re: Will the first team to beat an SEC team in the NC game be heralded as the best

With a few min research of stats:

Miami 01

Played 6 Div I teams with a winning record.
Averaged Offensive Scoring 43 ppg (rounded up)
Averaged Defensive Scoring 10 ppg (rounded up)

Sched that year

Penn St 9-3
Rutgers 4-7
Pitt 2-9
Troy (Div IAA) 11-1
Fla St 10-2
W.Virginia 5-6
Temple 1-10
Boston Coll 4-8
Syracuse 9-3
Washington 7-4-1
Va Tech 10-2
Nebraska 11-2

Lowest points scored in that season - 18. 5 other times they scored under 30 points.
Played 3 teams with 10 wins or more.

Nebraska 1995

Played 6 Division I teams with a winning record.
Average Offensive Scoring 53 ppg (rounded down)
Average Defensive Scoring 15 ppg (rounded up)

Schedule that year

Okie St 4-8
Mich St 6-5-1
Ariz St 6-5
Pacific 3-8
Wash St 3-8
Missouri 3-8
Kansas St 10-2
Colorado 10-2
Iowa St 3-8
Kansas 10-2
Oklahoma 5-5-1
Florida 12-1

Lowest points scored in a game that season - 35. Only one other time did they score under 40 points.
Played 4 teams with 10 wins or more.

95 Nebraska was the best team to play CFB in my opinion. 01 Miami was probably the best collection of talent.

The sheer level of dominance that 95 Nebraska showed throughout its season was just sickening. The absolute destruction they laid on everyone was just ridiculous. Dropping 62 points on the SEC champ in Florida in the national title game equivalent is no joking matter. The closest game that 95 Nebraska had was Washington State, and that game was a 2 TD victory for the Huskers.

01 Miami was sick, but they did not always play up to their potential. A sloppy showing against Boston College and a squeaker against VaTech really diminishes that 01 squad when viewed in comparison with the all-time great teams.

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especially if it's a big 10 team.

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Tell yo' daddy to take you out to the woodshed and pull those britches down!