Ok, here is my own analysis of the Pac-10. It needs updating to add last year's results to it, but you will get the idea. Now, one of you guys do the same analysis for the SEC during that time period, and post it, because I'd like to see a comparison using this same methodology, but I just don't currently have the time to work on it:
http://umsis.miami.edu/~medmunds/Pac-10-OOC-BCS-commentary.htm

My question would be why is it a "significant win" to beat a team with a 5-6 record?

Any analysis of anything can be manipulated to obtain the desired result. That's my opinion.

I was giving the Pac-10 the benefit of the doubt there by doing that. Basically, my view on it was that if you hadn't beaten that team, they would have gone to a bowl, so they were still an okay team from a major conference. However, remember that if I don't do it that way, the Pac-10 looks EVEN WORSE.

You can accuse me of manipulating it all you want, but I'm not really manipulating much of anything. If I change the definition of it to, say, a 6-5 record, then they look even worse. Even though I grew up following the SEC, I was trying to make sure that no one can accuse me of being a homer, because I am one of the most objective people I know about this kind of thing. ;)

Furthermore, I read an article recently that did practically the same exact analysis on another conference, so you can't say it is that far fetched. I could extend the analysis over more seasons, and I could also do an analysis of the bowl season in a similar way, but I felt that this was a fair sample set to extract something worthwhile out of it, without there being too many other variables involved.

I'm with mmortal03. I think that the pac 10 had (2) teams and the rest are very average.

All the recent hype the pac 10 has been receiving is due to USC.

I think the SEC has two teams that are very good and the rest are very average.

I find that disappointing based upon the media's pronouncements just a month ago of the 2007 version of the SEC being the strongest conference in the history of College football.

Ledtrojan, it's o.k. for you to be dissapointed.

What teams in the SEC are very average? My question to you is, very average as compared to what pac (1)0 teams?

There's one team in the pac(1)0 that is very good. Cal is probably average when looking at their win over a Tenn team that was beaten by Florida by 39 pts.
Oregon may be o.k.? The rest would struggle mightily against Mississippi State and Auburn.

Does this further dissapoint you?

If you had a take that was based even in the slightest bit of reality we could have a discussion.

But I don't consider Mississippi State or Auburn to be very average football teams. They are both poor teams at this point in the season. Your SEC homerism is so far out in the left field bleachers that a shot from Albert Pujols couldn't reach you.

http://heismanpundit.com/item/1450/

Ledtrojan, that's a nice try at advoiding the question. Do you have an answer?

The SEC, as a whole, is a young league this year. Anyone who said it was the greatest conference ever in 2007 was obviously full of crap, and you knew that when you read it. The SEC in December 2007 probably will be the best conference in the country, but you can't say that right now. Of course, so few games have been played against legitimate competition, you can't say much of anything right now.

The comparison is easy , just by looking at the numbers. This week 3 Pac-10 teams are in the top 25 and 6 from the SEC. Also the SEC has more championship teams than USC. LSU and USC won in 03, USC and Auburn shared in 04,USC lost in 05, and UF won in 06. SEC is without question the strongest conference is football. It has the toughest Rivalries (Iron Bowl, World's Largest Cocktail Party to name a few), the most intense fans (Bama fans named their kids Tyde and Saban, can't say I heard of any Pac-10 fans doing that), and the best game atmosphere in college sports (Auburn fans start tailgating on a Wednesday when the game is on Saturday, do USC fans do that?). The best conference is clear...the SEC is the best period.