
I’d say for that season, they probably would be but consistently, no. It’s true that at the moment there is no single dominant conference, my point is it isn’t the SEC anymore despite many of those fans still acting like it and it isn’t (yet) but trending towards Big Ten being the future dominant conference.
Saban is unarguably one of the best coaches in CFB history and the SEC used to be the dominant conference in the sport… so yeah, makes sense. Saban retired and the SEC has fallen off. Your comment doesn’t speak much about Bama’s current state or the SEC’s current state though, if that’s what you were going for