We can all agree on this, even if we disagree on most everything else: The gap between the Pac-12 and the SEC – or the SEC and the Pac-12, depending on your conference allegiance – is far slimmer than the gap between these two conference powers and, say, the Big 12 and the Big Ten.
In other words, we all agree that the Pac-12 and the SEC are the two top leagues in college football, even if we might disagree on the order. For The Win’s conference power rankings has the Pac-12 first, followed closely by the SEC. But it’s close! After Week 7, here’s how we rank the six major FBS leagues:
Pac-12: Stanford’s loss hurts, obviously, but Utah’s win helps support the contention that the Pac-12 is the deepest conference in the country. Make sense? Oh, and Oregon’s pretty solid, I guess.
SEC: It’s all a bit jumbled, but one thing seems certain: If not as deep as it has been in the recent past, the SEC is still pretty good.
Big 12: Oklahoma falls, so Baylor is now officially carrying the flag for the entire conference. (Go back in time and say that sentence to your 2004 self and take a picture of your reaction.)
Big Ten: Only one title contender, Ohio State, but the Big Ten has several teams jostling for 10 wins during the regular season. These teams will then lose to an SEC opponent in a series of January bowls.
ACC: Three really good teams, maybe another one or two good teams and then a bunch of teams that have winning or average records only because they are playing each others.
AAC: The American has Louisville, which is just great. (Though Louisville heads to the ACC in 2014.) Here’s a question: Is the American better than the Mountain West Conference?
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