Bama is currently ranked #2 and in the MNC hunt. Georgia has been ranked highly, and the Mutts were 13-1 in your 2002 NC year, finishing at #3. Auburn was 13-0 and finished AP #2 in '04.
Has your conference had
three different teams winning the BCSNC, or had
six teams ranked at least #3 nationally in the recent past?
With all due respect, we both know the answer to that is "no", and it does not matter what other conference you bring up in comparison, the ACC and Big-12 or PAC-10 .
I grant you that you might be sick of hearing about the SEC's supposed strength, but people think that for (at least) some arguably sound reasons.
Good coverage by the ref on that throw