The SEC -- King of Conferences? (updated)

A lot of us SEC fans like to think that the SEC is the King of Football conferences, and perhaps we are. But history may spread a bit of doubt upon that.

As of 2005-06, this is what the SEC vs. The World looked like:

Southeastern Conference vs. Division I-A Conferences
Conference	Games	W	L	T	%
Sun Belt	191	178	9	4	94.20%
Western Athletic	103	91	10	2	89.30%
Mid-American	75	58	16	1	78.00%
Mountain West	155	109	42	4	71.60%
Conference USA	1181	758	374	49	66.30%
Big East	172	103	59	10	62.80%
Pac-10	108	63	38	7	61.60%
Atlantic Coast	1719	893	743	83	54.40%
Big 12	635	310	301	24	50.70%
I-A Independents	97	46	47	4	49.50%
Big Ten	184	86	91	7	48.60%

This is not so bad. The only conference we don't have winning record against is the Big Ten, and Independents and we are very nearly even with both. So just for comparison, let's look at the same thing from the standpoint of the Big Ten:

Big Ten Conference vs. Division I-A Conferences
Conference	Games	W	L	T	%
Sun Belt	14	14	0	0	100.00%
Mid-American	253	215	34	4	85.80%
Conference USA	96	74	19	3	78.60%
Western Athletic	44	33	11	0	75.00%
Big East	490	324	147	19	68.10%
Mountain West	101	66	30	5	67.80%
Atlantic Coast	277	174	98	5	63.70%
Big 12	538	309	208	21	59.40%
Pac-10	528	265	250	13	51.40%
Southeastern	185	91	87	7	51.10%
I-A Independents	502	211	266	25	44.50%

I suppose that's pretty much what we would expect. It's interesting to note that although the SEC has a loosing record to the independents, it is a better record than the Big 10's. Interestingly enough, taking all wins and all games into account, the Big 10 and SEC have an identical 58% winning percentage overall against others.

Since there has been much talk about the SEC vs. the Pac-10, we might as well look at their table, also:

Pacific-10 Conference vs. Division I-A Conferences
Conference	Games	W	L	T	%
Mid-American	11	10	1	0	90.90%
Sun Belt	14	12	2	0	85.70%
Western Athletic	711	564	130	17	80.50%
Mountain West	579	390	175	14	68.60%
Conference USA	191	125	59	7	67.30%
Atlantic Coast	81	43	37	1	53.70%
Big East	91	46	45	0	50.50%
Big Ten	528	250	265	13	48.60%
Big 12	386	163	210	13	43.90%
I-A Independents	168	66	91	11	42.60%
Southeastern	108	38	63	7	38.40%

Hmmm. Not quite cricket, now is it?

UPDATE:

A table for the Big 12 by special request:

Big 12 Conference vs. Division I-A Conferences
Conference	Games	W	L	T	%
Sun Belt	119	110	9	0	92.40%
Western Athletic	136	111	23	2	82.40%
Mid-American	60	47	13	0	78.30%
Mountain West	840	535	270	35	65.80%
Conference USA	1062	622	389	51	61.00%
Pac-10	388	212	163	13	56.30%
Big East	138	66	65	7	50.40%
Southeastern	635	301	310	24	49.30%
Atlantic Coast	234	111	123	0	47.40%
I-A Independents	101	46	53	2	46.50%
Big Ten	538	208	309	21	40.60%