Posted by all3 on 1/2/2018 10:46:00 AM (view original):
Even IF the SEC has the 2 best teams, it doesn't mean they are the best Conference. There really is nothing to support that claim. The Conference's other teams compiled a bad Bowl record (not the PAC12, but still bad), and played almost zero tough OOC games.
I was going to post something like this, but figured it wouldn't get much traction, but since you did here are the other bowl games for the SEC.
Wins
Mississippi St. over Louisville 31-27
South Carolina over Michigan 26-19 (in a huge choke job by Michigan)
Losses
Missouri to Texas 33-16
Kentucky to Northwestern 24-23
Texas A&M to Wake Forest 55-52
LSU to Notre Dame 21-17
Auburn to Central Florida 34-27
Thus even with the 2 wins in the playoff, the SEC still finished below .500 and if not for the Michigan meltdown would have had just 1 win outside of the top 2. If anything, the bowl season pretty much solidified that the SEC has 2 (or 3 if you count Auburn) great teams, but for the most part was incredibly mediocre. Especially when you consider the SEC wasn't exactly playing the whose who in the bowls. Outside of the playoffs and Central Florida (who is hard to judge), Northwestern and Notre Dame were probably the best opponents. Not exactly stellar performances by teams not named Georgia and Alabama.