(02-14-2020 04:57 PM)bullet Wrote:  (note-if I went back to 1998, the beginning of the BCS era, the Big 12 would have done better as Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas St. all did very well).

Would be similar for other conferences. For example, if you go back to 1998, then from 1998-2005 you would add 14 more Pac-10 top 10 teams (16 if you count CU and UU), including all of Pete Carroll's time at USC, add Bobby Bowden's last three top-5 finishes at Florida State, one of them a national title, and add 11 more Big Ten top-10 finishes.