A little more on the SEC Reign of dominance

We know they dominate the NFL draft, especially recently. Leading the conferences in draft picks 11 of last 13 years.
They have also won 6 of the last 12 Nation Championships in Football.

Here is an article with some reasoning:

http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/04/25/secs-draft-show-ends-best-college-football-conference-argument/
The SEC set a draft record with 49 league players selected out of the 255 drafted. 19%
The SEC passed the Big 10 for all time draft picks form 1936 to 2010 --335 to 330.

SEC Recruiting classes are the tops in the nation:
2007? Seven of the top 10.
2008? Four of the top 11.
2009? Six of the top 12.
2010? Five of the top nine.

This is the past classes that led to the 49 players this year.
2002? four of the top 11
2003? Five of the top 11
2004? Five of the top 15
2005? Four of the top 15
2006? Six of the top 16.

Sorry to punch a hole in the Big 12, but they need to pass the Big 10 and ACC in overall talent before they mention themselves with the SEC in discussing the best conference.

The talent level is just different and the close games in the SEC on Saturday are misleading. It always shows up when the lower ranked SEC teams have winning records in the Bowl games against higher ranked teams. The SEC went 6-4 in bowl games this year and was the higher ranked team in just 2 games. Alabama over UT and Ga over Texas A&M.

The SEC beat the Big 12 in 9 of 11 meetings in recent Independence Bowls with the Big 12 having the higher conference ranked team each year.
Here is a line, I posted last year.
For a point of reference, The Big 12 has won 1 game against a team that finished higher than the Big 12 team in conference in two years. Oklahoma's win over Stanford this year. SEC had 4 this year and 5 last year.

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