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Topic: OT - Which is the best conference in football, the ACC or Big Ten?
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Temp430 · « **Reply #84 on:** August 22, 2017, 07:47:11 AM »

Quote from: utee94 on August 21, 2017, 04:59:49 PM

They do? In which ranking? Here's the preseason AP:

1. Alabama (52)
2. Ohio State (3)
3. Florida State (4)
4. USC (2)
5. Clemson
6. Penn State
7. Oklahoma
8. Washington
9. Wisconsin
10. Oklahoma State
11. Michigan
12. Auburn
13. LSU
14. Stanford
15. Georgia
16. Louisville
17. Florida
18. Miami (FL)
19. South Florida
20. Kansas State
21. Virginia Tech
22. West Virginia
23. Texas
24. Washington State
25. Tennessee

So in the Top 10, the B1G has three, B12 has two, ACC has two, PAC has two, and SEC has only one.

In the overall Top 25,

SEC: 6
B12: 5
ACC: 5
B1G: 4
PAC: 4
AAC: 1

I think the conferences are quite a bit closer than many of you seem to believe. Just like in the old SEC-dominated era, at its best the gap between it and the next best just wasn't that large.

You changed my mind. Right now the Big Ten is the best conference over all. The ACC, PAC, and B12 are tied for second. The SEC, big 1 and little 13 or however many they have now minus the tide, is last of the power five. They're just too fat and slow from all the chitlins.

utee94 · « **Reply #85 on:** August 22, 2017, 07:53:42 AM »

lulz

I see what you did there.

I think the B10, ACC, and SEC are all pretty good.

I think the PAC and B12 are probably a little bit behind them, but not enough to make any huge differences.

Personally, I've never cared much about relative conference strength. I do, of course, always want to see my team play interesting games against good competition.

I understand a lot of folks get wrapped up in the relative conference strength argument as it relates to admission to the CFP. To me, that becomes less and less interesting with each passing year.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #86 on:** August 22, 2017, 08:46:09 AM »

Completely agree, but this close to the season we all start chatting about minutia.

By November, we might all be amazed at how good the B12 looks, or Pac, or Big East.

Well, probably not the Big East.

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Topic: OT - Which is the best conference in football, the ACC or Big Ten?

Temp430

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