why are you letting facts get in the way of my rant against this conference...I need a year of NO MARLENE and maybe I will see reason. I also struggle with what my eyes see in their games in the Big12 vs. what my eyes see in the Big10 and ACC.
The issue that the Big12 has to help it along is it only has 10 teams for conference scoring on the rating. The Big10 and SEC have 14 teams, ACC has 15 teams. If I choose the top 10 teams from those conferences (yes, cherry picking), the Big12 falls to 5th.
Massey had my dreaded TTech at #52 which we all know was WAY overranked. Oklahoma was #69, also WAY over ranked. and for gosh sakes they even had Kansas at #75
My eyes tell me NO WAY. I would bet Auburn, Vandy, Florida against anyone of those. In the Big 10 I would take Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois over them (can't say PSU, yuk). I would even take Wake, Clemson and a surging PITT who beat ND over them (sorry my emotion on beating ND is overwhelming my logic, Pitt stinks and would not be the bottom 3 of Big10).
The BigEast isn't so bad for the top 8, but Providence and Georgetown are dreadful- Xavier was rebuilding and played a tough schedule so they get some slack cut. So none of the bottom BigEast could beat the bottom Big10.