re: Is this the best SEC West top to bottom in history?

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2010 Auburn > 2014 Auburn
2010 LSU > 2014 LSU
2010 Alabama (healthy) >= 2014 Alabama
2010 Arkansas ? 2014 Arkansas
2010 Mississippi State > 2014 Mississippi State
The only team that was undeniably better this season was Ole Miss.

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I'll give you Auburn and LSU. The rest, not so much. 2010 Bama was much more talented, but they weren't healthy, so that doesn't figure into the equation. 2010 Arkansas was better. Sorry. 2014 Arkansas came into its own, but 2010 was consistently good throughout the season. Their two regular-season losses were 24-20 Bama in a game they almost managed to come back in, and 65-43 Auburn. That MSU was tough, but there's no reason I can see to put them above this year's MSU.

Anyway, it's a moot point. We're not comparing team to same team. We're comparing strength of the top/middle/bottom to strength of the top/middle/bottom. So we're not comparing Auburn 2010 to Auburn 2014, we're comparing Auburn 2010 to Bama 2014. And so forth.