Top to bottom SEC has always been the best conference in college football.

Thanks. This is textbook "preaching to the choir"

No it hasnt

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Nebraska/Oklahoma

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These teams have had some nice runs too:
Baylor
Tex Tech
TCU

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Michigan/Ohio State

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Penn State
Wisconsin
Mich State

I think you are on to something here

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Top to bottom SEC has always been the best conference in college football.

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I think you're basically wrong. The SEC didn't take off as the dominant conference until the 2000s, and that was because of large-scale demographic and economic improvements in the South coupled with parallel declines in the Midwest. This process had its beginnings in the 1990s and was in full force by the mid 2000s.

I'll start my argument in the 70s, because that's when SEC football was (fully) integrated. It is not even worth discussing the sport in the same way before that.

1) The SEC was a one-team league in the 1970s. Alabama literally won 8 of 10 SEC championships that decade.

2) The SEC was essentially a zero-team league for MOST of the 1980s. Yes, Georgia was good in the early 80s, but that was because of one player and they fell off dramatically once he moved on. Yes, there were some other good teams (Auburn, Florida, LSU) -- but they were plagued by probation and/or inconsistency.

3) The SEC became a three-team league in the 90s, with Florida winning half of the league championships in that decade. Alabama and Tennessee won the rest. Again, this was because the demographic and economic changes that would propel the SEC to the top were taking root during this time period.

4) The SEC truly took off in the 2000s, largely because the demographics had changed and we had much more talent than anyone else. It took a while for people to realize this (see the LSU vs. USC debate in 2003 or Auburn 2004). The SEC had 3 teams win 5 national championships in that decade, and a 4th team (Auburn) got slighted in 2004 (see my above point).

5) The SEC has essentially turned into a one-team league again in the 2010s, bringing us full circle with Alabama. Yes -- Auburn and LSU were good early in the decade. Yes -- Georgia is good now. But none match Alabama's success.

I get it now....No I don't actually. At first I thought it was an embarrass Missouri thread. No one else would have disagreed. Turns out no agrees on this. But yes, the SEC has the greatest collection of football powerhouse programs...ever.

Big 10 was the best 2 years ago

75% down votes?
Must have an influx of ACC fans post here, with Bama butt sniffing ULL fans.

SEC is the best conference hands down.

I'd read again