how the MtnWest had a great year for a non-BCS conf, but check their table for the numbers.

CUSA Non-Conference Games, 2008
Week	Conf Team	vs/@	oConf	opponent	oPts	oW	oL	Res.	Score
1	East Carolina	v	ACC	Virginia Tech	347.43	9	4	W	27-22
2	East Carolina	vs	BigEast	West Virginia	144.18	8	4	W	24-3
3	Southern Miss	@	SunBelt	Arkansas State	-51.75	6	6	W	27-24
5	Memphis	vs	SunBelt	Arkansas State	-51.75	6	6	W	29-17
1	Southern Miss	vs	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-61.26	6	6	W	51-21
11	UTEP	@	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-61.26	6	6	W	37-24
4	Tulsa	vs	MtnWest	New Mexico	-142.13	4	8	W	56-14
4	Tulane	vs	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	-216.40	4	8	W	24-10
11	Rice	vs	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	W	38-31
2	Tulsa	@	SunBelt	North Texas	-396.09	1	11	W	56-26
5	Rice	vs	SunBelt	North Texas	-396.09	1	11	W	77-20
5	Tulsa	vs	zAA	Central Arkansas	-	0	1	W	62-34
1	Houston	vs	zAA	Southern U.	-	0	1	W	55-3
4	Memphis	vs	zAA	Nicholls State	-	0	1	W	31-10
1	Marshall	vs	zAA	Illinois State	-	0	1	W	35-10
4	UAB	vs	zAA	Alabama State	-	0	1	W	45-10
2	SMU	vs	zAA	Texas State-San Marcos	-	0	1	W	47-36
1	Central Florida	vs	zAA	South Carolina State	-	0	2	W	17-0
2	UTEP	vs	Big12	Texas	510.80	11	1	L	13-42
4	Rice	@	Big12	Texas	510.80	11	1	L	10-52
7	Southern Miss	vs	WAC	Boise State	469.48	12	0	L	7-24
2	Tulane	@	SEC	Alabama	460.07	12	1	L	6-20
3	SMU	@	Big12	Texas Tech	447.54	11	1	L	7-43
6	Marshall	vs	BigEast	Cincinnati	401.90	11	2	L	10-33
4	SMU	vs	MtnWest	TCU	272.51	10	2	L	7-48
4	Central Florida	@	ACC	Boston College	253.65	9	4	L	7-34
2	Houston	@	Big12	Oklahoma State	216.63	9	3	L	37-56
1	Memphis	@	SEC	Mississippi	180.41	8	4	L	24-41
9	SMU	@	Indy	Navy	147.23	8	4	L	7-34
5	Marshall	@	BigEast	West Virginia	144.18	8	4	L	3-27
7	Central Florida	@	ACC	Miami (FL)	126.74	7	5	L	14-20
1	UTEP	@	MAC	Buffalo	118.02	8	5	L	17-42
3	Houston	vs	MtnWest	Air Force	116.54	8	4	L	28-31
4	East Carolina	@	ACC	NC State	102.87	6	6	L	24-30
5	UAB	@	SEC	South Carolina	100.68	7	5	L	13-26
2	Central Florida	vs	BigEast	South Florida	82.51	7	5	L	24-31
10	Tulane	@	SEC	LSU	60.71	7	5	L	10-35
2	Marshall	@	Big10	Wisconsin	43.18	7	5	L	14-51
7	East Carolina	@	ACC	Virginia	36.10	5	7	L	20-35
3	Rice	@	SEC	Vanderbilt	23.15	6	6	L	21-38
4	Houston	@	MtnWest	Colorado State	-1.56	6	6	L	25-28
2	UAB	@	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	-32.89	6	6	L	34-49
10	Tulsa	@	SEC	Arkansas	-43.91	5	7	L	23-30
2	Southern Miss	@	SEC	Auburn	-77.38	5	7	L	13-27
7	Memphis	vs	BigEast	Louisville	-82.22	5	7	L	28-35
3	UAB	@	SEC	Tennessee	-91.02	5	7	L	3-35
4	UTEP	vs	WAC	New Mexico State	-269.98	3	9	L	33-34
6	Tulane	vs	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	L	13-44

The Good News: East Carolina beat two good, BCS teams in Virginia Tech and West Virginia. But those were the CUSA's only good wins. Of their bad losses, half of them came to BCS teams. So that's something. 7-1 against the SunBelt, but that doesn't say much.

The Bad News: Losses to 3-9 New Mexico State and Army. Yech. 2-21 against the BCS this year is pretty bad too.

MAC Non-Conference Games, 2008
Week	Conf Team	vs/@	oConf	opponent	oPts	oW	oL	Res.	Score
1	Bowling Green	@	BigEast	Pittsburgh	277.72	9	3	W	27-17
2	Ball State	vs	Indy	Navy	147.23	8	4	W	35-23
11	Western Michigan	v	Big10	Illinois	-34.66	5	7	W	23-17
1	Buffalo	vs	CUSA	UTEP	-94.41	5	7	W	42-17
2	Akron	@	BigEast	Syracuse	-173.35	3	9	W	42-28
5	Bowling Green	@	MtnWest	Wyoming	-173.43	4	8	W	45-16
7	Toledo	@	Big10	Michigan	-203.81	3	9	W	13-10
4	Ball State	@	Big10	Indiana	-210.04	3	9	W	42-20
10	Central Michigan	@	Big10	Indiana	-210.04	3	9	W	37-34
1	Temple	@	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	W	35-7
4	Akron	@	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	W	22-3
8	Buffalo	vs	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	W	27-24
3	Western Michigan	@	WAC	Idaho	-316.44	2	10	W	51-28
7	Ball State	@	Indy	Western Kentucky	-369.32	2	10	W	24-7
5	Ohio	vs	zAA	VMI	-	0	1	W	51-31
3	Kent State	vs	zAA	Delaware State	-	0	1	W	24-3
1	Central Michigan	vs	zAA	Eastern Illinois	-	0	2	W	31-12
4	Western Michigan	vs	zAA	Tennessee Tech	-	0	2	W	41-7
1	Ball State	vs	zAA	Northeastern	-	0	2	W	48-14
3	Miami (OH)	vs	zAA	Charleston Southern	-	0	2	W	38-27
1	Eastern Michigan	vs	zAA	Indiana State	-	0	2	W	52-0
4	Northern Illinois	vs	zAA	Indiana State	-	0	2	W	48-3
4	Temple	@	Big10	Penn State	506.65	11	1	L	3-45
3	Bowling Green	@	WAC	Boise State	469.48	12	0	L	7-20
4	Miami (OH)	@	BigEast	Cincinnati	401.90	11	2	L	20-45
5	Akron	vs	BigEast	Cincinnati	401.90	11	2	L	15-17
2	Ohio	@	Big10	Ohio State	378.37	10	2	L	14-26
2	Buffalo	@	BigEast	Pittsburgh	277.72	9	3	L	16-27
1	Kent State	v	ACC	Boston College	253.65	9	4	L	0-21
2	Central Michigan	@	SEC	Georgia	230.80	9	3	L	17-56
2	Eastern Michigan	@	Big10	Michigan State	220.54	9	3	L	10-42
4	Buffalo	@	Big12	Missouri	198.41	9	4	L	21-42
4	Ohio	@	Big10	Northwestern	163.02	9	3	L	8-16
1	Western Michigan	@	Big12	Nebraska	152.75	8	4	L	24-47
10	Temple	@	Indy	Navy	147.23	8	4	L	27-33
14	Northern Illinois	vs	Indy	Navy	147.23	8	4	L	0-16
2	Temple	vs	BigEast	Connecticut	103.31	7	5	L	9-12
4	Toledo	vs	WAC	Fresno State	63.06	7	5	L	54-55
4	Eastern Michigan	@	ACC	Maryland	52.23	6	6	L	24-51
1	Akron	@	Big10	Wisconsin	43.18	7	5	L	17-38
2	Toledo	@	Pac10	Arizona	33.99	7	5	L	16-41
1	Miami (OH)	vs	SEC	Vanderbilt	23.15	6	6	L	13-34
1	Northern Illinois	@	Big10	Minnesota	19.39	7	5	L	27-31
2	Bowling Green	vs	Big10	Minnesota	19.39	7	5	L	17-42
4	Kent State	@	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-61.26	6	6	L	27-44
6	Northern Illinois	@	SEC	Tennessee	-91.02	5	7	L	9-13
4	Central Michigan	@	Big10	Purdue	-107.74	4	8	L	25-32
5	Toledo	vs	SunBelt	FL International	-116.85	5	7	L	16-35
1	Ohio	@	MtnWest	Wyoming	-173.43	4	8	L	20-21
2	Miami (OH)	@	Big10	Michigan	-203.81	3	9	L	6-16
7	Eastern Michigan	@	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	L	13-17
2	Kent State	@	Big12	Iowa State	-312.39	2	10	L	28-48

The Good News: 6 wins against the BCS conferences is decent, but only one of those teams (Pitt) was over .500. 4-9 against the Big10 is acceptable too, compared to past years. Only 4 losses to red, non-BCS teams.

The Bad News: 22 losses to the BCS conferences, but props for playing them that much.

MtnWest Non-Conference Games, 2008
Week	Conf Team	vs/@	oConf	opponent	oPts	oW	oL	Res.	Score
6	Utah	vs	Pac10	Oregon State	190.34	8	4	W	31-28
3	Air Force	@	CUSA	Houston	68.00	7	5	W	31-28
4	Colorado State	vs	CUSA	Houston	68.00	7	5	W	28-25
3	New Mexico	vs	Pac10	Arizona	33.99	7	5	W	36-28
3	TCU	vs	Pac10	Stanford	-56.12	5	7	W	31-14
11	Wyoming	@	SEC	Tennessee	-91.02	5	7	W	13-7
3	UNLV	@	Pac10	Arizona State	-95.17	5	7	W	23-20
3	Brigham Young	vs	Pac10	UCLA	-139.33	4	8	W	59-0
1	Wyoming	vs	MAC	Ohio	-164.35	4	8	W	21-20
1	UNLV	vs	WAC	Utah State	-184.14	3	9	W	27-17
3	Utah	@	WAC	Utah State	-184.14	3	9	W	58-10
6	Brigham Young	@	WAC	Utah State	-184.14	3	9	W	34-14
1	Utah	@	Big10	Michigan	-203.81	3	9	W	25-23
5	New Mexico	@	WAC	New Mexico State	-269.98	3	9	W	35-24
10	Air Force	@	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	W	16-7
4	UNLV	vs	Big12	Iowa State	-312.39	2	10	W	34-31
5	San Diego State	vs	WAC	Idaho	-316.44	2	10	W	45-17
4	TCU	@	CUSA	SMU	-377.91	1	11	W	48-7
2	Brigham Young	@	Pac10	Washington	-422.21	0	12	W	28-27
2	TCU	vs	zAA	Stephen F. Austin	-	0	1	W	67-7
1	Brigham Young	vs	zAA	Northern Iowa	-	0	1	W	41-17
1	Air Force	vs	zAA	Southern Utah	-	0	1	W	41-7
2	Colorado State	vs	zAA	Sacramento State	-	0	1	W	23-20
5	Utah	vs	zAA	Weber State	-	0	2	W	37-21
3	Wyoming	vs	zAA	North Dakota State	-	0	1	W	16-13
5	TCU	@	Big12	Oklahoma	663.98	12	1	L	10-35
4	New Mexico	@	CUSA	Tulsa	180.52	10	3	L	14-56
5	Colorado State	@	Pac10	California	160.52	8	4	L	7-42
6	Air Force	vs	Indy	Navy	147.23	8	4	L	27-33
5	UNLV	vs	WAC	Nevada	34.12	7	5	L	27-49
2	San Diego State	@	Indy	Notre Dame	-7.99	6	6	L	13-21
3	San Diego State	@	WAC	San Jose State	-37.52	6	6	L	10-35
5	Wyoming	vs	MAC	Bowling Green	-47.49	6	6	L	16-45
1	Colorado State	v	Big12	Colorado	-63.26	5	7	L	17-38
2	New Mexico	vs	Big12	Texas A&M	-153.02	4	8	L	22-28
1	San Diego State	vs	zAA	Cal Poly SLO	-	1	1	L	27-29

The Good News: We all know about the 6-1 vs the Pac10. Excellent, even though the Pac10 was down this year. 6 of the 9 teams lost just 1 or 0 non-conf games this year too, which is good. Two wins @ Michigan & @ Tennessee were against bad teams, but winning in those stadiums is solid.

The Bad News: Take out the Pac10 and the MtnWest's best wins were against 7-5 Houston, 5-7 Tennessee, and 4-8 Ohio. Some bad losses too, including Notre Dame, San Jose State, and Bowling Green. The loss to Cal Poly-SLO is inexcusable. Their average opponent in their wins (not even including the I-AA teams) was 4-8 and lost -153.40 pts.

SunBelt Non-Conference Games, 2008
Week	Conf Team	vs/@	oConf	opponent	oPts	oW	oL	Res.	Score
2	Middle TN State	vs	ACC	Maryland	52.23	6	6	W	24-14
1	Arkansas State	@	Big12	Texas A&M	-153.02	4	8	W	18-14
2	Florida Atlantic	vs	CUSA	UAB	-166.76	4	8	W	49-34
4	LA-Lafayette	vs	MAC	Kent State	-204.26	4	8	W	44-27
5	FL International	@	MAC	Toledo	-230.71	3	9	W	35-16
8	Florida Atlantic	@	Indy	Western Kentucky	-369.32	2	10	W	24-20
10	North Texas	@	Indy	Western Kentucky	-369.32	2	10	W	51-40
11	Troy	vs	Indy	Western Kentucky	-369.32	2	10	W	17-7
12	Middle TN State	@	Indy	Western Kentucky	-369.32	2	10	W	21-10
15	FL International	vs	Indy	Western Kentucky	-369.32	2	10	W	27-3
2	Arkansas State	vs	zAA	Texas Southern	-	0	1	W	83-10
3	LA-Monroe	vs	zAA	Alabama A&M	-	0	1	W	37-15
3	Troy	vs	zAA	Alcorn State	-	0	2	W	65-0
1	Florida Atlantic	@	Big12	Texas	510.80	11	1	L	10-52
10	Arkansas State	@	SEC	Alabama	460.07	12	1	L	0-35
4	Troy	@	Big10	Ohio State	378.37	10	2	L	10-28
3	Florida Atlantic	@	Big10	Michigan State	220.54	9	3	L	0-17
5	Troy	@	Big12	Oklahoma State	216.63	9	3	L	24-55
2	North Texas	vs	CUSA	Tulsa	180.52	10	3	L	26-56
12	LA-Monroe	@	SEC	Mississippi	180.41	8	4	L	0-59
5	North Texas	@	CUSA	Rice	160.13	9	3	L	20-77
2	FL International	@	Big10	Iowa	150.39	8	4	L	0-42
4	FL International	vs	BigEast	South Florida	82.51	7	5	L	9-17
1	FL International	@	Big12	Kansas	81.58	7	5	L	10-40
3	North Texas	@	SEC	LSU	60.71	7	5	L	3-41
12	Troy	@	SEC	LSU	60.71	7	5	L	31-40
4	Florida Atlantic	@	Big10	Minnesota	19.39	7	5	L	3-37
3	Middle TN State	@	SEC	Kentucky	-15.68	6	6	L	14-20
1	LA-Lafayette	@	CUSA	Southern Miss	-33.64	6	6	L	21-51
3	Arkansas State	vs	CUSA	Southern Miss	-33.64	6	6	L	24-27
3	LA-Lafayette	@	Big10	Illinois	-34.66	5	7	L	17-20
2	LA-Monroe	@	SEC	Arkansas	-43.91	5	7	L	27-28
1	LA-Monroe	@	SEC	Auburn	-77.38	5	7	L	0-34
5	Arkansas State	@	CUSA	Memphis	-78.38	6	6	L	17-29
8	Middle TN State	@	BigEast	Louisville	-82.22	5	7	L	23-42
11	LA-Lafayette	vs	CUSA	UTEP	-94.41	5	7	L	24-37
1	North Texas	@	Big12	Kansas State	-95.57	5	7	L	6-45
5	LA-Lafayette	@	Big12	Kansas State	-95.57	5	7	L	37-45
9	Middle TN State	@	SEC	Mississippi State	-143.31	4	8	L	22-31

The Good News: If your team was at -150 points or less, the Sun Belt beat you.

The Bad News: With one exception, if your team earned -150 points or more, you beat the Sun Belt.

WAC Non-Conference Games, 2008
Week	Conf Team	vs/@	oConf	opponent	oPts	oW	oL	Res.	Score
4	Boise State	@	Pac10	Oregon	207.78	9	3	W	37-32
1	Fresno State	@	BigEast	Rutgers	118.18	7	5	W	24-7
7	Boise State	@	CUSA	Southern Miss	-33.64	6	6	W	24-7
3	Boise State	vs	MAC	Bowling Green	-47.49	6	6	W	20-7
4	New Mexico State	@	CUSA	UTEP	-94.41	5	7	W	34-33
5	Nevada	@	MtnWest	UNLV	-108.41	5	7	W	49-27
5	Fresno State	@	Pac10	UCLA	-139.33	4	8	W	36-31
1	Louisiana Tech	vs	SEC	Mississippi State	-143.31	4	8	W	22-14
4	Fresno State	@	MAC	Toledo	-230.71	3	9	W	55-54
14	Hawaii	vs	Pac10	Washington State	-320.71	2	11	W	24-10
3	San Jose State	vs	MtnWest	San Diego State	-330.21	2	10	W	35-10
1	Nevada	vs	zAA	Grambling State	-	0	1	W	49-13
1	San Jose State	vs	zAA	UC-Davis	-	0	1	W	13-10
2	Hawaii	vs	zAA	Weber State	-	0	2	W	36-17
4	Louisiana Tech	vs	zAA	SE Louisiana State	-	0	2	W	41-26
1	Boise State	vs	zAA	Idaho State	-	0	2	W	49-7
2	Idaho	vs	zAA	Idaho State	-	0	2	W	42-27
6	New Mexico State	vs	zAA	Alcorn State	-	0	2	W	45-10
1	Hawaii	@	SEC	Florida	607.51	12	1	L	10-56
3	Utah State	vs	MtnWest	Utah	520.04	12	0	L	10-58
2	Nevada	vs	Big12	Texas Tech	447.54	11	1	L	19-35
15	Hawaii	vs	BigEast	Cincinnati	401.90	11	2	L	24-29
6	Utah State	vs	MtnWest	Brigham Young	220.45	10	2	L	14-34
2	Utah State	@	Pac10	Oregon	207.78	9	3	L	24-66
3	Nevada	@	Big12	Missouri	198.41	9	4	L	17-69
3	Hawaii	@	Pac10	Oregon State	190.34	8	4	L	7-45
3	Idaho	vs	MAC	Western Michigan	167.71	9	3	L	28-51
2	San Jose State	@	Big12	Nebraska	152.75	8	4	L	12-35
3	New Mexico State	@	Big12	Nebraska	152.75	8	4	L	7-38
2	Louisiana Tech	@	Big12	Kansas	81.58	7	5	L	0-29
3	Fresno State	vs	Big10	Wisconsin	43.18	7	5	L	10-13
1	Idaho	@	Pac10	Arizona	33.99	7	5	L	0-70
4	San Jose State	@	Pac10	Stanford	-56.12	5	7	L	10-23
1	Utah State	@	MtnWest	UNLV	-108.41	5	7	L	17-27
5	New Mexico State	vs	MtnWest	New Mexico	-142.13	4	8	L	24-35
9	Louisiana Tech	@	Indy	Army	-273.81	3	9	L	7-14
5	Idaho	@	MtnWest	San Diego State	-330.21	2	10	L	17-45

The Good News: Two wins over blue BCS-conf teams, @ Oregon & @ Rutgers. 1-1 vs the BigEast and SEC, 3-4 vs the Pac10.

The Bad News: 7 of the WAC's 18 wins came against I-AA opponents. Only Boise State and Fresno State were over .500 in non-conf games.