Which Conference Dominates the Divisional Round?

Now that 4 teams have been swiftly eliminated from the playoffs we can take a look at which conference is holding up as the #1. [Picture Taken Back When Braylon Edwards had hands]

Conference Leaders
The SEC took the biggest hit with the Bengals loss as they were a major contributor to the SEC's original playoff lead. The Big Ten currently holds a commanding lead of 8 over the ACC.

1. Big Ten - 72
2. ACC - 64
3. Big 12 - 60
4. SEC - 58
5. Pac 10 - 44
6. Big East 28
7. Mountain West - 26
8. MAC - 16

Non-FBS - 85

Team Leaders
The Wolverines lead for the second time in a row even though they took a big hit from 20 down to 12. They are followed by LSU and Ohio State with 11 each and then a slew of squads with 10 each the most surprising being the Fighting Illini.

1. Michigan - 12
2. LSU, Ohio State - 11
3. FSU, Miami, USC, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Illinois - 10

Check out the spreadsheet with every conference broken down after the jump...

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