The Big Ten East had some heavyweights, with Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State all finishing in the top eight. 71), even though both of those teams qualified for (and lost) bowl games. S&P+ is an advanced metric based on play-by-play data, and it didn’t like South Carolina (No. The best team in the division was Florida, which lost four games and finished 15th in S&P+. The SEC East clocked in dead last among divisions in the Power 5 conferences. The Big 12 and Sun Belt don’t have divisions, and I’ve included the nation’s four independents just for kicks. Divisions by average S&P+ ranking, 2016 DivisionĪ full, team-by-team ranking is here.
