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Originally Posted by sterlingice
Well, Washington has two titles in the early 90s right after Colorado's. Oklahoma State is ranked in the Top 10 right now while Texas Tech went 11-1 a couple of years ago. Arizona... well, it's been a while since the Desert Swarm defense and that wasn't quite national title contender. But I was just giving examples. K-State was one win away from playing for a national title a couple of times in the last 90s while, hell, Kansas and Mizzou were in that boat in 2007. Sorry, I don't know my Pac-10 as well, but I'm sure someone could give some info on Washington State's years with Ryan Leaf or Arizona State's successes, etc.
And, again, we're not talking about perennial powers (Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, USC, etc)
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That's why I said "in any decade." Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburn can have a team every decade that either wins a national title or seriously competes for one. Auburn has three undefeated seasons in the last 20 years, each separated by at least a few years and under totally different regimes. And, again, I would consider Auburn as a SEC program to be upper middle.
For now, and for the foreseeable future, the SEC has those top middle teams that can compete for national titles even if they aren't in some sort of golden age of the program. Hell a coach that was horrid in the Big 12 came in and won a title right away with one of those teams! That is something that less than elite teams in the other conferences can't say or do. (And why the difference? Even when SEC teams aren't elite, they often stock very good to elite athletes. See: recruiting rankings.)