2006-10-11 05:03:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
The SEC is probably the strongest over time. No other conference comes close to its depth and its ability to always produce quality teams.
The Big 12 might be a distant second except for three things: (a) for the past couple years they're been experiencing a power failure from top to bottom (b) its almost always been the same three or four schools at the top (unlike the SEC where a number of schools can move into the spotlight in any given year) and (c) the Big 12 has only been around for a decade or so.
An even more distant third would be the Big 10, which has even fewer top tier teams -- and had to import one of them, Penn St. -- and which rarely in the past 30 years has been in the national title hunt at the end.
The worst conference (I know you didn't ask but I can't help myself)? The ACC. Rather than being bouyed up by adding teams the ACC seems to have dragged those teams down. Traditionally the ACC has been a football also-ran, and its worse this year than usual.
Great question!
2006-10-11 05:17:13 · answer #1 · answered by DR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunatly withthe way the games have always been set up it is really unfair to say any confrence is the strongest. The media has a high bias to the east coast and without a real way for the diffrent confrences to face eachother you are not getting a real look at the talent. It sucks but unless you can dig up pure stats and somehow make them reflect every variable you never get a real answer.
2006-10-12 22:36:38 · answer #2 · answered by Ronnie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEC.
They do have a great recruiting area but you have more quality college football teams than any other area of the country. That makes it harder to recruit.
It would be hard for any team in the country to go through the conference schedule undefeated.
Sports Illustrated seems to agree.
2006-10-11 13:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by juicetke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
big 10 constant power houses with cold weather areas its easy to get kids to sign at florida or california but kids know if they want national coverage sign with the big 10
2006-10-11 12:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by Detroit fan stuck in California 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say the SEC because they are deep and they are in a great recruiting part of the country.
2006-10-11 12:05:27 · answer #5 · answered by shominyyuspa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BIG 12. It has alot of historically good teams in it.
2006-10-11 12:05:29 · answer #6 · answered by bigfree_2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
someone help me please
the big 12 is not that old
2006-10-11 12:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by mason x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEC conference : tennessee, lsu, auburn,
need i say more?
2006-10-11 12:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by chase and me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋