FS1's Colin Cowherd says Big Ten reigns supreme over SEC based on financial leverage

FS1's Colin Cowherd recently discussed why he believes the Big Ten has surpassed the SEC as the top conference in college football. He shared his take on his FS1 show, "The Herd." Many analysts and college football experts believe that the name, image, and likeness (NIL) movement has leveled the playing field between many conferences, pointing to the fact that the SEC has not been as dominant since the introduction of NIL.

"This is going to be hard for people to stomach. The Big Ten is better than the SEC. It is not just that Ohio State owns the Natty last year; it is that they humiliated Tennessee and dominated Texas. Texas scored 14 points after scoring over 14 points in 32 straight games in the SEC. The year before Alabama played Michigan, when Michigan won the National Championship, Alabama could not move the ball. They barely had 100 yards passing. It looks a lot like it used to eight years ago, when a Georgia or a Bama team would face a Big Ten team, and the Big Ten teams could not generate consistent offense."FS1 analyst Colin Cowherd