SEC vs Pac-10

Seems that everyone in the Pac-10 wants to talk about how tough their conference is compared to the SEC. They point to out of conference schedules to prove how tough they are and the SEC people point to in conference schedules.



I decided to do somethings a little different and take 1-10 from the Pac-10 and match them up with 1-10 from the SEC. I did not use conference rankings for this, instead I looked at the teams toatal winning percentage from 2006.



Here are the match-ups.

1. Florida vs. USC (Florida win) gets the nod by being National Champ.

2.LSU vs. California (LSU win)

3.Oregon State vs. Auburn (Auburn win)

4.Arkansas vs. UCLA (UCLA win)

5.Tennesee vs. Oregon (Tenn. win)

6. Georgia vs. Arizona State (Ga. win)

7. Kentucky vs. Washington State (Wash. St. win)

8. Arizona vs. South Carolins (SC win)

9. Washington vs. Alabama (Bama win)

10. Ole Miss vs. Stanford (Ole Miss win)



With this I see the SEC going 8-2. Note that all of this is subjective, but what shows to me is that SEC is a much deeper conference than the Pac-10. The Pac-10 has Southern Cal as it's only elite team and 2-3 good teams, Cal, UCLA, Oregon. After that the PAC really drops off. Elite teams in the SEC Florida, Georgia, Auburn, LSU(Only SEC champs since 2000), good teams in the sec Arkansas, Tennesee, Alabama, South Carolina, and the our lower level teams, and even those could compete with the "good" teams in the Pac-10. The SEC after this comparison is a much tougher conference than the Pac-10. Disagree?? Post your thoughts!