Pete Rozelle's Dream

by LennieMac

Pete Rozelle always believed that a perfect season would be 32 NFL teams at 8-8. If you take a closer look at this college football season, his dream is a lot closer there than in the NFL. Let's take a look at the record of the 66 BCS teams against other BCS teams. No mid-majors or Appalachian State's need apply.

ACC: BC 5-0, UVA 6-1, VT 4-2, WF 4-2, Clemson 3-2, FSU 4-3, Miami 3-3, GT 3-3, Maryland 2-4, NC St. 1-4, UNC 1-5, Duke 1-6

Winning records: Six
500: 2
Losing records: Four

Big East: WV 4-1, UConn 4-1, USF 3-2, L'ville 3-3, Cinn 2-2, Rutgers 2-3, Pitt 1-4, Syracuse 1-5

Winning records: Three
500: 2
Losing records: Three

Big 10: Ohio St. 5-0, Mich 6-1, Wisc. 4-2, Purdue 4-2, Illinois 4-3, Penn St. 4-3, Mich St. 3-4, Iowa 3-5, N'western 2-4, Indiana 2-4, Minn 0-5

Winning records: Six
Losing records: Five

Big 12: KU 4-0, Okla 4-1, Mizz 4-1, Tex 3-2, Okla St. 3-2, A&M 3-3, K State 3-3, Colo 3-4, Texas Tech 2-3, Neb 2-5, Iowa St. 1-5, Baylor 0-5

Winning records: Five
500: Two
Losing Records: Five

Pac 10: ASU 6-0, Oregon 5-1, USC 5-2, UCLA 4-2, Cal 3-3, OSU 3-3, Ariz 2-4, Stan 2-4, WSU 1-5, UW 1-6

Winning records: Four
500: Two
Losing records: Four

SEC: LSU 5-1, UGA 5-2, Aub 5-3, Ala 4-2, USC 4-3, Fla 3-3, Tenn 3-3, Kent 3-3, Vandy 2-3, Miss St. 2-4, Ark 1-3, Ole Miss 0-7

Winning records: Five
500: Three
Losing records: Four

Notre Dame: 1-7

So out of 66 teams 29 have winning records, 26 have losing records and 11 have 500 records. If you take the teams one game above or below 500, there are 24 out of 66 teams, almost 40%.

Take a look at the company GT has at 3-3. We're not the only team that had high expectations that are in the middle of the pack.