Here are the top 4 in each conference according to end of the year standings:
Pac-10: USC, Cal, Oregon St, and UCLA
Big East: Louisville, West Virginia, Rutgers, and S. Florida
ACC: Wake Forrest, Georgia Tech, Va Tech, and BC
Big 12: Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, and Texas A&M
SEC: Florida, Arkansas, Auburn, and LSU
Big 10: Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Penn St.
How would you rate each set of 4?
2006-12-22 05:22:38 · 10 answers · asked by Cory 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Back your point up with reasoning, please. And please back it up.
I know the SEC is good, but repeating it 50,000 times proves nothing.
2006-12-22 05:36:51 · update #1
If you just give a simple answer and run, you won't get my 10 points. Please say why you believe in your answer. And please try to be unbiased. Don't go the Homer route on this one, unless you truly believe it.
2006-12-22 05:38:59 · update #2
Wouldn't it be sweet if football did like basketball, and had yearly conference challenges? Like two conferences line up based on the previous years rankings, 1v.1, 2v.2, and so on. Each team uses one of their nonconference games for the challenge. Each year, conferences can rotate who they challenge.
2006-12-22 06:19:07 · update #3
Anybody brave enough to throw in a 1-6 ranking of the major conferences, and back that up?
2006-12-22 06:20:11 · update #4
Numbers are in the following order according to conf.
SEC , Big10 , Big12 , Pac10 , ACC , BigE.
Teams w/ 10+ W's----- 4 3 1 1 2 3
Teams w/ 9+ W's------- 5 3 4 3 4 3
Teams > .500------------ 8 5 7 6 6 5
Bowl Teams-------------- 9 7 7 6 8 5
Teams in BCS top 20- 5 3 2 2 2 3
If we were toweigh these equally,totals would be:
SEC-31, Big10-21, Big12-21, Pac10-18, ACC-22, Big East-19
Each Conf.'s top two BCS teams:
SEC: 2,4 Big10: 1,3 Big12: 10,19 Pac10: 5,18
ACC: 14,15 Big East: 6,13
It looks like to me the ranking should be
1.SEC
2.Big 10 (even though top heavy, those top 3 are enough)
3.Big 12 (Oklahoma should be higher w/ 1 loss)
4.Pac 10
5.Big East (did more than ACC w/ 4 fewer teams)
6.ACC
2006-12-22 19:36:26 · answer #1 · answered by willyc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice resposes SEC fan above that provides real depth in analysis.
I have to go with the big ten. Because of Michigan and Ohio State and to a lesser degree Wisconsin. The Big ten's top 3 are in the top 8 of total defense including #2 and #3 The big 10 also has the #1,#3 and #7 BCS teams.
The SEC would be second as they have three teams in the top 9 of the BCS. Florida and LSU are great teams although they can't match OSU and Mich.
We will know more for sure after the bowls games.
2006-12-22 06:02:34 · answer #2 · answered by Bruce Tzu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but it's the SEC. Look not just at the top 4 but the entire conference, and there's no question that the middle-of-the-pack teams in the SEC are better than anyone else in the country (right now, that would be the Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and by your ranking Tennessee, of the conference). Look at any other conference and they don't even come close to matching the depth of quality teams that the SEC has.
For those who are saying the Big Ten, sorry, but you're wrong. The Big Ten couldn't even fill all of its bowl slots this year, and for the three good teams in the conference (and I don't consider Wisconsin that good, especially given the absymal schedule they played this year), there are a whole bunch of bad ones (to wit, in case people forgot, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, and Purdue). Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee could easily finish in the top 2 or 3 in the Big Ten, while most Big Ten schools right now would be fighting it out with Vanderbilt or the two Mississippi schools for the bottom of the conference.
2006-12-22 07:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My belief is that the Big Ten should be considered the best conference in college football. I know the theories about scheduling and what-not, but can anyone honestly say they feel confident that Florida has any kind of chance at being a better football team than Michigan, and they will get absolutely crushed by OSU. I feel that even Wisconsin, whose only loss was to Michigan, would beat Florida.
2006-12-22 06:01:20 · answer #4 · answered by wingfan_25 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Ten. Here's why: Ohio state is gonna smash florida, And wisconsin is gonna beat arkansas. Our #1 and #3 are gonna beat the the SEC's top two. Also, michigan is gonna run through USC like a yellow light. The SEC is overrated and the bowl games are gonna show it. Everyone but LSU is gonna lose their bowl game. But the pac-10 shouldnt even count. they are weaker than the big east.
2006-12-22 21:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy. Big 10. Ohio St. beat not 1, but 2 #2 teams, Texas and Michigan. Michigan will win the SCS virtual playoffs.
2006-12-22 05:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by #1denverfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The SEC is first, Big Ten is second, Big 12 third, Pac 10 fourth, ACC fifth and the Big East sixth.
2006-12-22 06:30:43 · answer #7 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no question the SEC has the best conference in football. it would go SEC, BIG 10, and the rest have no chance and suck. FLORIDA IS GOING TO WIN. OHIO STATE WONT BE USED TO SEC TALENT AND A REAL D
2006-12-22 08:58:06 · answer #8 · answered by gaahgasjhagshjkgahksjaghjks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pac 10. The only reason they aren't ranked higher is that everyone was busy beating up on each other. We compete bitches.
2006-12-22 05:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Big Ten, hands down.
2006-12-22 05:26:22 · answer #10 · answered by squad9_7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋