[NittanyLion]

He's a Pac 10 guy. But let's take a look at how the two conferences would fare if they played each other. Since the BCS only ranks the Top 25, let's use Jeff Sagarin's rankings (in parentheses):

Ohio State (1) v. Cal (2)
Michigan (3) v. USC (4)
Wisconsin (15) v. Oregon (17)
Penn State (23) v. Washington State (18)
Iowa (26) v. Oregon State (30)
Michigan State (43) v. Arizona State (32)
Minnesota (44) v. Washington (35)
Purdue (59) v. UCLA (38)
Indiana (74) v. Arizona (64)
Illinois (94) v. Stanford (129)

In other words, it's an even split. While some would like you to believe that the Big Ten is weak, from top to bottom they match up well with any other conference out there. That's not to take away from the Pac 10, but rather to disprove the mistaken notion that they're somehow a dominant conference.

[Lakeshark]

How does Jeff rank the 4 conferences....SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, and Pac 10?

Just curious.

[Lakeshark]

I personally rank them in the order I just posted, with SEC being the toughest of the four top to bottom, Pac 10 being weakest top to bottom.

BTW, that doesn't mean that individual teams of each of those conferences can't be the best btw......