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"You know what the SEC's done? It's raised the level," Urban Meyer said this week on Another Dooley Noted podcast. "But the Big Ten has passed the SEC at the upper part. If you would have told me that 10 years ago, I would've said it's not even close. Because it's not."
Meyer's not-so-hot-take may have caused a stir in the South, but he's right. Heading into the 2025 season, there three Big Ten teams with preseason win totals at 10.5, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Meanwhile, no SEC team is projected to win double digit games.
"When I first got to the Big Ten, even Shelley (Meyer) said, 'What in the world? This is a slow man's game up here,' and I like to think that the Buckeyes really changed that," Meyer said. "Then everyone else started investing in their schools. And started recruiting the best player, not just the footprint. As a result, the Wolverine team two years ago was one of the best teams I've seen. The Buckeyes team this year is one of the best I've ever seen. You're seeing Penn State and some of these teams have great success."
Ohio State and Oregon met twice last year, and both games were littered with NFL Draft prospects. Penn State quarterback Drew Allar could be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, making him the first Big Ten player to do so since Illinois' Jeff George got the call in 1990. Michigan flipped Bryce Underwood -- the No. 1 overall player in the 2025 cycle -- from LSU with a lucrative NIL package.
As noted by Meyer, these kinds of things weren't happening during SEC supremacy at the top of the sport previously in the playoff era. Times are changing — the Big Ten is nearing $1 billion in revenue to lead college football and there's five programs with legitimate playoff hopes when the season begins in a few months.
"You know what the SEC's done? It's raised the level," Urban Meyer said this week on Another Dooley Noted podcast. "But the Big Ten has passed the SEC at the upper part. If you would have told me that 10 years ago, I would've said it's not even close. Because it's not."
Meyer's not-so-hot-take may have caused a stir in the South, but he's right. Heading into the 2025 season, there three Big Ten teams with preseason win totals at 10.5, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Meanwhile, no SEC team is projected to win double digit games.
"When I first got to the Big Ten, even Shelley (Meyer) said, 'What in the world? This is a slow man's game up here,' and I like to think that the Buckeyes really changed that," Meyer said. "Then everyone else started investing in their schools. And started recruiting the best player, not just the footprint. As a result, the Wolverine team two years ago was one of the best teams I've seen. The Buckeyes team this year is one of the best I've ever seen. You're seeing Penn State and some of these teams have great success."
Ohio State and Oregon met twice last year, and both games were littered with NFL Draft prospects. Penn State quarterback Drew Allar could be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, making him the first Big Ten player to do so since Illinois' Jeff George got the call in 1990. Michigan flipped Bryce Underwood -- the No. 1 overall player in the 2025 cycle -- from LSU with a lucrative NIL package.
As noted by Meyer, these kinds of things weren't happening during SEC supremacy at the top of the sport previously in the playoff era. Times are changing — the Big Ten is nearing $1 billion in revenue to lead college football and there's five programs with legitimate playoff hopes when the season begins in a few months.
