SEC vs Pac-10 Football

The Southeastern (SEC) and Pacific Ten (Pac-10) conferences are probably more different, from one another, than any other two college football conferences.

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First, of course, there is a vast geographic distance that separates the SEC schools of the interior Southeast and the Pac 10 schools along the West Coast.

Perhaps it is that geographic distance that contributes to the cultural (generally conservative South vs. generally liberal West Coast) and language divides (Southern drawl).

As for football, the SEC is all about defense and running the ball; the Pac 10 is all about wide-open offenses and passing the football.

The SEC vs. Pac-10 rivalry seemed to really heat up when USC (University of Southern California; not the University of South Carolina) had its great run from 2003 – 2005. In fact, at that point, Pacific-10 (Pac-10) fans actually could make legitimate arguments that their conference was the better football conference – at least on the gridiron.

[Of course, no one ever argued that Pac-10 football tradition or culture was anything close to that of the SEC. But, on the field, the case could be made.]

But, even that is behind us now. Florida won the 2006 college football national championship; LSU won it all last season. No objective, and informed, observer of college football doubts now that the SEC is the best college football conference.

However, to be fair, I would say the Pac-10 is now #2 as far as how strong their actual teams are on the field; with the Big-12 close behind. The ACC and Big Ten have dropped way off for now. And, yes, I acknowledge that California and UCLA both beat Tennessee in the past 2 years. But, Tennessee is far from the class of the SEC and Tennessee was on the road for both games.

So, the rivalry remains (of course); but the SEC is clearly #1. At least we think so.

The Pac-10 is composed of the:

University of Arizona Wildcats

Arizona State University Sun Devils

University of California (Berkeley) Golden Bears

University of Oregon Ducks

Oregon State University Beavers

Stanford University Cardinal

UCLA Bruins

University of Southern California Trojans

University of Washington Huskies

Washington State University Cougars

As for the SEC vs Pac 10 football, all-time, head-to-head record (through the 2008 season) – here it is:

The SEC leads the Pac-10 60-38-5 (.607). However, over the past 11 years (1998 - 2008), the Pac-10 actually leads the SEC 10-7 (.588).

The above calculation is based on "historical conference affiliation." If you run the same SEC vs Pac-10 numbers based on "current conference affiliation" you find out that the SEC leads 63-40-6 (.578).

If you'd like to see how the SEC and Pac-10 compare in bowl wins, go to Top College Football Bowl Conference.

For details of how we arrived at the above numbers, go to Big Ten vs SEC.

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