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Rating the BCS conferences in football
YIELD & BOW TO THE MIGHTY SEC
1. SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Members (Eastern Division): Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt. (Western Division): Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State.
—-Chick’s take: No conference is deeper or stronger than the SEC. It’s by far the best football conference in the land. No “gimmes” to be found.
2. PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE
Members: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Southern California, Washington, Washington State.
—-Chick’s take: The Pac-10 is very balanced, extremely competitive and loaded with tons of future pro talent.
3. BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Members: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin.
—-Chick’s take: It’s not the “Big Two and Little Eight” anymore. Penn State’s addition was HUGE. This conference needs a 12th member in order to make two divisions and set up a conference title game. How about Notre Dame?
4. BIG 12 CONFERENCE
Members (Northern Division): Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska. (Southern Division): Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech.
—-Chick’s take: I love the power shift from Nebraska to Kansas. I favored the Big 12 ahead of the Big Ten until Oklahoma’s loss to Boise State.
5. BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia.
—-Chick’s take: Easily the most improved conference in the nation for football. There used to be plenty of pushovers here. Not anymore.
6. ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
Members: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, University of Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest.
—-Chick’s take: When I think of the ACC, I think basketball. When I think of the ACC in football, I’m sorry, but I think “soft.”
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By Howie Feltersnatch
April 22, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
Wow Chick I agree with you for once but you could make an argument for or against Pac10/Big Ten/Big 12 they are about equal.