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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
if you matched up the SEC to the Pac 10, like 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2 etc.
the SEC would be favored in 8 or 9 of them
the SEC is head and shoulders above the Pac 10, the Big 12 is top heavy and usually Texas and Okie compete, but the rest of the conference does not
I don't know how the SEC only had 2 good teams plus Arkansas when they had 5 of the top 15 in the final poll
and if you look at the history of BCS bowls, the Sec is 15-6, compared to the big 12 which is 8-10, and the Pac 10 which is 9-5. Not only has the SEC been in the most BCS bowls of the 3 (the big 10 is first in appearances but only has a 10-11 record, and top to bottom is probably the second best conference), and received the most At Large bids, but it has also won the most as well.
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The SEC had only 2 good teams plus Arkansas yet 5 teams in the top 15 because this year was very top heavy with 5-8 good teams and then a lot of mediocre teams after that.
LSU and Miss St aren't that good in my view and there are a number of teams that could easily beat them from a bunch of different conferences.
The stats seem to show that yes the SEC is the top conference but not overwhelmingly so. They are number one but certainly not the meat grinder that people make it out to be.