I'd call it average.

Nobody from the big 10 can beat Auburn or Alabama in my opinion, but match them the rest of the way and I think you would see some more competitive games. Michigan State got smoked, period. But Michigan vs. Mississippi St. would be like me against you on Dale Hollow on January 1, and I'm not Mississippi State. Michigan should have played in the third week of December not January 1. Mississippi State versus Michigan State would have been a better match up. Michigan is on the same level as say Kentucky or Georgia this year. Remember how everybody dissed the ACC earlier this year? Well, one of their conference winners beat an SEC conference winner, North Carolina beat Tennessee in a home game for Tennessee. Central Florida from conference USA beat Georgia. All competitive games. The SEC as a whole is a step above the rest. A couple of big 10 teams did step up. Iowa beat a top 15 ranked team even though their best player was running a crack house and kicked off the team. Illinois beat Baylor who on paper looked to be the better team. It's all about who they pair up for the bowl games.

Now the Ohio State versus Arkansas is one matchup where a top tier team from one conference is playing a mid to upper level team from another. Ohio State should win this game. We'll see how it pans out.

The mountain west went 4-1 this bowl season, with only Utah getting smashed by Boise St. Again, a mismatch. TCU's resume is just as good as Oregon's, who is going to get destroyed by Auburn. TCU has the same right to get destroyed by Auburn in my opinion.

I'm basically saying that the SEC is a notch above the other conferences but then the rest are fairly even. Syracuse won a bowl game this year, and Pitt might beat UK even though who's going to coach the Panthers at this point?

A playoff would be optimal. I'm not a fan of "this team travels well so they get a better bowl slot system" that we have now.