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Here's a table using a quickly generated formula:
(again all set to 100)

25% NC count
25% Overall wins
20% NT wins
15% NT bids
10% Overall win%
5% CT wins

Prestige Conference School TOTAL
A+ ACC UNC 97.26
A+ Big 12 Kansas 93.79
A+ Big East Syracuse 93.68
A+ Big East Connecticut 92.93
A+ Big 10 Michigan St. 86.81
B Big 12 Texas 86.38
A+ PAC 10 UCLA 84.89
A+ ACC Duke 83.75
A- PAC 10 Stanford 79.83
A+ Big 10 Illinois 78.72
B ACC Miami (FL) 76.45
A+ PAC 10 Arizona 75.28
B- Big 12 Colorado 74.20
B SEC Louisiana St. 73.10
A ACC Maryland 70.89
B Big 12 Texas A&M 69.62
A+ SEC Kentucky 69.55
A- ACC Georgia Tech 62.92
A- ACC Boston College 62.90
A- SEC Florida 61.87
A- Big 12 Oklahoma 60.18
A- Big 10 Wisconsin 57.81
B ACC Clemson 57.16
B Big East St. Johns 56.62
A- ACC Wake Forest 54.11
A- Big 10 Indiana 51.71
B Big 12 Texas Tech 51.55
B+ Big East Pittsburgh 51.43
B Big 12 Iowa St. 51.02
B+ ACC Virginia 50.99
B WCC Gonzaga 50.50
B PAC 10 Oregon 50.02
B Big East Providence 49.97
B+ Big East Villanova 49.96
B SEC Alabama 49.62
B ACC Florida St. 49.53
B PAC 10 USC 48.86
B Big 10 Michigan 47.62
A- Big East Georgetown 46.55
B SEC Mississippi St. 46.53
A- Big East Cincinnati 46.46
B PAC 10 Cal 45.83
B+ Big 10 Ohio St. 45.24
B MWC Utah 44.16
B PAC 10 Washington 44.14
B Big 10 Minnesota 43.66
A- ACC N. Carolina St. 42.68
B SEC Mississippi 42.37
B Horizon Marquette 42.07
B SEC Georgia 41.98
B Big 10 Iowa 41.87
B ACC Virginia Tech 41.58
B CUSA Memphis 41.57
B Big East Seton Hall 41.40
B PAC 10 Oregon St. 41.11
B SEC S. Carolina 40.73
B- Big 10 Penn St. 40.11
B SEC Auburn 40.09
A- Big East Louisville 40.04
B Big 12 Oklahoma St. 40.03
B PAC 10 Washington St. 39.91
C MWC BYU 39.60
B A10 Dayton 39.59
B MWC UNLV 39.27
B A10 Xavier 39.23
B+ SEC Arkansas 38.57
B+ SEC Tennessee 37.84
B Big 10 Notre Dame 37.81
B- A10 St. Bonaventure 37.26
B Big 12 Missouri 37.20
B- Big East Rutgers 37.08
B- Big 10 Northwestern 36.84
B- A10 Rhode Island 36.65
C CUSA Central Florida 36.46
D Ivy Princeton 36.26
B- Big 12 Baylor 35.65
B SEC Vanderbilt 35.40
B PAC 10 Arizona St. 35.15
C CUSA Marshall 34.82
B A10 Temple 34.78
C CUSA Rice 34.60
D Ivy Pennsylvania 34.38
C Horizon Butler 34.05
B A10 St. Joseph's (PA) 33.37
B+ Big 10 Purdue 32.98
B Big East W. Virginia 32.97
C MVC Creighton 32.94
D NEC C. Connecticut St. 32.89
D Sun Belt Florida Atlantic 32.84
B- Big 12 Kansas St. 32.71
D OVC E. Kentucky 32.63
D Big South Coastal Carolina 32.62
C CUSA Houston 32.52
D Big Sky N. Arizona 32.22
C MAC Miami (OH) 32.14
C CUSA SMU 31.90
B- Big 12 Nebraska 31.89
D Southland Texas, San Antonio 31.82
D Big Sky Sacramento St. 31.71
C MWC Air Force 31.60
D Sun Belt S. Florida 31.59
D Southern Davidson 31.55
B- Horizon DePaul 31.53
C CUSA Tulsa 31.46
B- MWC New Mexico 31.35
C MWC San Diego St. 31.31
D Big Sky Montana 31.17
B- A10 UMass 31.12
D Metro Manhattan 31.04
D OVC E. Illinois 30.90
B- A10 La Salle 30.83
D Patriot Maine 30.74
C MAC N. Illinois 30.72
D SL Valparaiso 30.60
D Patriot Navy 30.60
C CUSA S. Mississippi 30.57
D SL Chicago St. 30.31
D Big West California, Santa Barbara 30.29
D Big Sky E. Washington 30.18
D Big West Pacific 30.12
C MWC Colorado St. 30.11
C MAC Kent St. 30.10
D Big South Winthrop 30.08
B- A10 Richmond 30.07
D CAA Drexel 30.04
D MEAC Florida A&M 29.98
D Patriot Army 29.95
D CAA George Mason 29.86
D Southland Stephen F. Austin 29.79
D Big South VMI 29.73
C MAC Ohio 29.71
D SL IUPUI 29.68
D Big South UNC, Asheville 29.63
D SL Missouri-KC 29.61
C MVC N. Iowa 29.60
D MEAC Bethune-Cookman 29.58
B- A10 George Washington 29.56
D+ WCC Lipscomb 29.52
D+ WCC Boise St. 29.52
D CAA Delaware 29.50
D Big West Long Beach St. 29.48
D Ivy Fordham 29.46
D SL Oral Roberts 29.44
C Horizon Detroit 29.42
D Ivy Duquesne 29.42
D Sun Belt Florida Int. 29.40
D OVC Murray St. 29.37
C MWC Wyoming 29.36
C WCC Santa Clara 29.36
C MVC Bradley 29.34
D Ivy Boston U. 29.33
D NEC St. Francis of NY 29.22
D Ivy Columbia 29.15
D Big West California, Riverside 29.14
D NEC Long Island 29.11
C CUSA UTEP 29.06
D Southland TX State-San Marcos 29.01
D Big West CSU, Fullerton 28.99
C MWC Texas Southern 28.99
D MEAC Coppin St. 28.88
C MVC Indiana St. 28.87
C Horizon Loyola Chicago 28.87
C MVC Wichita St. 28.81
D SL W. Illinois 28.74
D MEAC S. Carolina St. 28.74
D Metro Marist 28.73
B- A10 Charlotte 28.70
D Ivy Yale 28.61
C MWC Texas Christian 28.57
C WCC Portland 28.48
D Metro Loyola (MD) 28.46
D SL IPFW 28.36
D Big Sky Weber St. 28.35
C MAC Ball St. 28.32
D Southern Furman 28.25
B- PAC 10 Fresno St. 28.24
C Horizon Cleveland St. 28.20
D Big Sky Portland St. 28.18
D Patriot Vermont 28.18
D CAA James Madison 28.13
D NEC Quinnipiac 28.13
D MEAC N. Carolina A&T 28.10
C MVC Drake 28.09
D Big Sky Jackson St. 28.02
D Patriot American U. 28.01
D CAA UNC, Wilmington 28.01
D OVC Austin Peay 28.00
D OVC SE Missouri St. 27.99
D Big South Mississippi Valley St. 27.98
D Southern E. Tennessee St. 27.92
D Big Sky Montana St. 27.92
D Sun Belt Louisiana Tech 27.91
D OVC Morehead St. 27.90
C MVC S. Illinois 27.90
D Southland Sam Houston St. 27.90
C MWC N. Texas 27.89
D Patriot New Hampshire 27.87
C WCC Nevada 27.87
D Metro Siena 27.83
D SL Mercer 27.82
D Southern Charleston 27.81
D Southland Southeastern Louisiana 27.79
D Southland Texas A&M, CC 27.78
D OVC Arkansas, Pine Bluff 27.76
D NEC Mt. St. Mary's 27.74
D Ivy Bucknell 27.73
D MEAC Howard 27.67
D Big West Utah St. 27.66
D Big South Liberty 27.63
C WCC San Francisco 27.60
D Big West CSU, Northridge 27.60
C WCC Loyola Marymount 27.54
D Southern Georgia Southern 27.53
C WCC Pepperdine 27.52
C MAC Toledo 27.50
D NEC Fairleigh Dickinson 27.49
D MEAC Maryland, E. Shore 27.49
D Big Sky Idaho St. 27.45
D Ivy Dartmouth 27.44
D Sun Belt Jacksonville 27.44
C MVC W. Kentucky 27.43
D Big South Alabama St. 27.39
D Ivy Harvard 27.39
D CAA William and Mary 27.36
D Patriot Lehigh 27.36
C MAC E. Michigan 27.35
D NEC Robert Morris 27.35
D Southland Lamar 27.35
D Patriot Holy Cross 27.34
D NEC Stony Brook 27.32
C MAC Bowling Green 27.31
D Big Sky Alcorn St. 27.30
D Southland McNeese St. 27.29
C MAC Buffalo 27.29
D Sun Belt S. Alabama 27.29
D CAA Hofstra 27.27
D NEC Sacred Heart 27.23
D Metro Iona 27.22
D Sun Belt New Orleans 27.22
D NEC Wagner 27.21
C CUSA UAB 27.17
D Patriot Colgate 27.16
D Big South High Point 27.16
D MEAC Norfolk St. 27.09
D CAA Old Dominion 27.08
C MVC Gardner-Webb 27.03
D Southland Louisiana, Monroe 27.01
D Southern W. Carolina 26.94
C MVC Missouri St. 26.92
C MVC Evansville 26.86
C MAC W. Michigan 26.86
D Metro Binghamton 26.86
D SL Oakland 26.85
D Southern Elon 26.77
D Southland Northwestern St. 26.77
D MEAC Morris Brown 26.77
D MEAC Morgan St. 26.75
D Metro Rider 26.75
D Ivy Cornell 26.73
D Southern Appalachian St. 26.71
D Metro Fairfield 26.70
C Horizon Belmont 26.70
B- A10 St. Louis 26.68
D SL Campbell 26.68
D Big West Idaho 26.63
C CUSA E. Carolina 26.61
D NEC Monmouth 26.59
D CAA VCU 26.52
C MAC Akron 26.52
D Patriot UMBC 26.49
D MEAC Hampton 26.48
D CAA Northeastern 26.47
D CAA Georgia St. 26.45
D Southland Nicholls St. 26.45
D OVC Tennessee St. 26.40
C CUSA Tulane 26.31
D NEC St. Francis 26.24
D Metro St. Peters 26.22
D Southern UNC, Greensboro 26.20
C WCC San Diego 26.17
D Big West New Mexico St. 26.15
D Southern Tennessee, Chattanooga 26.14
D Big Sky Prairie View A&M 26.11
D Southern The Citadel 26.09
D Southern Wofford 26.03
D MEAC Delaware St. 26.00
C MAC C. Michigan 25.98
D Metro Canisius 25.94
D Metro Albany 25.90
D Big Sky Southern 25.85
D+ WCC Grambling St. 25.84
D CAA Towson 25.80
D Sun Belt UL-Lafayette 25.78
D SL Stetson 25.73
D Patriot Lafayette 25.72
D Big South Birmingham-Southern 25.66
D Ivy Brown 25.64
D OVC Jacksonville St. 25.58
D Metro Niagara 25.56
D Southland Texas-Arlington 25.47
D Big West Cal. Poly SLO 25.46
D Sun Belt Arkansas, Little Rock 25.39
D Big South Alabama A&M 25.37
C Horizon Illinois-Chicago 25.34
B- PAC 10 Hawaii 25.33
D OVC Samford 25.31
C Horizon Youngstown St. 25.22
D Sun Belt Troy 24.94
C Horizon Wisconsin, Green Bay 24.93
D Big South Charleston So. 24.88
C Horizon Wisconsin, Milwaukee 24.85
D Sun Belt Arkansas St. 24.83
C MVC Illinois St. 24.79
C Horizon Wright St. 24.78
D Sun Belt Middle Tenn. St. 24.73
C MWC Denver 24.69
D Big West California, Irvine 24.64
D Patriot Hartford 24.41
D SL Centenary 24.41
C WCC San Jose St. 24.08
D Big South Radford 24.07
D OVC Tennessee Tech. 24.00
D Big West S. Utah 23.37
D OVC Tennessee, Martin 23.27
10/13/2015 5:27 PM
5 non A baseline prestiges in the top 20

Texas
Miami
Colorado
LSU
Texas A&M

3 have pretty big advantages location wise, and Texas and Tamu seem pretty solid(tamu was a bit surprising)

Gonzaga is the top non big 6 followed by Utah

Worst A prestige is Louisville which isn't really surprising with their location

Indiana is surprisingly low.

Fresno St is the worst Big 6 surprisingly worse than Hawaii(Fresno is really really bad ranked 176, next worst is Nebraska at 97th)

Highest performing C prestige is BYU
10/13/2015 7:07 PM
TAMU wasn't a shock for me. How many schools have Dallas and Houston within their 200? I think they have the best location in Texas. No enormous shock there. Although I do think there's a pretty big random variance just by who happens to pick up certain teams. I mean, Wake is essentially the same job as NC State, right? Same with Oregon/Oregon St. 
10/13/2015 7:36 PM
I am currently at Louisville and now I see I am not losing my mind... this explains why recruiting is so difficult there. 
10/13/2015 10:43 PM
Posted by gvsujulius on 10/13/2015 10:43:00 PM (view original):
I am currently at Louisville and now I see I am not losing my mind... this explains why recruiting is so difficult there. 
Kentucky, Cincy, Indiana  all right there and Illi and OSU within striking distance and any good TN team all you have a slight area is SW kentucky which isn't a recruiting "hotbed" it looks like one of the most crowded areas that doesn't have the recruits around to all multiple good teams there
10/13/2015 11:19 PM
This is a really good thread - Nice job Only.
10/13/2015 11:48 PM
Kind of surprised George Washington is so low, given their location and baseline. I have never coached there, but always have thought that DC would be a good location. 
10/14/2015 12:02 AM
Why does Miami (FL) have such success? Is it their location for recruiting?
10/14/2015 11:37 AM
Posted by gvsujulius on 10/14/2015 11:37:00 AM (view original):
Why does Miami (FL) have such success? Is it their location for recruiting?
I think so.  I remember someone saying they're the only team under 1400 miles from PR, which gives them a nice edge on those recruits as well.
10/14/2015 11:52 AM
Posted by darnoc29099 on 10/14/2015 11:52:00 AM (view original):
Posted by gvsujulius on 10/14/2015 11:37:00 AM (view original):
Why does Miami (FL) have such success? Is it their location for recruiting?
I think so.  I remember someone saying they're the only team under 1400 miles from PR, which gives them a nice edge on those recruits as well.
The state of Miami is pretty big.
10/14/2015 1:40 PM
Also, The ACC usually does well in most conferences, and Florida is the only other Big 6 team that is close by. And other teams are over 360 miles away from most of Florida.
10/14/2015 10:28 PM
Checked with conferences here the results(just the average rating of each team in the conf)

Conf Avg
ACC 62.52
Big 12 55.35
Big East 53.26
Big 10 50.10
PAC 10 49.88
SEC 48.14
A10 33.15
MVC 32.25
CUSA 31.92
WCC 29.50
Ivy 29.29
Horizon 28.83
Big Sky 28.71
MAC 28.32
MVC 28.22
SL 28.19
NEC 28.04
Southland 27.87
Patriot 27.82
MEAC 27.79
CAA 27.71
Big South 27.68
Big West 27.46
Sun Belt 27.45
OVC 27.43
Southern 27.33
Metro 27.27


Not to surprising ACC is top, and then the A-10 and MWC are top mid-majors.  Pretty big gap between ACC and SEC and then another big gap from SEC to the A-10
10/17/2015 6:54 PM
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