*UPDATED 1/30/2010*

How successful have each of the D1 teams been over the past ten seasons?


I took the ending season prestige for each team for the first 8 worlds and ranked conferences and schools within the conferences.

CONFERENCE; overall conf prestige average score; % of sim coaches over the past 10 seasons.
school, school avg prestige over 80 seasons; A+=12, A="11," A-=10, B+=9, B="8," B-=7.... D="2," D-=1; sims coached seasons; highest prestige/lowest prestige reached.




ACC 8.72 3% sim Highest: ALLEN Lowest: WOODEN
North Carolina 10.55 (0) A+/B- ; Duke 10.51 (0) A+/B ; Maryland 9.86 (2) A+/B- ; Wake Forest 9.31 (1) A+/C ; Miami FL 8.83 (3) A+/C- ; Boston College 8.76 (5) A+/C+ ; Virginia 8.65 (0) A+/C ; NC State 8.16 (4) A+/C ; Florida State 7.90 (1) A/C ; Georgia Tech 7.64 (0) A/C ; Clemson 7.53 (5) A+/C- ; Virginia Tech 6.96 (5) A-/C-

Big 128.02 6% sim Highest: RUPP Lowest: IBA
Kansas 10.61 (1) A+/B- ; Oklahoma 9.94 (1) A+/B- ; Texas 8.65 (1) A/C- ; Texas A&M 8.28 (3) A+/C+ ; Colorado 8.13 (4) A+/D+ ; Iowa State 8.09 (6) A+/C ; Texas Tech 8.00 (7) A+/C- ; Oklahoma State 7.34 (12) A-/C- ; Missouri 7.20 (3) A-/C- ; Kansas State 7.19 (11) A-/C- ; Nebraska 6.50 (6) B+/C- ; Baylor 6.13 (0) A/D+

PAC 108.01 7% sim Highest: IBA Lowest: NAISMITH
UCLA 10.24 (0) A+/B- ; Arizona 10.19 (3) A+/B ; Stanford 10.10 (1) A+/B- ; Cal 8.79 (1) A/C ; USC 8.50 (2) A+/C ; Arizona St 7.84 (7) A-/C- ; Oregon 7.60 (7) A/C- ; Washington 7.31 (3) A/C- ; Washington State 7.16 (6) A/c- ; Oregon State 6.88 (5) A-/c- ; Hawaii 6.09 (15) A-/D+ ; Fresno State 5.43 (15) B/D+

BIG EAST7.81 5% sim Highest: TARK Lowest: ALLEN
Syracuse 10.91 (0) A+/B- ; Connecticut 10.46 (0) A+/B- ; Providence 7.95 (3) A+/C- ; Pittsburgh 7.91 (8) A+/C ; Georgetown 7.64 (3) A/C ; Louisville 7.59 (6) A+/C ; Cincinnati 7.54 (1) A+/C ; St. Johns 7.51 (3) A/C- ; Villanova 6.79 (6) A-/C- ; Rutgers 6.68 (2) A/D+ ; Seton Hall 6.46 (6) A+/C- ; West Virginia 6.29 (10) A/C-

BIG TEN7.71 3% sim Highest: CRUM Lowest: RUPP
Illinois 9.81 (1) A+/B- ; Michigan St 9.39 (1) A+/B- ; Wisconsin 8.48 (3) A+/C+ ; Iowa 8.24 (1) A/C+ ; Indiana 7.93 (0) A+/C ; Michigan 7.78 (0) A-/C- ; Minnesota 7.66 (5) A+/C- ; Northwestern 6.88 (4) A/C- ; Ohio State 6.80 (1) A-/C- ; Notre Dame 6.58 (4) A-/C- ; Penn State 6.56 (1) A-/C- ; Purdue 6.46 (5) A/C-

SEC7.69 4% sim Highest: RUPP Lowest: NAISMITH
Kentucky 9.79 (0) A+/B- ; Florida 8.74 (1) A+/C ; Alabama 8.25 (1) A/C ; LSU 8.16 (2) A+/C- ; Georgia 8.13 (1) A+/C+ ; Mississippi State 7.63 (3) A/C- ; Mississippi 7.56 (2) A/C- ; Arkansas 7.01 (7) A/C- ; Auburn 6.96 (4) A/C- ; Tennessee 6.90 (7) A-/C- ; South Carolina 6.76 (10) A/C- ; Vanderbilt 6.40 (2) A/C-

ATLANTIC 10 5.86 33% sim Highest: IBA Lowest: RUPP
Xavier 7.18 (6) A+/C- ; St. Joseph's 6.38 (16) A-/C- ; Dayton 6.34 (14) A-/C- ; Rhode Island 6.13 (32) A-/D+ ; St. Bonaventure 6.06 (36) A+/D+ ; UMass 5.86 (12) B+/D+ ; Temple 5.74 (17) A-/C- ; LaSalle 5.71 (42) A+/D+ ; Richmond 5.69 (31) A-/D+ ; St. Louis 5.16 (39) A-/D+ ; George Washington 5.14 (31) B+/D+ ; Charlotte 4.89 (42) B/D+

CONFERENCEuSA4.69 39% sim Highest: WOODEN Lowest: CRUM
Rice 5.91 (26) B+/D ; Memphis 5.90 (21) B+/C- ; Central Florida 5.41 (23) B+/D- ; Tulsa 5.18 (21) B+/D- ; Southern Miss 4.69 (45) A/D- ; East Carolina 4.58 (30) B/D- ; Marshall 4.43 (37) A-/D- ; UTEP 4.40 (37) B+/D- ; Houston 4.23 (29) B/D- ; Tulane 4.06 (36) B+/D- ; SMU 4.01 (36) B+/D- ; UAB 3.55 (35) B/D-

WESTCOAST4.11 36% sim Highest: RUPP Lowest: TARK
Gonzaga 7.06 (14) A-/C- ; Lipscomb 4.80 (28) A-/D- ; San Diego 4.24 (27) B/D- ; Loyola Marymount 4.21 (33) B/D- ; Santa Clara 4.09 (30) B/D- ; Boise State 3.95 (25) B/D- ; Nevada 3.80 (33) B/D- ; San Jose St 3.80 (34) B/D- ; Portland 3.75 (39) B/D- ; Pepperdine 3.56 (14) B-/D- ; Grambling State 3.10 (37) B+/D- ; San Francisco 2.99 (36) B/D-

CONFERENCE; overall conf prestige average score; % of sim coaches over the past 10 seasons.
school, school avg prestige over 80 seasons; A+=12, A="11," A-=10, B+=9, B="8," B-=7.... D="2," D-=1; sims coached seasons; highest prestige/lowest prestige reached.



MOUNTAIN WEST 4.10 48% sim Highest: TARK Lowest: ALLEN
Utah 6.09 (23) B+/C- ; UNLV 5.81 (19) A-/C- ; BYU 4.75 (25) A-/D ; Wyoming 4.31 (28) A-/D- ; Colorado State 3.98 (43) A/D- ; Denver 3.91 (33) B-/D- ; TCU 3.79 (38) B/D- ; New Mexico 3.78 (49) B+/D+ ; Air Force 3.71 (39) A/D- ; San Diego State 3.36 (51) B+/D- ; North Texas 3.26 (51) B/D- ; Texas Southern 2.40 (61) B+/D-

MISSOURI VALLEY 3.81 55% sim Highest: SMITH Lowest: IBA
Northern Iowa 4.86 (30) B+/D ; Creighton 4.81 (23) B/D ; Bradley 4.30 (31) B/D ; Indiana State 4.14 (42) B-/D ; Southern Illinois 4.03 (45) B+/D ; Wichita State 4.00 (39) B/D ; Drake 3.65 (50) A-/D ; Evansville 3.61 (41) B/D ; Missouri State 3.33 (59) B+/D ; Western Kentucky 3.08 (51) B/D ; Illinois State 3.00 (58) B/D ; Gardner-Webb 2.91 (60) B/D

HORIZON 3.73 56% sim Highest: SMITH Lowest: WOODEN
Marquette 6.93 (22) A/C- ; DePaul 5.44 (40) B+/C- ; Butler 5.30 (7) B/D- ; Wisc-Green Bay 3.80 (49) B/D- ; Cleveland State 3.70 (42) A-/D- ; Detroit 3.66 (35) B/D- ; Wright State 3.41 (39) B-/D- ; Loyola Chicago 2.81 (56) B-/D- ; Youngstown State 2.50 (61) B-/D- ; Belmont 2.43 (53) B-/D- : Illinois Chicago 2.43 (66) B-/D- ; Wisc-Milwaukee 2.30 (64) C+/D-

IVY LEAGUE 3.63 36% sim Highest: ALLEN Lowest: SMITH
Pennsylvania 4.89 (12) B+/D- ; Bucknell 4.00 (20) B/D- ; Fordham 3.95 (37) B+/D- ; Duquesne 3.86 (21) B-/D- ; Yale 3.76 (21) A-/D- ; Boston Univ 3.53 (41) A-/D- ; Princeton 3.51 (27) B/D- ; Cornell 3.49 (28) B/D- ; Columbia 3.40 (34) B-/D- ; Dartmouth 3.18 (32) B-/D- ; Brown 3.11 (42) B-/D- ; Harvard 2.90 (32) C+/D-

SUN BELT 3.54 49% sim Highest: TARK Lowest: IBA
South Florida 4.38 (32) B/D- ; Florida International 4.19 (46) B/D- ; Florida Atlantic 3.88 (50) B/D- ; Ark-Little Rock 3.83 (34) B-/D- ; Jacksonville 3.25 (31) B/D- ; New Orleans 2.88 (36) B-/D- ; Middle Tennessee St 3.53 (34) C+/D- ; South Alabama 3.34 (31) B-/D- ; Arkansas State 3.24 (37) B-/D- ; Louisiana Tech 3.21 (45) B/D- ; UL-Lafayette 2.84 (50) B-/D- ; Troy 2.79 (48) B/D-

MID AMERICAN 3.48 49% sim Highest: RUPP Lowest: NAISMITH
Miami OH 4.63 (20) B+/D- ; Bowling Green 3.94 (24) B/D- ; Northern Illinois 3.93 (34) B-/D- ; Ohio 3.74 (39) B/D- ; Toledo 3.64 (33) B/D- ; Ball State 3.59 (40) C+/D- ; Akron 3.51 (27) B-/D- ; Buffalo 3.18 (48) B/D- ; Kent State 3.15 (51) B-/D- ; Central Michigan 3.01 (47) B/D- ; Eastern Michigan 2.79 (50) B-/D- ; Western Michigan 2.63 (54) B-/D-

COLONIAL 3.27 66% sim Highest: RUPP Lowest: WOODEN
UNC, Wilmington 4.18 (49) A-/D- ; Drexel 4.05 (45) B+/D- ; George Mason 3.68 (43) B+/D- ; Delaware 3.41 (50) A-/D- ; James Madison 3.54 (53) B/D- ; Old Dominion 3.40 (40) B/D- ; Hofstra 3.18 (53) B/D- ; Towson 3.03 (53) B-/D- ; Northeastern 2.98 (53) B-/D- ; VCU 2.61 (63) B-/D- ; William & Mary 2.59 (62) B+/D- ; Georgia State 2.50 (68) B-/D-

BIG WEST 3.12 57% sim Highest: NAISMITH Lowest: CRUM
Cal, Santa Barbara 3.99 (33) B/D- ; Utah State 3.88 (52) B+/D- ; CSU, Fullerton 3.64 (39) B+/D- ; Cal, Irvine 3.60 (27) B/D- ; CSU Northridge 3.35 (38) B-/D- ; Pacific 3.19 (48) B/D- ; Cal, Riverside 2.58 (49) A/D- ; Idaho 2.58 (49) B/D- ; New Mexico State 2.81 (41) B-/D- ; Long Beach State 2.70 (45) B-/D- ; Cal Poly SLO 2.51 (57) B+/D- ; Southern Utah 1.89 (66) C+/D-

SOUTHLAND 3.07 64% sim Highest: IBA Lowest: RUPP
Stephen F Austin 3.46 (32) B+/D- ; UT San Marcos 4.00 (32) B/D- ; Texas-San Antonio 3.65 (50) B/D- ; Louisiana Monroe 3.15 (60) B/D- ; McNeese State 3.14 (60) B+/D- ; Texas A&M, CC 3.09 (41) B/D- ; Northwestern State 3.06 (56) B/D- ; Sam Houston State 2.70 (55) B/D- ; Texas-Arlington 2.66 (51) B/D- ; SE Louisiana 2.56 (61) B/D- ; Lamar 2.33 (65) B/D- ; Nicholls State 2.30 (56) C+/D-

NORTHEAST 3.05 61% sim Highest: WOODEN Lowest: CRUM
Sacred Heart 3.96 (27) B-/D- ; C. Connecticut State 3.64 (48) B/D- ; Quinnipiac 3.55 (47) B/D- ; Stony Brook 3.54 (43) B/D- ; Robert Morris 3.14 (41) B/D- ; Mt. St. Marys 3.03 (53) B/D- ; Long Island 3.00 (35) B/D- ; Monmouth 2.80 (51) B-/D- ; St Francis 2.55 (60) C+/D- ; Fairleigh Dickinson 2.55 (58) B/D- ; Wagner 2.55 (57) C+/D- ; St Francis NY 2.33 (63) B-/D-

PATRIOT 3.04 59% sim Highest: CRUM Lowest: RUPP
Army 4.36 (24) A-/D- ; Navy 3.64 (32) B/D- ; Vermont 3.55 (42) B/D- ; Colgate 3.40 (47) B-/D- ; Holy Cross 3.25 (44) B+/D- ; American U 3.23 (42) B-/D- ; UMBC 3.04 (46) B/D- ; New Hampshire 2.78 (46) B-/D- ; Lehigh 2.64 (52) B/D- ; Maine 2.49 (63) B-/D- ; Lafayette 2.11 (59) B-/D- ; Hartford 1.95 (67) B-

BIG SKY 2.95 57% sim Highest: ALLEN Lowest: CRUM
Eastern Washington 3.88 (38) B-/D- ; Northern Arizona 3.79 (43) B-/D- ; Sacramento State 3.75 (22) B/D- ; Montana 3.74 (30) A-/D- ; Weber State 3.25 (48) B+/D- ; Portland State 2.94 (45) B-/D- ; Jackson State 2.76 (50) B+/D- ; Montana State 2.39 (57) B-/D- ; Southern 2.34 (58) B-/D- ; Prairie View A&M 2.28 (52) C+/D- ; Idaho State 2.25 (47) B/D- ; Alcorn State 2.05 (54) C+/D-

MEAC 2.93 63% sim Highest: NAISMITH Lowest: TARK
Bethune-Cookman 4.31 (38) B+/D- ; Florida A&M 3.99 (35) B/D- ; Hampton 3.61 (46) B/D- ; Coppin State 3.39 (40) B-/D- ; Morris Brown 2.98 (55) B/D- ; Howard 2.75 (47) B-/D- ; Norfolk State 2.61 (59) C+/D- ; South Carolina State 2.55 (53) B-/D- ; Delaware State 2.44 (54) B/D- ; Morgan State 2.31 (53) B-/D- ; Maryland-Eastern Shore 2.24 (62) C+/D- ; North Carolina A&T 1.96 (65) C+/D-

BIG SOUTH 2.88 64% sim Highest: ALLEN Lowest: SMITH
Coastal Carolina 3.91 (32) B-/D- ; VMI 3.78 (38) B-/D- ; Winthrop 3.59 (32) B-/D- ; UNC, Asheville 3.41 (39) B/D- ; High Point 3.23 (54) B+/D- ; Mississippi Valley St 3.23 (54) B/D- ; Alabama A&M 2.78 (55) B/D- ; Radford 2.43 (51) C+/D- ; Liberty 2.35 (64) C+/D- ; Charleston Southern 2.31 (61) C+/D- ; Alabama State 1.76 (72) C+/D- ; Birmingham Southern 1.76 (66) C+/D-

SUMMIT 2.88 61% sim Highest: RUPP Lowest: NAISMITH
Oral Roberts 4.05 (47) B/D- ; Valparaiso 3.76 (29) B/D- ; Chicago State 3.54 (36) B-/D- ; IUPUI 3.33 (33) B-/D- ; IPFW 3.03 (46) B-/D- ; Western Illinois 2.86 (33) B-/D- ; Missouri-KC 2.78 (54) B-/D- ; Oakland 2.76 (48) B+/D- ; Centenary 2.54 (58) B/D- ; Campbell 2.24 (64) B-/D- ; Mercer 2.10 (64) C+/D- ; Stetson 1.58 (70) C-/D-

SOUTHERN 2.83 57% sim Highest: TARK Lowest: NAISMITH
Davidson 4.48 (22) B/D- ; Georgia Southern 3.49 (39) B/D- ; Western Carolina 3.34 (32) B-/D- ; East Tennessee St 3.33 (35) B-/D- ; Wofford 3.15 (41) B-/D- ; Elon 2.79 (43) B/D- ; Appalachian State 2.69 (55) B-/D- ; Charleston 2.61 (46) B-/D- ; Furman 2.33 (51) B-/D- ; UNC, Greensboro 2.14 (52) B-/D- ; Tenn-Chattanooga 2.08 (66) C+/D- ; The Citadel 1.54 (67) C/D-

METRO 2.53 70% sim Highest: WOODEN Lowest: CRUM
Manhattan 3.45 (36) B-/D- ; Marist 2.91 (53) C+/D- ; Loyola MD 2.80 (64) B+/D- ; Albany 2.61 (41) B-/D- ; Niagara 2.54 (60) B/D- ; St Peter's 2.50 (67) B/D- ; Binghamton 2.45 (52) B-/D- ; Canisius 2.41 (57) B/D- ; Iona 2.35 (61) B-/D- ; Rider 2.29 (63) B-/D- ; Fairfield 2.23 (51) B-/D- ; Siena 1.86 (65) C/D-

OHIO VALLEY 2.46 68% sim Highest: TARK Lowest: NAISMITH
Samford 3.01 (44) B-/D- ; Eastern Kentucky 2.95 (50) B-/D- ; Morehead State 2.93 (50) C+/D- ; Murray State 2.76 (51) B-/D- ; Tennessee State 2.69 (47) B-/D- ; Austin Peay 2.65 (56) B-/D- ; SE Missouri State 2.59 (49) B/D- ; Eastern Illinois 2.50 (53) B/D- ; Tennessee Tech 2.21 (65) B-/D- ; Jacksonville State 1.96 (60) C+/D- ; Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1.74 (57) C+/D- ; Tennessee, Martin 1.58 (67) C/D-

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great work! (as always)

Awesome job!

This is pretty cool to check out.

Thanks for doing the work on it.

cool. is this the average prestige per school over the last 10 seasons, or just the end of the most recent season?

this is really cool, thank you

Very cool.

This is going into the index of important info.

lets talk about the variables that affect these results

1. baseline prestige for each school

2. typical conference success

3. the quality of the coaches that select the schools - if it is a school that many folks really want, more likely to be filled by a good coach who wins the competition for the job

4. typical density of recruiting opportunities in the local area of the school - and typical competitive environment in that area - how good a recruiting location is it

others?

dadgummit, iggy!

how in the heck am I supposed to convince people that Syracuse is an absolute hell-hole when it somes to recruiting now?

facts suck!

Quote: Originally Posted By fd343ny on 8/24/2009
lets talk about the variables that affect these results

1. baseline prestige for each school

2. typical conference success

3. the quality of the coaches that select the schools - if it is a school that many folks really want, more likely to be filled by a good coach who wins the competition for the job

4. typical density of recruiting opportunities in the local area of the school - and typical competitive environment in that area - how good a recruiting location is it

others?

right, and I think the cache of some schools helps too. Lots of Ohio players, so you would expect more competition for Ohio schools etc

yes, cache was sort of part of what I meant in #3 - to some degree it is broad national cache but there also is the Ohio factor and other such