<p>I started a thread quite a while ago about which athletic Conference was the best overall in academics. First of all, I need to make it clear that I'm only talking about major D-I conferences (everyone knows the Ivy Leauge is the best). Last year it was between the Big 10, ACC, and PAC 10. I took the individual ranking for each school and used it to get each conference's average ranking. Also, for schools that are not ranked, I gave them a default ranking of one place behind the last ranked school in the article (I think it was 132 or something last year). So using the same method I did before with the new rankings, here you go: </p>
<p>ACC
Boston College: 34
Clemson: 61
Duke: 10
Florida State: 102
GA Tech: 35
Maryland: 53
Miami: 50
UNC: 28
North Carolina State: 88
UVa: 24
VA Tech: 71
Wake Forest: 28</p>
<p>Big 10
Illinois:39
Indiana: 71
Iowa: 71
Michigan: 27
Michigan State: 71
Minnesota: 61
Northwestern: 12
Ohio State: 53
Penn State: 47
Purdue: 61
Wisconsin: 39</p>
<p>PAC 10
Arizona: 102
Arizona State: 121
UC-Berkeley: 21
Oregon: 115
*Oregon State: 129
Stanford: 4
UCLA: 24
US: 26
Washington: 42
Washington State: 106</p>
<p>Big 12
Iowa State: 88
*Kansas State: 129
Colorado: 77
Kansas: 96
Missouri: 102
Nebraska: 96
Baylor: 80
*Oklahoma State: 129
Texas A&M: 61
*Texas Tech: 129
Oklahoma: 102
Texas: 47</p>
<p>SEC
Florida: 47
Georgia: 58
Kentucky: 128
South Carolina: 110
Tennessee: 106
Vanderbilt: 17
Alabama: 96
Arkansas: 128
Auburn: 88
Louisiana State: 128
*Mississippi: 129
*Mississippi State: 129</p>
<p>2009 Top 3
ACC: 48
Big Ten: 50
PAC 10: 69</p>
<p>2010 Results
ACC: 48.67
Big Ten: 50.2
PAC 10: 69
Big 12: 94.67
SEC: 97</p>
<p>In the 2009 rankings, I just rounded, so I don't know if it's closer this year or not. But as you can see, there was very little change in the top three. This is just for fun, so take it easy. </p>
<p>*USNews did not rank this school.</p>