Pac-12 Ends SEC Streak as Top College Conference in NFL Draft

The Pac-12 ended the SEC’s six-year run as the top conference in the NFL Draft by a 1247-1216 score just months after also ending the SEC’s streak of the best seasons by a college conference (see Breitbart Sports story here). It was the first time the Pac-12 topped the draft this century.

The Breitbart Sports scoring system awards 100 points for the first pick, 99 for the second, etc., through three rounds. The SEC actually topped the draft every year this century except 2003 (Big Ten), 2006 (ACC), and 2008 (all non-Power Conferences combined).

The table below shows the standings each year based on current conference alignments. Adding Miami gives the ACC the win in 2001 (Miami 371 points), 2002 (Miami 406), and 2004 (Miami 526).

Draft	ACC	Big12	BigTen	Pac12	SEC	Other	Notes if current teams in conf
2001	1247	533	1225	552	1194	284	ACC, Big Ten nudges SEC
2002	1175	418	568	1003	1105	778	ACC nudges SEC, Pac12
2003	616	370	1140	966	1020	932	Big Ten nudges SEC
2004	1383	478	876	626	1049	628	ACC dominates (current teams)
2005	640	735	979	735	1287	674	SEC dominates
2006	1407	455	1073	739	750	620	ACC beats Big Ten
2007	825	391	1123	515	1338	857	SEC dominates
2008	1073	384	739	875	853	1125	ACC dominates
2009	800	645	852	838	1107	808	SEC dominates
2010	482	927	861	734	1195	823	SEC dominates
2011	1084	366	852	755	1410	577	SEC biggest dominance until 2013
2012	624	577	736	748	1211	1139	SEC beats others (Boise, ND)
2013	835	442	332	678	1658	1099	SEC biggest dominance ever
2014	965	266	774	694	1371	980	SEC dominates
2015	1156	267	743	1247	1216	420	Pac 12 nudges SEC

The Pac-12 went ahead 99-0 when Marcus Mariota went 2nd in the draft, but the SEC had Dante Fowler and Amari Cooper go next to take a 195-99 lead. The Pac-12 had five picks between No. 12 and 20 to open a 619-286 lead, but the SEC then had four straight players from 21st to 24th to close it to 619-600. It went back and forth between the 2nd and 3rd round.


The SEC’s last lead was 1103-1148 after South Carolina’s A.J. Cann went 67th, but then Jaelen Strong (Arizona State) and Hroniss Grasu (Oregon) went 70th and 71st to give the Pac-12 an 1164-1148 lead and the Pac-12 never trailed again.

Pick	Player	SEC/Pac12 Team	Pac12-SEC Running
2	Marcus Mariota	Oregon	99-0
3	Dante Fowler Jr.	Florida
4	Amari Cooper	Alabama	99-195
6	Leonard Williams	USC	194-195
10	Todd Gurley	Georgia	194-286
12	Danny Shelton	Washington
13	Andrus Peat	Stanford
17	Arik Armstead	Oregon
18	Marcus Peters	Washington
20	Nelson Agholor	USC	619-286
21	Cedric Ogbuehi	Texas A&M
22	Bud Dupree	Kentucky
23	Shane Ray	Missouri
24	D.J. Humphries	Florida	619-600
25	Shaq Thompson	Washington	695-600
30	Damarious Randall	Arizona State	766-600
33	Landon Collins	Alabama
36	T.J. Yeldon	Alabama
38	Preston Smith	Mississippi State
40	Dorial Green-Beckham	Missouri
42	Jalen Collins	LSU
43	Benardrick McKinney	Mississippi State	766-974
44	Hau’Oli Kikaha	Washington
45	Eric Kendricks	UCLA
47	Eric Rowe	Utah	933-974
49	Mitch Morse	Missouri	933-1026
51	Nate Orchard	Utah
53	Jake Fisher	Oregon	1031-1026
56	Senquez Golson	Mississippi
58	Markus Golden	Missouri	1031-1114
64	Jordan Richards	Stanford
66	Jeremiah Poutasi	Utah	1103-1114
67	A.J. Cann	South Carolina	1103-1148
70	Jaelen Strong	Arizona State
71	Hroniss Grasu	Oregon
74	Owa Odighizuwa	UCLA	1191-1148
76	Chris Conley	Georgia	1191-1173
80	Steven Nelson	Oregon State	1212-1173
87	Sammie Coates	Auburn
88	Danielle Hunter	LSU	1212-1200
89	Sean Mannion	Oregon State	1224-1200
91	Chaz Green	Florida	1224-1210
93	Henry Anderson	Stanford
94	Ty Montgomery	Stanford	1239-1210
95	Matt Jones	Florida	1239-1216
96	Xavier Cooper	Washington State
98	Steven Nelson	Oregon State	1247-1216