re: Bama is the best team so far, but which conference is the best overall this yr?

We're going to learn to eventually not weigh Week 1 so heavily.

The parity, along with teams not yet forming a cohesive identity and lack of execution, are going to make upsets a normal thing. If you want to pull a major upset you best do it in Week 1. Teams make the most improvement between now and next week.