Over at SportsBlog, Brian advances the argument that the SEC is the best. As one data point, he points out that the Pac-10 are beating each other up and therefore giving each other losses.
That is not really compelling data. I looked at the interconference records so far, starting from Rich Tellshow’s data, and then eliminating Div I-AA results. Here’s what I see:
| Wins | Losses | % | |
| Big Twelve | 28 | 12 | 0.700 |
| Big10 | 28 | 14 | 0.667 |
| Pac Ten | 21 | 12 | 0.636 |
| Big East | 18 | 11 | 0.621 |
| Conference USA | 16 | 13 | 0.552 |
| Southeastern | 16 | 13 | 0.552 |
| Atlantic Coast | 11 | 9 | 0.550 |
| Mountain West | 10 | 14 | 0.417 |
| Independents | 8 | 14 | 0.364 |
| Mid-American | 11 | 22 | 0.333 |
| Western Athletic | 6 | 20 | 0.231 |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 21 | 0.087 |
The evidence suggests that the Big12, Pac10, Big10 are doing fine this year, while the SEC is just an average performer.