Is the SEC really that dominant or overrated???

[football200414]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clemsonpanther

The SEC is the best but not by far. It is usually 4 to 5 elite teams and then cellar dwellers.

See this is where I disagree. As a whole conference, the SEC is as solid as you can get top to bottom. You know why the bottom 3-4 teams look so bad??? Because they're playing the top 9-10 teams every week. I challenge anyone to take the final standings of any conference & look at the match-ups between the two. Who would win #1 vs. #1, #2 vs. #2, #3 vs. #3....#14 vs. #14. I think you would struggle to find any conference that could win more than 2-3 match-ups. You can't ask is the #12 team in the SEC better than the #4 team in the ACC, you have to ask is the #12 team in the SEC better than the #12 team in the ACC, Big Ten, etc.

[AUChase]

Quote: Originally Posted by football200414

Simple solution really...don't take part in the discussion & that includes the post you've already made...don't troll this thread please

Judging by this post, I don't think you know me or what a real troll is. I wasn't trying to draw a negative reaction out of you, just trying to make the point that a lot of the insightful regulars in this forum are burnt out on this particular discussion.

Please, by all means carry on.

[jmatthe313]

Quote: Originally Posted by football200414

See this is where I disagree. As a whole conference, the SEC is as solid as you can get top to bottom. You know why the bottom 3-4 teams look so bad??? Because they're playing the top 9-10 teams every week. I challenge anyone to take the final standings of any conference & look at the match-ups between the two. Who would win #1 vs. #1, #2 vs. #2, #3 vs. #3....#14 vs. #14. I think you would struggle to find any conference that could win more than 2-3 match-ups. You can't ask is the #12 team in the SEC better than the #4 team in the ACC, you have to ask is the #12 team in the SEC better than the #12 team in the ACC, Big Ten, etc.

I disagree. Kentucky and Tennessee are downright horrible. A different conference wouldn't mean those two would do any better.

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[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by eyeamg0dly

Don't see how anyone can argue this. I am no fan of any SEC teams or the conference in general. Other teams need to start scheduling games vs SEC teams and show that they can play with them. A lost early in the seasons can still be made up at the end.

The problem with that is that SEC teams have to be willing to play you and most are not. UF hasn't left Florida since 1990.
Is it the top conference, sure, but not that big of a league. The top teams are better, but the mid/bottom teams are just like all the other power conferences. They just get inflated rankings because they play the top teams.

The top teams also get inflated rankings because they played each other.

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[Clemsonpanther]

My sec rankings are this:
Bama






Georgia




Florida

LSU
Texas AM




















South Carolina
Vandy

Miss St
Arkansas
Auburn


Ole Miss

Tennessee


Mizzou






UK.


My spaces are intentional, to show the difference between the top 5ish and everyone else.

[TripleCrown9]

Really? That big of a discrepancy between Aggy and South Carolina? I get that you're a Clemson man, but let's be realistic.

[tHurley2010]

This all depends on how you judge what "best conference" really means.

Does it mean the conference which produces the national champion? If that's the case, then it's clearly the SEC, as they have produced the last 7 national champions.

Does it mean the best conference vs conference record? In which case, the SEC is still the best conference.

Does it mean the best conference top to bottom, where the bottom team of one conference is better than the bottom team of another conference, all the way up to the top teams from each conference? If that's the case, then it isn't clear that the SEC is the best conference.

[gohogs141]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

Really? That big of a discrepancy between Aggy and South Carolina? I get that you're a Clemson man, but let's be realistic.

Yeah i was about to say that too haha. I think ole miss should be higher too.