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Which Big Ten candidates have the most athletic excellence?
Sports ratings among selected Big Ten expansion candidates, according to weighted averages of football and men’s basketball success and total team NCAA titles
Notre Dame 9 10 5 5 77 Oklahoma State 9 4 6 7 65 North Carolina 5 4 10 7 61 Oregon 9 5 3 6 60 Stanford 7 4 3 10 59 Clemson 10 7 1 2 57 Florida State 7 8 2 3 55 Utah 8 2 5 5 50 Washington 7 6 2 3 49 West Virginia 7 4 4 4 49 Miami 7 7 1 2 48 TCU 8 6 0 2 46 Arizona State 6 5 1 5 45 California 4 4 4 6 44 Duke 2 4 9 4 44 Missouri 7 5 3 1 44 Pitt 6 6 4 0 44 Georgia Tech 5 6 3 0 39 Houston 4 3 5 4 39 Louisville 5 2 8 1 39 Baylor 6 4 2 2 38 Virginia Tech 7 5 1 0 38 Kansas State 6 3 5 0 37 Cincinnati 6 1 6 1 35 Colorado 2 5 2 5 35 Syracuse 2 3 6 4 35 NC State 5 2 5 1 33 Arizona 3 1 6 4 32 Virginia 3 1 4 6 32 Kansas 1 1 9 3 30 Boston College 4 3 2 2 29 Iowa State 5 0 3 3 27 Texas Tech 5 2 2 1 27 Wake Forest 4 1 3 3 27 Oregon State 3 2 3 2 25 UConn 0 0 7 5 24 SMU 2 3 1 2 21 Washington State 4 2 0 1 20 Vanderbilt 2 0 1 2 12 Rice 0 2 0 0 6
Which Big Ten candidates are the best “fit”?
Fit ratings among selected Big Ten expansion candidates, according to weighted averages of various academic ratings, total enrollment and rivalry history with current Big Ten schools
California 9 10 10 8 7 87 Washington 7 10 10 9 7 83 North Carolina 9 10 10 5 3 73 Virginia 9 10 10 4 4 73 Arizona 5 10 10 9 4 71 Pittsburgh 7 10 7 5 8 71 Colorado 5 10 10 7 5 69 Stanford 10 10 3 2 7 64 Missouri 4 10 10 5 6 64 Oregon 5 10 10 3 6 63 Georgia Tech 8 10 7 6 1 62 Kansas 4 10 10 5 5 62 Utah 5 10 10 6 2 61 Florida State 8 0 7 8 2 58 Duke 10 10 3 2 3 56 Arizona State 4 0 7 10 4 54 NC State 6 0 7 7 4 54 Iowa State 4 0 7 7 6 52 UConn 7 0 10 5 0 51 Vanderbilt 10 10 3 1 1 50 Virginia Tech 6 0 7 7 2 50 Syracuse 7 0 3 4 7 49 Notre Dame 9 0 0 1 10 49 Oregon State 3 0 7 6 6 47 Clemson 6 0 7 4 2 44 Washington State 2 0 7 6 6 44 Cincinnati 3 0 7 8 2 43 Rice 9 10 3 0 0 43 Miami 8 0 3 2 3 40 Wake Forest 9 0 3 0 3 39 West Virginia 0 0 10 4 5 38 Houston 2 0 7 9 0 38 Kansas State 3 0 7 3 4 37 Boston College 8 0 0 2 3 34 Texas Tech 1 0 7 8 0 33 Oklahoma State 2 0 7 4 2 32 Louisville 2 0 7 3 0 26 SMU 7 0 0 1 1 25 Baylor 6 0 0 2 1 24 TCU 6 0 0 1 1 22
Which Big Ten expansion candidates have the best markets?
Market ratings among selected Big Ten expansion candidates, according to weighted averages of total revenue, TV ratings, popularity and media footprint
Notre Dame 8 10 9 10 93 Florida State 10 8 8 7 82 Oregon 7 7 8 9 77 Clemson 6 9 10 3 75 Miami 8 7 7 7 72 North Carolina 7 4 9 9 71 TCU 9 7 3 9 66 Washington 9 5 5 8 64 Baylor 8 6 6 4 60 Utah 6 6 4 4 50 Texas Tech 5 5 5 4 48 Virginia Tech 4 5 4 6 47 Arizona State 5 4 4 6 46 Louisville 7 5 5 1 46 Syracuse 6 2 4 7 44 Duke 8 1 8 0 43 Virginia 6 3 5 3 42 Oklahoma State 4 7 3 1 40 West Virginia 2 5 5 2 38 Houston 1 4 2 8 36 NC State 5 4 3 2 35 Stanford 3 6 1 4 35 Kansas 2 1 7 3 34 Colorado 4 3 2 5 33 Iowa State 3 4 5 0 33 Missouri 3 2 3 6 33 Arizona 5 2 4 2 32 SMU 4 1 1 9 32 Georgia Tech 2 3 2 6 31 Washington State 4 5 2 1 31 Pittsburgh 3 3 2 2 25 California 2 3 1 4 24 Boston College 3 1 1 5 22 Kansas State 1 3 3 0 20 Vanderbilt 5 1 1 2 20 UConn 1 0 3 3 17 Rice 0 0 0 8 16 Oregon State 3 1 2 0 15 Cincinnati 0 2 2 1 14 Wake Forest 2 2 0 2 14
Group of Five schools Cincinnati, Houston, Rice and SMU. (Yes, Cincy and Houston have already been confirmed to be joining the Big 12, but let’s assume the Big Ten is playing an especially long game in its program-poaching strategy.)
Tier 5: Let’s be honest, there are better choices
School Sports Fit Market Composite Baylor 38 24 60 41 NC State 33 54 35 41 Houston 39 38 36 38 Iowa State 27 52 33 37 Louisville 39 26 46 37 Texas Tech 27 33 48 36 Washington State 20 44 31 32 Cincinnati 35 43 14 31 UConn 24 51 17 31 Kansas State 37 37 20 31 Oregon State 25 47 15 29 Boston College 29 34 22 28 Vanderbilt 12 50 20 27 Wake Forest 27 39 14 27 SMU 21 25 32 26 Rice 6 43 16 22
And in the very long term, Houston — which will soon join the Big 12 — could be interesting as a big public university in a very big market. Time to join the AAU, Cougars!
