What is the Best College Football Conference in 2008?
Nick Meyer
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College football fans love to argue over who has the best conference every year. It all boils down to regional pride and the debate over which part of the USA plays the best NCAA football. The SEC is still considered the best league by most while the Pac-10 and Big Ten took a lot of shots, as did th 
e ACC. Who's right? Who's wrong?
Which conferences did this best in their out-of-league schedules? Read on to find out.
Non-conference college football records
SEC: 25-4
This league proved why it's so good during the non-conference season although the schedules weren't extremely strong. The best wins were against Clemson and Arizona State, two teams that might not be as good as we thought during the start of the year. Take out the weak link Mississippi teams and the only loss was Tennessee to UCLA. But better competition is needed before they can truly lay claim to being the best.
Big 12: 33-8
Such a big league was bound to suffer more losses but the Big 12 proved to be pretty good this non-conference season. The best wins came against Illinois and West Virginia while the Texas A&M loss to Arkansas State was as bad as any we've seen in a while.
Big Ten: 31-8
Despite a lot of negative media attention, this league had the third best record of BCS conferences. They lost a lot of their biggest games, however. Purdue should have beaten Oregon but choked down the stretch. Wisconsin winning at Fresno State was nice though, and Penn State's blow out of Oregon State looks a little better now.
Mountain West: 18-6
An impressive job by this conference suggests their top teams deserve BCS consideration and perhaps title contention. A 5-0 record against the Pac-10 suggests they are the true power out west as UNLV beat Arizona State and BYU shellacked UCLA. Utah also beat Michigan on the road, never an easy feat despite UM being in transition.
ACC: 23-8
The ACC had some high-profile losses like Virginia Tech falling to East Carolina early, but managed to score a few good wins like Maryland over California and NC State over East Carolina.
Big East: 16-11
Best win was South Florida over Kansas and the rest were mostly cupcakes.
WAC: 13-14
Which conferences did this best in their out-of-league schedules? Read on to find out.
Non-conference college football records
SEC: 25-4
This league proved why it's so good during the non-conference season although the schedules weren't extremely strong. The best wins were against Clemson and Arizona State, two teams that might not be as good as we thought during the start of the year. Take out the weak link Mississippi teams and the only loss was Tennessee to UCLA. But better competition is needed before they can truly lay claim to being the best.
Big 12: 33-8
Such a big league was bound to suffer more losses but the Big 12 proved to be pretty good this non-conference season. The best wins came against Illinois and West Virginia while the Texas A&M loss to Arkansas State was as bad as any we've seen in a while.
Big Ten: 31-8
Despite a lot of negative media attention, this league had the third best record of BCS conferences. They lost a lot of their biggest games, however. Purdue should have beaten Oregon but choked down the stretch. Wisconsin winning at Fresno State was nice though, and Penn State's blow out of Oregon State looks a little better now.
Mountain West: 18-6
An impressive job by this conference suggests their top teams deserve BCS consideration and perhaps title contention. A 5-0 record against the Pac-10 suggests they are the true power out west as UNLV beat Arizona State and BYU shellacked UCLA. Utah also beat Michigan on the road, never an easy feat despite UM being in transition.
ACC: 23-8
The ACC had some high-profile losses like Virginia Tech falling to East Carolina early, but managed to score a few good wins like Maryland over California and NC State over East Carolina.
Big East: 16-11
Best win was South Florida over Kansas and the rest were mostly cupcakes.
WAC: 13-14