Last night's news that Boise State will definitely be joining the new Big East must have been very disappointing for haters. If BYU joins as the 14th football member within the next 6 months, the Big East will remain among the "have" conferences despite sabotage efforts by ESPN. It is an unorthodox blend of schools, but outside-the-box thinking has resulted in huge TV markets and plenty of BCS revenue-sharing points. Here is data from past five years that the Big East office should be repeating every minute. This is data from conferences 2013 membership:

Using BCS poll
Top 5 finishes
1.SEC 9, 2. Big twelve 6, 3.Pac 5, 4. BigTen 2, 5.ACC and Big East 1

Top 10 finishes
1. SEC 13, 2. Big Twelve 12, 3. Big Ten 9, 4. PAC 8, 5. Big East 5, 6. ACC 2, 7. MWC 1

Top 25 finishes
1. SEC 27, 2. Big Twelve 24, 3. BigTen 21, 4. PAC 16 and ACC 16, 6. Big East 12
7. MWC 3 and BYU 3 , CUSA and MAC 1

BCS bowl results
1. SEC 8-3
2. Big Twelve 7-5
3. PAC 5-3
4. Big Ten 4-6
5. Big East 1-3
6. ACC 1-5
7. MWC 0-1