College Football: Ranking BCS Conferences By Title Games, 1998-2007

The SEC has dominated the BCS era of college football with multiple champions of superior ability.  The first BCS title was won by the SEC (Tennessee), and the most recent BCS title was won by the SEC (Louisiana State).

Of the 10 BCS winners, four are from the SEC.  The only multi-year winner in history is from the SEC.  No SEC team has ever LOST a BCS title game.

So those are the facts—read 'em and weep if you're not an SEC fan.  The proof is in the numbers, not the opinion.

We establish the pecking order of BCS Conferences like this.

No. 1: SEC — Four wins (Tennessee '98, LSU '03, Florida '06, LSU '07), zero losses     

No. 2: Big 12 — Two wins (Oklahoma '00, Texas '05), three losses (Nebraska '01, Oklahoma '03 and '04)

No other Conference has multiple BCS winners. We must drop down into the number of losses to rate these other leagues.

No. 3: Pac-10 — One win (USC '04), one loss (USC '05)

No. 4: Three-way tie

ACC:        One win (FSU '99), two losses (FSU '98 and '00)

Big East:  One win (Miami '01), two losses (Virginia Tech '99 and Miami '02)

Big 10:     One win (Ohio State '02), two losses (Ohio State '06 and '07)

Just another example of the superiority of the Southeastern Conference in the BCS era.  Multiple champions, no losses.

While we're busy giving out awards, we should note that Ohio State, Florida State, and Oklahoma are the only multi-year losers of the BCS title game.  The Pac-10, Big 10, and ACC are the most unbalanced leagues, as they have sent only the same school to the BCS title games.

This speaks to the level of competition, or lack thereof, in those leagues, rather than domination.  The combined record of those three schools in the game is sub-.500 at 3-5.

It's good that we got this out into the open, so we could set the record straight as to who is the best, and who is the also ran.