HJack20 said:
Given how the postseason has played out, there's no denying that the Big10 is currently the best conference. Big10 #3 OSU blew out SEC #3 Tenn. SEC #1 UGA lost their first game, and only Texas remains. Ohio State v Texas will be telling. Middle of the pack Big10 teams have beat middle of the pack SEC teams (USC v A&M, Mich vs Alabama, Illinois v SCar).
Big 10 was top heavy and Ohio State got a favorable matchup at home. Penn State got to beat a team that didn't beat a single relevant team all year. Indiana was an absolute joke, and the rest of the Big 10 was total trash.
SEC's dominant team had a down year and still made the playoffs, and then lost having to play without their starting QB. Tennessee never should have been in, but both us and Alabama crapped the bed in glorious fashion.
Oregon is not a playoff team had they played an SEC schedule. Neither is Penn State. They get to play schedules where half the teams are fighting for 5-6 wins and dont have talent in the trenches to even test them. SEC has talent league wide and even the bad teams grind you down over the course of the season.
The SEC is easily the premiere league. But being fresh after a schedule of creampuffs can reward more results late in the season like it has for the Big 10.