Quote:He called the Big Ten a "below average conference". That is why we are arguing. The Big Ten is most certainly a top 5 football conference.

There are what.... 10 conferences? 

Top 5 puts them ahead of the AAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, Mid American, and Conference USA.

 

Not really saying much.

 

Is the big 10 better than SEC or PAC 12? No.

Better than ACC or Big 12? Maybe...

 

Comparing who they all play, within conference and out of conference the Big 12, 10, and ACC, have very similar records after the season was through. The top of each had multiple 10+ win teams, and the bottoms had multiple less than 5 win teams.

Top to bottom though, I put ACC 3rd.

With Big Ten edging out what I consider a pretty weak major conference in Big 12.

 

That's just my opinion on it.

Thing is... next season the Big 12 could be awesome, the ACC could falter (except for FSU) and the Big Ten won't get worse (at least at the top of their conference.) So after next season the Big 10 could be the 3rd (or 4th still).

 

College football changes a lot. If we are talking about one season you could argue for one conference if you're talking about the course of 10 seasons you could argue for another.

 

I wouldn't say the Big 10 is a below average conference. OSU, Mich St, Wisconsin, are some pretty good teams. Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska have some good years and some bad. Penn St will bounce back to I believe. 

 

But top 5 is easy to say out of 10. But they can't be below average considering there are at least 5 conferences below them. So "average" is the best argument.

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