Take the SEC West. If Ohio State, or Iowa, or Clemson..had to play Bama, Auburn, Arkansas, LSU, TAMU, Ole Miss, and MSU this season, what do you think their records would be?
The SEC is challenging I agree but no more so than other conferences. Just as an example, one of the teams I follow is WVU in their last 3 games they faced the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rated offenses in the country, in Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech. This has to be some kind of record. This excludes their 2 prior games with OU and OSU, both very solid top 15 teams. The SEC does not have a monopoly on competition.