The Best Division in the History of College Football

I thought of this topic off the top of my head. I haven't really done any research about it. But I think that considering the brief history of divisions within conferences it's safe to say that the 2010 SEC West is the best division in the history of college football.

There was much said about the 2008 Big 12 South with Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech all in the Top 7 and 11-1, and Oklahoma State was 9-3. And this year I didn't think there was enough talk about just how good the SEC West was. To review, this is how it ended:

5 teams in the top 15: Auburn - 14-0 (#1), LSU - 11-2 (#8), Alabama - 10-3 (#10), Arkansas - 10-3 (#12), and Mississippi State - 9-4 (#15). Ole Miss ended the season with a 4-8 record...losing to all 5 above teams.

Combined overall record: 58-20 (54-12 minus Ole Miss)

Combined record against non-SEC West teams: 43-5 (39-2 minus Ole Miss)

Only two non-conference loses: Arkansas to Ohio State and Ole Miss to Jacksonville State.

All 5 bowl teams played teams from BCS conferences and outscored opponents 190-95 in those games.

Auburn, the national champion is from the SEC West.

We'll see how many first round draft picks come out of this division, but most likely Cam Newton, Nick Fairley, Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, Marcell Darius, Ryan Mallett, Derrek Sharrod, and Patrick Peterson will all be selected in the first round...pretty good if 25% of the first round comes from 5% of division I football.

JB