A Minor Point on Conference Strength

I was thinking about the BAW conference rankings and realized something needs to be highlighted. The BAW rankings point out how strong a conference is. The rankings do not point out how tough it is for an individual team in that conference. Other than the Pac10, BigEast, and Mountain West, teams do not play a full round-robin. Even with a full round-robin, teams do not play themselves. For example, think of USC. In the last post, it was noted how easy it is for USC to trollop through the Pac10 this year since they do not have to play themselves. The rest of the conference is a considerably weaker slew of teams. I think it is important to note that the BAW conference ratings only reflect how strong the conferences are. The BAW conference rankings should not be used to compare individual teams. Stick to the individual teams BAW rankings to compare teams.