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By Andrew McCarty
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Few authorities in the sport of college football are more uniquely qualified to judge the Big Ten versus the SEC than former coach Urban Meyer, who coached the Florida Gators to two national titles and the Ohio State Buckeyes to another.
Ahead of the 2026 college football season, Meyer made it clear the Big Ten wasn't even close to the SEC in terms of quality of play, fanbases and stadium environment when he took over Ohio State in 2012. Fourteen years later, though, the former head coach admitted that the Big Ten has now surpassed the SEC.
In responding to comments from FS1 host Colin Cowherd, Meyer revealed his harsh reality for fans of the Southeastern Conference.
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“But I’m gonna add this, Colin, also the Big Ten stadiums are very SEC like,” Meyer said. “They were not. When I was hired in 2012, it wasn’t even close, man. The teams weren’t close. The venues weren’t close. The passion of the fans wasn’t close, it’s caught up. And like you said, last year it bypassed the SEC.”
It's difficult to argue against the Big Ten running college football when the conference has won the last three national championships: Michigan in 2023, Ohio State in 2024 and Indiana in 2025.
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