Both the SEC and the ACC went 2 and 1 yesterday, also splitting a head to head match up. So, as the season is winding to a close, the numbers look like this:
vs NON PWR 5: SEC 22-6, ACC 16-5
vs FCS: SEC 11-0, ACC 12-1
vs PWR 5 (+ND): SEC 10-12, ACC 19-11
HEAD to HEAD: SEC 4 wins, ACC 9 wins
In terms of bowls, the SEC stands at 5-5 while the ACC is at 8-3. The SEC has two games left in the regular bowl line up and the ACC is done. Both conferences made the national championship game after pretty emphatic semifinal wins. Regardless of the outcome of the championship game, it is pretty clear at this point that the ACC had the superior season by any reasonable measure. A Clemson win would shatter the backboard in the face of the SEC. A win for Bammer would merely gain some respect back for the fallen angels and keep them in the argument to some degree.
The Special Ed Conference went 1-1 on their final bowl day. With only the natty game remaining on the docket the numbers look like this for the 2016 CFB season:
vs NON PWR 5: SEC 22-6, ACC 16-5
vs FCS: SEC 11-0, ACC 12-1
vs PWR 5 (+ND): SEC 11-13, ACC 19-11
HEAD to HEAD: SEC 4 wins, ACC 9 wins
The funny part is, even if Bammer is fortunate enough to take home the crystal it won't be good enough to get the conference as a whole to .500 against power 5 competition this season. I don't want to say that the SEC is a bad conference. They are just bad compared to their undeserved reputation amongst the media. I would call them average. The east is below average and the west a little above average. It would be difficult for the SEC to make any rational claim to be better than any of the other P5 conferences. I am willing to bet, at this time, with the bowls in the books, that the ACC comes out on top of the Sagarin conference rankings and the like. Personally, I thought Clemson was the better team last year and my feelings are still the same in 2016. Hopefully they can finish this off in 2016, leaving the ACC standing over the SEC like a DE standing over a concussed QB after a monster sack.