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Conference Timing
How do the six major conferences rank by speed? To compile these charts, SI used all applicable 40 times from the NFL combine over the past five years (1,153 players). The mean averages could allow outliers at either end of the scale to have undue influence, but that was part of the point. Each year a few players choose not to run at the combine, so their absence could skew the results.
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OFFENSIVE SKILL POSITION AVERAGE
SEC 4.6071
ACC 4.6086
BIG 12 4.6145
BIG EAST 4.6168
BIG TEN 4.6189
PAC-12 4.6538
40 YDs
OFFENSIVE LINE AVERAGE
PAC-12 5.2521
BIG 12 5.2522
ACC 5.2768
BIG TEN 5.2794
SEC 5.3129
BIG EAST 5.3217
40 YDs
OVERALL AVERAGE
BIG 12 4.7672
ACC 4.7744
BIG TEN 4.7860
SEC 4.8091
PAC-12 4.8158
BIG EAST 4.8159
40 YDs
DEFENSIVE SKILL POSITION AVERAGE
SEC 4.6059
ACC 4.6153
BIG 12 4.6306
BIG TEN 4.6323
PAC-12 4.6421
BIG EAST 4.6670
40 YDs
DEFENSIVE LINE AVERAGE
BIG TEN 4.9217
BIG EAST 4.9287
BIG 12 4.9378
PAC-12 4.9663
ACC 4.9675
SEC 5.0050
40 YDs
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SCOTT HALLERAN/GETTY IMAGES (GOODWIN)
THE SPEEDY DOZEN Marquise Goodwin and the Big 12 won the race.
