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It's Insane How Tough the SEC Is Compared to the Big Ten

Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:13 am
Posted by Chad4Bama
Member since Sep 2020
8275 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:13 am
Bama just beat a top 5 team on the road...and has 5 ranked teams left to play.

Oregon just beat a top 5 team (lol) on the road...and MIGHT face a single ranked team the rest of the way.

3 loss SEC team > 1 loss Big Ten team

The committee had better give serious weight to SOS...definitely more than they did last year with the likes of Indiana and Penn St.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11015 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:20 am to
Midwest slop will be getting the succ
Posted by PuertoRicanBlaze
Book Board Admin
Member since Apr 2024
6619 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:54 am to
I get what you're saying but after watching Michigan embarrass us, Ohio State demolish Tennessee and Indiana give Notre Dame a better game than Georgia managed, I'm starting to think we shouldn't undersell the Big-10 anymore in the portal/NIL era.

The entire underlying motive behind the creation of the playoffs and NIL/portal was to dethrone Bama and the SEC and at this point, it's hard to argue that it hasn't worked.
Posted by JIB
Member since Sep 2013
2346 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 9:02 am to
The Big10 has great teams, but they're top heavy.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66889 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 9:09 am to
Arkansas did not help the SEC's look.
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
45959 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 9:39 am to
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I get what you're saying but after watching Michigan embarrass us, Ohio State demolish Tennessee and Indiana give Notre Dame a better game than Georgia managed, I'm starting to think we shouldn't undersell the Big-10 anymore in the portal/NIL era.


The problem with the B1G is that the dregs of the conference (UCLA, Rutgers, Purdue, etc.) are a fricking joke and have very little desire to actually be good. The only SEC program that fits that description is Kentucky. We added too many wealthy, motivated programs.
Posted by Chris ALL Capps
Member since Jan 2024
440 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 11:13 am to
1 of their 2 titles is shrouded with a cheating scandal. I honestly think the biggest factor in the BIG "catching up" to the SEC has been the down qb play this conference has had the last couple of seasons. Ty is looking more legit each week and Pavia is good for their system. I know they don't grow on trees but where are the Bryce Youngs or Jayden Daniels of the SEC ?
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
21675 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 11:18 am to
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Pavia is good for their system.

He would be good for any system. He was making tremendous throws and decisions on RPO yesterday. His team rallies around him and feeds off of his energy. He is the single most important player on any CFB this year. Very gifted player and team leader

I also think Ty showed as much control of the offense and understanding of what UGA wanted to do against him than I have seen from a Bama QB in a good while.
This post was edited on 9/28/25 at 11:20 am
Posted by TheNameIsDalton
Huntsville
Member since Mar 2021
1463 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 11:20 am to
The Big 10 is good but they're incredibly top heavy, nothing has really changed outside the NIL aspect and schools like Oregon and Penn St writing blank checks to win and compete with Ohio St and Michigan. There are some other good teams but the bottom of that conference is a joke.

What non-SEC fans still don't understand is that almost every week you have to bring it or you have a good shot at losing and road games are consistently tougher.
Posted by Chris ALL Capps
Member since Jan 2024
440 posts
Posted on 9/28/25 at 11:23 am to
Ohio St. was definitely legit last year. And I don't give a shite but untill Indiana beats Ole Miss, Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Alabama or any of the top 2-3 teams in their own conference I'm going to continue to write them off. My 1 word response to Michigan is Milroe. I can't recall any one player doing more damage to a program than that guy did.
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