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

PHOTO

SCOTT HALLERAN/GETTY IMAGES (GOODWIN)

THE SPEEDY DOZEN Marquise Goodwin and the Big 12 won the race.