| BCS | Other FBS | FCS | Total | |||||
| Week 4 YTD | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| SEC | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| Big 12 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 6 |
| Pac 10 (+1) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 9 |
| Big Ten (-1) | 7 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 8 |
| Mtn West (+1) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| ACC(+1) | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 12 |
| WAC (-2) | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 16 |
| Big East | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 13 |
| BCS | Other FBS | FCS | Total | |||||
| Week 4 | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| SEC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Big 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Pac 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Big Ten | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Mountain West | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| ACC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| WAC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Big East | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Big East - I'm actually getting tired of writing the same thing every week but this league continues to be incredibly disappointing. I'm actually almost to the point where I'm going to start comparing the MAC, Big Sky and Conference USA to them as these leagues might actually be better. The Big East got one FBS win this week when Connecticut beat Buffalo. They were 0-4 in their other games which in their defense were close but when you are 1-10 vs BCS schools it's hard to argue.
WAC (-2) - There were only two bright spots for the WAC this week as Boise State beat Oregon State and Nevada beat BYU. The rest of the league was 0-6 vs FBS teams including 3 vs the Mountain West. Losing Boise State and Nevada to the Mountain West will widen this gap tremendously in the future.
ACC (+1) - The ACC had a decent week but their 2 BCS wins came against the Big East though Miami's win was very impressive. 4-1 overall was good enough to jump the WAC's horrible performance. They do have a long way to go to pass the Mountain West.
Mountain West (+1) - 4 of the 5 non-conferences games this week were against the Mountain West and they went 3-1 in those. The only loss was to future Mountain West member Nevada. Add to that TCU's thumping of SMU and you've got a conference that is very underrated nationally.
Big Ten - (-1) - The Big Ten is tied for the most non-conference victories right now but they dropped a spot. The reason is due to the lamest bunch of opponents I have ever seen play a conference in one weekend and the fact that both Purdue and Minnestota managed to lose against these cupcakes. I'm sure many Ozone fans would rank the Big Ten the toughest in the country. I can't agree as Iowa and Wisconsin have shown much more weakness than I expected as well as Purdue, Indiana and Minnesota looking to be very bad right now. I predicted the Big Ten to lose 7 and they've lost 8 so they aren't much behind my expectations but I expect more separation from the top tier teams.
Pac 10 (+1) - I jumped the Pac 10 over the Big Ten because of their their consistent play vs BCS teams. Even with Oregon State's loss at Boise State, Stanford's pummelling of Notre Dame and UCLA's dismantling of Texas more than made up for it. This league is hard to predict but I'd be surprised if the league winner wasn't Oregon or Stanford.
Big 12 - Terrible week for Texas but the rest of the league won all their non conference games which keeps the Big 12 at number 2. It is funny to think that Texas dominates the league so much off the field but struggles on the field. It certainly should be an interesting final year for the Big 12.
SEC - This league continues to roll with 3 wins in week 4. They do play a good portion of their non-conference games after week 4 but most of them are pseudo-bye weeks so I can't imagine them losing any more non-conference games this year.
As a Buckeye fan I would like to say the Big Ten is the toughest conference in the country. At the end of last year its performance seemed to predict great things. Thus far Iowa and Wisconsin aren't as good as they looked in the bowls, Purdue is worse than I expected and Michigan State/Michigan are playing well. I predicted the league to lose 7 non conference games and they are currently at 8 losses with 4 games left to play. It's funny how one game can change the perception of a league but the one difference is the Iowa/Arizona game. If Iowa pulls it out that game the Big Ten's BCS non-conference record is 8-4 and would have a good argument to be 2nd.
Some Buckeye fans are delusional and actually think the Big Ten is the toughest league because they have 6 ranked teams but that is because they haven't started playing conference games yet. The truth is the SEC is the toughest league again this year. The thing is teams change dramatically over the course of a season so everyone gets a chance to knock them from this perch in January.
I may take a look at this in a few weeks if teams have played more conference games but I don't expect them to change as most leagues have played 90% of their non-conference games.
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