Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Jayhawks Finished No. 1 Against Spread

Yes, they have reason to cheer in Kansas. No team was better at covering the pointspread in the regular season than the Jayhawks, who went a dazzling 10-1 against the number. (Kansas' game against Southeastern Louisiana wasn't on the board.)

As for the postseason, we have the straight up and records against the spread below. We've also included the numbers for 2006 and the straight-up records from the 2005 postseason.

2007 Straight Up
BCS Conferences
Conference........Bowl Record
Atlantic Coast.....2-6
Big East............3-2
Big Ten.............3-5
Big 12..............5-3
Pac-10..............4-2
Southeastern.......7-2

Non-BCS Conferences
Conference.........Bowl Record
Conference USA.....2-4
Mid-American.......0-3
Mountain West......4-1
Sun Belt..............1-0
Western Athletic....1-3
Independents........0-1

2007 Against the Spread
BCS Conferences
Conference........Bowl Record
Atlantic Coast.....3-4-1
Big East............2-3
Big Ten.............3-5
Big 12..............3-5
Pac-10..............4-1-1
Southeastern.......7-2

Non-BCS Conferences
Conference.........Bowl Record
Conference USA.....3-3
Mid-American.......1-2
Mountain West......2-3
Sun Belt..............1-0
Western Athletic....1-3
Independents........1-0

2006 Straight Up
BCS Conferences
Conference........Bowl Record
Atlantic Coast.....4-4
Big East............5-0
Big Ten.............2-5
Big 12..............3-5
Pac-10..............3-3
Southeastern.......6-3

Non-BCS Conferences
Conference.........Bowl Record
Conference USA.....1-4
Mid-American.......1-3
Mountain West......3-1
Sun Belt..............1-1
Western Athletic....3-1
Independents........0-2

2006 Against the Spread
BCS Conferences
Conference........ATS
Atlantic Coast.....3-5
Big East............3-2
Big Ten............4-3
Big 12..............2-6
Pac-10.............2-4
Southeastern......6-3

Non-BCS Conferences
Conference.........ATS
Conference USA....1-4
Mid-American......2-2
Mountain West.....3-1
Sun Belt.............1-1
Western Athletic...4-0
Independents.......1-1

2005 Straight Up
Atlantic Coast........5-3
Big 12.................5-3
Pacific 10.............3-2
Conference USA......3-3
Southeastern.........3-3
Mountain West.......2-2
Independents.........1-1
Mid-American........1-1
Big Ten...............3-4
Western Athletic.....1-2
Big East...............1-3
Sun Belt...............0-1

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