Listed below is every SEC versus Pac-10 head-to-head matchup going back to the year 2000.
2000 Alabama 24, UCLA 35 {PAC10}
2001 UCLA 20, Alabama 17 {PAC10}
2002 Auburn 17, USC 24 {PAC10} Mississippi State 13, Oregon 36 {PAC10}
2003 USC 23, Auburn 0 {PAC10} LSU 59, Arizona 13 {SEC} Oregon 42, Mississippi State 34 {PAC10}
2004 Oregon State 21, LSU 22 {SEC}
2005 Arkansas 17, USC 70 {PAC10} LSU 35, Arizona State 31 {SEC}
2006 USC 50, Arkansas 14 {PAC10} Washington State 14, Auburn 40 {SEC}Arizona 3, LSU 45 {SEC} California 18, Tennessee 35 {SEC}
2007 Tennessee 31, California 45 {PAC10}
The Pac-10 ends up with a 9-6 record against the SEC. So much for the speed and athleticism of the SEC catching up with them.
The most alarming part is that if we take the two powerhouses, USC and LSU, out of the equation, the Pac-10 is 5-2 against the SEC.
It's interesting how every SEC fan who wants to derail the "Pac-10 Football Is Better Than SEC Football" argument claims the Pac-10 proponents only lean on USC. Well, we took them out of the equation—and the Pac-10 still rules the day.
There's not much else to say on this topic: The Pac-10 is better against SEC opponents than the SEC is against Pac-10 opponents.
I don't know what SEC fans are going to do to explain this one. Maybe they'll claim that the SEC doesn't try out of conference, or that the game wasn't big enough so they probably just threw it.
Whatever excuses are made by SEC fans, the fact remains that the Pac-10 has a 9-6 record against the SEC since 2000. If you take out USC and LSU, the Pac-10 owns a 5-2 record.