Which conference is College Football's best? Let The Beast tell You
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by The Beast
1. SEC: No other conference seems to be worthy of the number one spot outside of the SEC. The conference is extremely tough at the top with LSU, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, and South Carolina all being legitimate top 25 teams. The bottom isn’t too shabby either with a resurging Kentucky and an improving Ole Miss team. From top to bottom the SEC is the clearly the nations best, but not as much as many southerners feel that it is.
2. Pac Ten: The Pac Ten is a lot stronger than most pundits seem to believe. They are led by USC, but Cal, UCLA, Oregon State, and Arizona State are also all quality football teams. Last season, USC, Cal, and Oregon State all won ten games and eight teams were bowl eligible. Since 1998, the Pac Ten has been 7-4 in BCS bowls, the SEC is 9-4, so it isn’t that far off from being number one.
3. Big East: I’ll take the top three in the Big East and take them up against the top three of any other conference. Louisville, West Virginia, and Rutgers, are all potential top ten teams and legitimate national title contenders. What hurts the conference is the back end. Connecticut and Syracuse continue to struggle but South Florida and Pittsburgh look to be on the rise.
4. Big Ten: The Big Ten can easily be classified as the Big Two and the Little 9. Outside of Michigan and Ohio State, who is ever any good? Yes, Wisconsin and Penn State tend to have some ten win seasons, but not on a consistent basis. The conference is made up if a bunch of underachieving teams, like Iowa, Purdue, Michigan State, and Minnesota, who always hover around .500. The bottom is horrible as well with Indiana and Illinois waiting for hoops season to start.
5. Big XII: Like the Big Ten, they are really strong at the top but horrible at the bottom. Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Missouri, and Nebraska are all top twenty-five teams, but the bottom of the conference is disgraceful. Half the Mountain West is better than Baylor and Kansas and Iowa State don’t help the cause either.
6. ACC: Great basketball conference, bad football conference. The league’s best team in 2006 was Wake Forest. They should never be the ACC champions, no offense to Demon Deacon Fans. Florida State and Miami continue to struggle, including many other average teams. Luckily Virginia Tech will provide an intriguing story-line this year, being a national title contender.
Best of the rest…
- 7. WAC
- 8. Mountain West Conference
- 9. MAC
- 10. Conference USA
- 11. Division 1-AA
- 12. Sun Belt
