The previews for 2010 are done! Check the original post on page 1 of this thread for the Whitest Teams list, which is being updated whenever someone provides new info. Thanks to all who have helped this season. I appreciate it! Now for some numbers comparing things from year to year.
Number of teams that started at least 11 whites out of 22 positions since 2005
2005-35 teams out of 89-used non-black criteria
2006-36 teams out of all 119-used non-black criteria
2007-26 teams out of all 120-used non-black criteria
2008-26 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2009-33 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2010-36 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
Number of teams that started at least 10 whites out of 22 positions since 2005
2005-43 teams out of 89-used non-black criteria
2006-48 teams out of all 119-used non-black criteria
2007-37 teams out of all 120-used non-black criteria
2008-36 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2009-47 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2010-48 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
At the moment,
the number of half White or better teams is two higher this year than last,
while the number of teams with 10 White starters is the same.
Let's
compare the number of White starters for each team from last year's
least White conference (SEC) to last year's Whitest conference (MWC)
with those same conferences for this upcoming season.
2009
Southeastern Conference
Vanderbilt-11/22
Alabama-8/22
Arkansas-7/22
Tennessee-6/22
Georgia-5/22
LSU-5/22
Mississippi State-5/22
Ole Miss-5/22
South Carolina-5/22
Auburn-3/22
Florida-3/22
Kentucky-3/22
Total of 66/264 (25%) in the SEC
Mountain West Conference
BYU-16/22
Colorado State-16/22
Air Force-15/22
Wyoming-15/22
Texas Christian-10/22
New Mexico-8/22
San Diego State-8/22
UNLV-8/22
Utah-8/22
Total of 104/198 (52.52%) in the MWC
2010
Southeastern Conference
Vanderbilt-10/22
Kentucky-8/22
Arkansas-6/22
Georgia-6/22
LSU-5/22
Mississippi State-5/22
Alabama-4/22
Auburn-4/22
South Carolina-4/22
Tennessee-4/22
Florida-3/22
Ole Miss-2/22
Total of 61/264 (23.11%) in the SEC
Mountain West Conference
BYU-17/22
Air Force-14/22
Colorado State-13/22
Wyoming-13/22
Texas Christian-11/22
Utah-11/22
UNLV-8/22
New Mexico-6/22
San Diego State-6/22
Total of 99/198 (50%) in the MWC
Thanks to some pre-season changes, the MWC is still half White when it comes to starters. Of course these numbers could still change. On the other end of the stick, the SEC was a miserable one quarter White last season but still managed to make that number lower this year. Hopefully some
injuries or changes to the starters will bring this number up as well, but I'm not holding my breath. At least two of these Systematically Excluding Caucasian teams have coal black defensive depth charts. It hasn't been good to be a White SEC football player for a long time, and this season appears to be the worst yet.