From top to bottom which conference is tougher; the SEC or the PAC 10?

SEC. only the Big 12 has an argument this year. PAC 10 minus USC ranks about even with the MAC. And in all seriousness, the MAC may be able to take 'em.

Good question my friend. Some years the Pac 10 has some really good teams with USC, Cal, UCLA, Arizona State, and Oregon having some outstanding teams. The SEC of course is famous for having the toughest conference a lot of years and I believe this year they do for sure. So that is what I will base my answer on is this year. USC deserves to be #1 despite the fact that the conference is down and the competition is not as tough as it has been. Oregon could give them a good game, but USC is clearly better than anyone else in the PAC`10. In the SEC it's up for grabs right now with some terrific games coming up in the conference. Georgia, Florida, LSU, and Alabama look like the cream of the crop in the SEC and one of them could be playing USC for it all at the end of the year. So as far as having a competitive conference, the SEC is the better conference right now. I'm no SEC `fan by no stretch as my team Georgia Tech plays in the ACC which is a little down right now, so my opinion is objective here and hopefully realistic. If I were to rank both the SEC and the PAC`10 together, this would be the top 10 teams combined in my opinion.

1. USC

2. Florida

3. LSU

4. Georgia

5. Alabama

6. Auburn

7. Oregon

8. Vanderbilit

9. Arizona State

10. Mississippi

PAC 10 is overrated. SEC is no doubt the best conference. The PAC 10 only has USC really that could do anything. USC will be in the National Championship at the end of the season but only because their strength of schedule is really like a C-. That would be the only reason and whatever SEC team they play in the championship, will once again for the third straight year will whip them. If I were to rank the top 5 out of those to conferences:

1. LSU(only b/c Les Miles has many of Nick Saban's players)

2. USC

3. Georgia

4. Florida

5. Alabama

USC and the PAC 10 are both overrated. The SEC is the best conference...everyone knows that if USC played all the SEC teams in a season they would most likely have a .500 record or a losing record...

J. Jones fan is the only reason I'm responding. I wasn't going to respond to this because the answer is so obvious. Clearly the Pac 10, for whatever reason, is way down this year while the SEC has the highest concentration of quality teams I've ever seen in one conference. Five teams in the top ten - has that ever happened before? You might as well have asked "Who's tougher - Anderson Silva or Hannah Montana?"

Jones fan, however, needs a response. Listen, just because the SEC has the most good teams it doesn't mean they have the best team. Who the best team is remains to be seen, but to equate USC with OSU is plainly ridiculous. The SEC romped in the last two games because they were playing OSU, not USC. The SEC rep is going to trounce USC why? Because SC only beat OSU by 5 td's?? I'm looking forward to seeing SC play an SEC team in the title game because I want to see, finally, the two best teams playing in a great final. A blowout, by either squad, is out of the question.

Lastly, USC has done nothing but beat the crap out of every SEC team they've faced in the Carrol era. The year Arkansas won the SEC West USC beat them 50-14! That's a team that would be .500 or worse in the SEC?? Please.

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I hate to agree with the other guys because I'm a Pac-10 guy but, after the way my Sun Devils played against UGA last Saturday, I don't think there is any comparison, the SEC is much better than the PAC. Now, saying that, I do believe USC is the best team in the country (AGAIN, it pains me to say this).

This is the order it goes in from best to worst: SEC, Mountain West, Ivy League, PAC-10.

there might be only like two teams that couldn't compete with and probably beat all of the pac 10 schools except for southern cal. there are at least three that would compete with southern cal. there are way too many good coaches and good defenses in the sec.

You're kidding right? The SEC is the NFC East of college football.

come on man you know which conference is when you thought of this question SEC with out a doubt