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BearDownVikings said... (original post) Here’s my list of teams from the SEC that would win the Big 12 right now: Texas, UGA, Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, MS State, and LSU. I thin... show more The SEC is not the best conference. It has a lot of really mediocre teams, and then some decent ones, and a couple really good ones. Where it’s strong is it might have only one legitimately bad team & it’s Arkansas. Missouri & Tennessee are wildly overrated as always. I’ve said this from day 1 but they’re mid tier big 12 teams. Missouri was in a dog fight with KANSAS, and Tennessee has no quarterback or offensive line. I don’t see them beating Arizona, Utah, Houston, Texas Tech, BYU on a neutral field. In the big 12, I see them finishing around WVU -Kentucky is hit or miss, same with A&M. Mississippi state’s win over Minnesota was impressive, but Minnesota also gets beat like that at least 4 times a year by quality competition & then they beat a pedestrian Mizzou team. So I don’t see them beating the upper big 12 teams I mentioned. Alabama was outplayed by Florida state until a rain delay, and has been inconsistent. Sam Leavitt can’t throw, Ole Miss has no defense, and Florida is still slightly an enigma. Therefore, if you give me those 4 teams against the likes of Utah, Texas Tech, and BYU, I’m taking those 3. The only ones I will give you are Texas & UGA. I think UGA is probably my favorite to win the title right now or 2nd behind Miami. Texas needs to get its offensive line figured out, & I still question Steve sarkisian in a big game against a team with similar talent. I also think you have to consider the big 10. While Oregon hasn’t looked good, they still have an embarrassment of riches in talent & have 2 new coordinators. I’d be willing to bet a lot of money by the end of the year it gels. Ohio state played its worst possible game against Texas & lost by 1, and while Indiana hasn’t played anyone they still deserve to be considered a top team until beaten. The big 10’s middle has taken a considerable hit. Washington is clearly not a good team, and USC looks to be wildly overrated as well. Penn state & Wisconsin are enigma’s in their own rights, so it’s hard to tell. So while I see where you’re going with here, you also have to look at the matchups. The SEC has gotten VERY favorable OOC matchups for the most part against P4 competition including: Tennessee played 1-3 GT Alabama played FSU (who’s really bad) A&M played ASU, who’s probably a 6-6 team right now Mizzou played the worst Kansas team in probably 5+ years. Vandy needed NC state to make probably the dumbest decision in college football history to beat them in a down year for NC state. LSU beat probably the worst Clemson team since Dabo has been there. & on the flip side, the sec only has a couple truly impressive wins Texas over Ohio state Miss st. Over Minnesota Auburn over Baylor Ole Miss over Louisville So taking that all as a whole, I don’t see how it’s definitive without postseason results. There’s just not enough good games against evenly matched teams to make a clear case. I don’t see 4 games as a large enough sample size & that’s part of the issue in college football right now.