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ant80 said:
If you are talking pure strength, hands down SEC.
Huge: LSU, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia
Mid: South Carolina, Arkansaws (spelling)
Lite: Miss, Miss St., Kentucky... one more I am missing.

On the other hand, big-ten has all-round strength
Huge: OSU, PSU, scUM
Big: Iowa, Wisconsin
Mid: MSU, Minnesota, Purdue
Lite: Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois
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You're missing Vanderbilt.

Is this all-time or currently heading into next season?

If it's all-time I'd go:

Huge: OSU, scUM, PSU(though they've only been in the conference for 12 years)
Big: Minnesota, Michigan St.
Mid: Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue
Lite: Northwestern, Indiana

If it's heading into next season I'd go:

Huge: Ohio St., Iowa, scUM
Big: PSU, Wisconsin, MSU
Mid: Purdue
Lite: Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota

And my conference rankings heading into next season are:

1. Big-10
2. SEC
3. PAC-10
4. ACC
5. Big-12
6. Big-East
 
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i dont know...

ive always thought that the sec and the big 10 were the best, and i looked up the records of the teams in each... and the big 10 and acc had 4 teams with a losing season... the sec had 6.

one of the teams was tennesse, which i think everyone would agree that that will not happen very often

you can take this two different ways. this could mean that the sec is harder to win in, or that the bottom half teams are no good... i believe northwestern is better than all of the bottom 5 teams in the sec; being mississippi, miss st, kentucky, vanderbilt, and arkansas. the only teams we have that have consistantly bad seasons are indiana and illinois. northwestern and msu are much stronger than these five...

well.. i dont know about minnesota next year... how are they supposed to be? and with northwesterns new coach, its hard to tell... but all i can say is tyrell sutton
 
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College football '06: ranking the conferences
<!-- icons are from http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ --> By The Associated Press
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Determining which conference is best comes down to the criteria. Is it the league with the most national title contenders? Is it the one with the fewest soft touches at the bottom? Or is it the conference with the greatest depth, solid from top to bottom? Of course, the answer is a little of each.
1. SEC -- It's hard to touch the top group, with Auburn, Florida, LSU and Georgia all players on the national scene. Then throw in Tennessee (primed for a rebound), Alabama (10 wins last season) and South Carolina (with that Spurrier guy). But the Mississippi schools have been easy outs recently.
2. Big Ten -- Ohio State is a national championship contender, but Iowa, Michigan and Penn State could emerge as upper-echelon teams. Wisconsin always seems to overachieve, and Minnesota, Purdue, Northwestern and Michigan State make for imposing middle-of-the-pack teams.



3. ACC -- If Miami and Florida State become national title contenders again, the ACC could challenge the SEC. Virginia Tech is a given to win about 10 games. Clemson, Boston College, Maryland and Georgia Tech provide excellent depth and balance. 4. Pac-10 -- USC has been so good recently the rest of the conference has taken a bit of a bad rap. Defense often seems optional in the Pac-10 but don't downplay the offenses at Oregon, Arizona State and California. Arizona is on the upswing, and a rebirth at Washington would help the Pac-10's prestige.
5. Big 12 -- Texas and Oklahoma gives the conference two top-10 fixtures. Texas Tech has become the league's No. 3 team, and Texas A&M is in line to rebound. Will the North rise again? Much depends on whether Nebraska is ready for a return to glory, because the rest of the teams look so-so.
6. Big East -- West Virginia's big win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl saved face for the league, but it's clearly No. 6 out of the BCS conferences. Louisville gives the league another team that can play with the top teams.
7. Mountain West -- Two seasons ago Utah became the first team from outside the high-revenue leagues to reach the BCS. TCU went 11-1 last season with a road win against Oklahoma. The MWC's depth might be better than the Big East's, but it doesn't have the heavyweights up top.
8. C-USA -- Good coaches make this league tough with Mike Price at UTEP, George O'Leary at UCF, Jeff Bower at Southern Mississippi and Steve Kragthorpe at Tulsa. But even the best C-USA teams would have a tough time reaching .500 in the power conferences.
9. WAC -- Fresno State does some great things against top competition but never wins the league. Boise State isn't quite ready to hang with the nation's top teams, but the Broncos clean up in their conference. Although Nevada has improved, the rest are homecoming fodder for the power schools.
10. MAC -- The top teams such as Northern Illinois and Toledo don't look as dangerous as the league's best a few years ago. And the bottom is filled with patsies.
11. Sun Belt -- Speaking of homecoming opponents and stat padders ... welcome to the Sun Belt, the only Division I-A league that did not have a player taken in the most recent NFL draft.

Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 
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cincibuck said:
The Pac 10 really took it in the shorts when Oregon showed exactly why they weren't picked for a BCS game... In fact, 10 and 1 teams PSU and Oregon, made you wonder how they kept from being 7 and 4.
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Really? I vote for the Pac 10 as the toughest conference. Their one loss teams are great and deserve a BCS shot, notwithstanding the fact that they fall on their faces when playing a mediocre team from another conference. :slappy:
 
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osugrad21 said:
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College football '06: ranking the conferences
<!-- icons are from http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ --> By The Associated Press
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Determining which conference is best comes down to the criteria. Is it the league with the most national title contenders? Is it the one with the fewest soft touches at the bottom? Or is it the conference with the greatest depth, solid from top to bottom? Of course, the answer is a little of each.
1. SEC -- It's hard to touch the top group, with Auburn, Florida, LSU and Georgia all players on the national scene. Then throw in Tennessee (primed for a rebound), Alabama (10 wins last season) and South Carolina (with that Spurrier guy). But the Mississippi schools have been easy outs recently.
2. Big Ten -- Ohio State is a national championship contender, but Iowa, Michigan and Penn State could emerge as upper-echelon teams. Wisconsin always seems to overachieve, and Minnesota, Purdue, Northwestern and Michigan State make for imposing middle-of-the-pack teams.



3. ACC -- If Miami and Florida State become national title contenders again, the ACC could challenge the SEC. Virginia Tech is a given to win about 10 games. Clemson, Boston College, Maryland and Georgia Tech provide excellent depth and balance. 4. Pac-10 -- USC has been so good recently the rest of the conference has taken a bit of a bad rap. Defense often seems optional in the Pac-10 but don't downplay the offenses at Oregon, Arizona State and California. Arizona is on the upswing, and a rebirth at Washington would help the Pac-10's prestige.
5. Big 12 -- Texas and Oklahoma gives the conference two top-10 fixtures. Texas Tech has become the league's No. 3 team, and Texas A&M is in line to rebound. Will the North rise again? Much depends on whether Nebraska is ready for a return to glory, because the rest of the teams look so-so.
6. Big East -- West Virginia's big win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl saved face for the league, but it's clearly No. 6 out of the BCS conferences. Louisville gives the league another team that can play with the top teams.
7. Mountain West -- Two seasons ago Utah became the first team from outside the high-revenue leagues to reach the BCS. TCU went 11-1 last season with a road win against Oklahoma. The MWC's depth might be better than the Big East's, but it doesn't have the heavyweights up top.
8. C-USA -- Good coaches make this league tough with Mike Price at UTEP, George O'Leary at UCF, Jeff Bower at Southern Mississippi and Steve Kragthorpe at Tulsa. But even the best C-USA teams would have a tough time reaching .500 in the power conferences.
9. WAC -- Fresno State does some great things against top competition but never wins the league. Boise State isn't quite ready to hang with the nation's top teams, but the Broncos clean up in their conference. Although Nevada has improved, the rest are homecoming fodder for the power schools.
10. MAC -- The top teams such as Northern Illinois and Toledo don't look as dangerous as the league's best a few years ago. And the bottom is filled with patsies.
11. Sun Belt -- Speaking of homecoming opponents and stat padders ... welcome to the Sun Belt, the only Division I-A league that did not have a player taken in the most recent NFL draft.

Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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wheres the PAC-10
 
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I'd go with the SEC as 1 this season, and the Big Ten as 2. I'd give the Big Ten more props, but I think that Penn St. will fall off quite a bit this season. Michigan and Iowa will contend for a BCS game......but after that the Big Ten falls off this season.
 
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Rating the conferences in college football
Cut to the chase
By Chase Hidalgo, Sports Writer If you have read the college football previews that have been coming out in the paper for the last six weeks, then you know that I like the Texas Longhorns’ chances of repeating as National Champs.

Who will the Longhorns play? I like West Virginia’s chances because of their schedule and the Big East Conference is not as competitive as the big four conferences.

So, which conferences are the toughest? Big 12? SEC? Big Ten?

Anyone who knows anything about college football can agree that the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is the strongest in all the land. This year, at least four of the teams in the conference have a chance to win 10 games.

Auburn and LSU look just as good as ever and Florida is coming off a big win in last year’s bowl game against Iowa. There are a lot of expectations down in Gator Land behind the senior arm of Chris Leak.

The Volunteers of Tennessee are coming off a terrible season and I certainly don’t expect things to go the same way they did for them last year. Look for them to regroup and show signs of the Volunteers of old.

After going back and fourth several times I have come to the conclusion that the Big Ten would have to be the second best conference in the nation and not because Ohio State is ranked No. 1 to begin the season. It’s because I expect a huge year from Iowa and Heisman contender, Drew Tate. The icing on the cake would be Michigan and Penn Statate and when you sprinkle teams like Michigan State and Purdue in the mix, you’ve got a pretty legit conference.

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) comes in a close third behind the SEC. With Miami and Boston College moving in a year ago, this makes the ACC more than just a basketball conference. Of course Bobby Bowden has always got his boys ready to go down in Tallahassee, but there are other teams that people need to be taken notice of too, like Georgia Tech who I think might be highly underrated.

Clemson should have a good year and are already ranked 16th by ESPN the Magazine. Virginia Tech might have lost another Vick but I’m sure coach Frank Beamer has them ready in Blacksburg. Oh and did I mention Miami?

The Big 12 slides in at fourth with National Champions leading the way in Austin. Even though Oklahoma lost their quarterback, Rhett Bomar, Bob Stoops has been around the block and I’m sure he already has it under control. And besides he did manage to win his bowl game last year against Oregon, and that was considered a rebuilding year in Norman.

Nebraska should have a good squad this year, but we’ll find that out when they travel to USC early. Despite the loss to Alabama in the Cotton Bowl last year, Texas Tech still has that potent offense that makes defensive coordinators tremble and with young Harrell Graham Harrell flinging the pigskin around, I don’t think that it will be any different from previous years.

Even though I don’t see a juggernaut in this conference like there was a year ago, I still expect the Pac 10 to be competitive. With Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, and LenDale White leaving for the big bucks, the Trojans have to reload. Pete Carroll has a good class coming in and John David Booty has taken some steps and knows what he’s doing under center. UCLA, California, and Oregon make up the rest of the uppers in the Pac 10 the rest are bottom feeders.
 
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One of the interesting things to do in the early weeks of the football season is to see how weel individual conferences do against the varying levels of OOC competition.

This is just a first cut - fully open for editing, revision, correction - in fact the whole thing might be totally screwed up - though that is a 0.5% chance - i.e. at least two things below will be right.

I thought it would interesting to divide up the levels of competition along the following lines
Head to Head - for those occasions when two teams from the same conference play one another {truncated to vCON}
Ranked versus Ranked - self explanatory but two ranked head-to-head doesn't get counted twice, nor do two ranked teams get counted into BCS vs BCS . {vRAN}
BCS vs BCS when one or other of the teams are unranked {truncated to vBCS for tabulation (this is where the greatest degree of fluidity might exist)
D1A vs D1A {vD1A} (next likeliest area for error)
D1A vs Lesser Opponents {vSOP} (AKA Sisters of the Poor)

Here is my INITIAL tally - for the 6 most powerful conferences:

ACC
TYPE --- W -- L
vCON -- 1 -- 3
vRAN --
vBCS --
vD1A -- 1
vSOP -- 4 -- 1

Big 12
TYPE -- W -- L
vCON --
vRAN --
vBCS -- 1 -- 1
vD1A --
vSOP -- 9 -- 1

Big 10
TYPE -- W -- L
vCON --
vRAN --
vBCS -- 1 --
vD1A -- 6 --
vSOP -- 4 --

SEC
TYPE -- W -- L
vCON -- 1 -- 1
vRAN -- 1 --
vBCS -- 0 -- 3
vD1A -- 4 --
vSOP -- 2 --

Pac 10
TYPE -- W -- L
vCON -- 1 -- 1
vRAN -- 1 -- 1
vBCS -- 1 -- 1
vD1A -- 2 --
vSOP -- 2 --

Big East
TYPE -- W -- L
vCON --
vRAN --
vBCS -- 4 --
vD1A -- 1 --
vSOP -- 3 --

All numbers above subject to recategorization.

I was surprised by the Big East tally against better (BCS) opponents.
 
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I think that it is interesting this year.

The SEC is still tops but then it gets hairy as no one conf. is really all that good.

The big ten is down from last year with tOSU being the only real powerhouse here this year. Penn St and Mich both are down and Iowa is in my "i'll believe it when i see it" catagory. Minny is a solid team, a good filler as is wisky. Indiana, Ill, NW, Mich St, and Purdue all suck

The Big 12 is about the same only with less potential. Texas is the only real powerhouse. OU and Nebraska are down again but they could do well. Texas Tech is my Iowa. Iowa St. is solid the way Minn. is but really who are we kidding, the rest of the confrence sucks.

The ACC is 2c in my book. I guess they have more solid teams but no real Championship contender like the big 12 and big 10.

the big east and pac 10 are jokes
 
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Week 2 Rankings:

Top 10:
Big 10: Ohio State, scUM
Pac 10: USC
Big 12: Texas
ACC: FSU (over-ranked)
SEC: Auburn, Florida, LSU
Others: West Virginia, Notre Dame

Top 25 (excluding Top 10 above):
Big 10: Iowa, Penn State
Pac 10: Oregon, California, Arizona State
Big 12: Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas Tech
ACC: Virginia Tech, Miami FL, Clemson
SEC: Tennessee, Georgia
Others: Louisville

As big of a Big 10 homer I am, the SEC is going to be crazy this year. There aren't as many pushover teams in the SEC as there are in the Big 10 this year.
 
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