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Swerved · Jan 11, 2008

Rivals Conference Power Rankings

he Southeastern Conference isn't atop the Rivals.com final 2007 League Power Rankings only because LSU won the national title – though that's a good reason.

Instead, the SEC is atop the mountain for a variety of reasons:

• The league had seven bowl wins this season, the all-time high for any conference. Five of those victories came against teams from the "Big Six" leagues.

• LSU's victory gave the SEC its fourth national title in the 10 years of the BCS, and it made the SEC the first league to win back-to-back BCS national titles.

• LSU's victory gave the SEC a 4-0 record in BCS bowls the past two seasons and 11-4 overall.

• Of the leagues with 12 members, the SEC easily had the most non-conference victories, with 47 (the ACC had 35 and the Big 12 had 41).

• The SEC easily had the best winning percentage in non-conference games, at 82.4 percent. Next-best was the Big 12 at 73.2, followed by the Big Ten at 73.1, the Big East at 71.1, the Pac-10 at 67.6 and the ACC at 62.5.

• The SEC had the second-best winning percentage in non-conference games against teams from other "Big Six" leagues or Notre Dame, at 57.1 percent.

That trailed the Pac-10's 60 percent, with the Big Ten third at 55 percent, followed by the Big 12 at 52.6, the Big East at 44.4 and the ACC at 42.3.
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