Here are the stats. Number of teams is in (s).

Conferences Wins-Losses Win Percentage
INDEPENDENTS (2) 4-0 1.000
AMERICAN (8 teams) 6-2 .750
MAC (7) 5-2 .714
BIG TEN (12) 10-6 .625
SUN BELT (7)* 4-3 .571
SEC (13) 8-7 .533
BIG 12 (8) 4-5 .444
CONFERENCE USA (5)* 1-4 .200
MOUNTAIN WEST (5) 1-4 .200
ACC (13) 2-11 .153
PAC-12 (1) 0-1 .000

My takeaways:
-Big Ten was downright impressive. Three of their loses were from the playoffs with one of them being another big ten team (OSU) and the other two loses being the hands of Notre Dame (best record in college football).
-SEC has better teams at the top than the big 12 but top to bottom they may be more balanced than we thought. Orders would have been reversed if the refs called the Arizona St. game correctly.
-ACC has a lot of work to do.
-Non power schools can be competitive in bowl games when the top power teams are in the CFP.

This is how I would rank the top overall teams:
1) ND/OSU - Most deserving teams though injuries are mounting (especially for ND)
2) OSU/ND - Most deserving teams though injuries are mounting (especially for ND)
3) Oregon - Beat everyone but also slipped when it mattered most
4) Penn St. (played almost even with ND, OSU & Oregon in their close loses)
5) Indiana -- Controversial I think as you could make other arguments here (emphasis on Georgia).

I did Indiana over Georgia with their two loses being against the two national title teams (Georgia has three loses). Their final score against Notre Dame was also better than Georgia (granted it was garbage time but all 60 minutes counts). They also beat Michigan near the end of the season (right before they beat Ohio State and Bama so they were much better at the end than their weak season start). I'm fine with other teams in the top 5 if you remove Indiana.

No - I don't think Texas was a top ten team as they beat no one (only real win was Clemson who didn't deserve to be there) and if they weren't paying the refs - Arizona St would have won.

Sparkie said:

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It has to be said, **** the SEC

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

You ruined your post (and credibility) by not putting Texas in the top 10. They've literally been a play or two from the title game two years in a row. It's ok to be objective.

texag101 said:

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You ruined your post (and credibility) by not putting Texas in the top 10. They've literally been a play or two from the title game two years in a row. It's ok to be objective.

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Oh…moral victory for the little school in Austin? Hip hip…meh.

i think there was a time where the. owl record could be used to determine who had the best conference.

those days are in the past. half the teams playing in a bowl game can barely field a team.

yep, I used to pay attention to conference bowl record, but it's by and large lost its meaning

Bill Superman said:

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Sparkie said:

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It has to be said, **** the SEC

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

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While I understand the sentiment, at some point a smart person realizes you're only hurting yourself to think this way.

AgLA06 said:

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Bill Superman said:

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Sparkie said:

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It has to be said, **** the SEC

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

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While I understand the sentiment, at some point a smart person realizes you're only hurting yourself to think this way.

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At some point you realize claiming it's always someone else's fault means it's your fault.

Bowl records are absolutely meaningless nowadays

greg.w.h said:

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texag101 said:

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You ruined your post (and credibility) by not putting Texas in the top 10. They've literally been a play or two from the title game two years in a row. It's ok to be objective.

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Oh…moral victory for the little school in Austin? Hip hip…meh.

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Their moral victory is more than we've done in over 100 years.

Who played in these bowl games?

Any starters?

Any 2nd stringers?

Any scholarship players?

Yep. You can see how conferences stacked up when looking at playoff games...that is it.