You hinted the good record was padded by the likes of the Big 12 North. I'm saying each conference has had their equivilent of the B12 north and that perhaps the B12 north was considered bad because they lost to good teams, which wouldn't make them as bad as considered.
Well, you sort of make a good point, but it's really damaged by the fact that the Big 12 North could barely suck pondwater out of a straw this season. Good heavens, they could barely beat each other in their matchups.
Oklahoma pounded Colorado in the championship game about half as hard as USC pounded OU last night, so that's saying something.