The SEC seems to have an annual stranglehold on the "college football's best conference" narrative. With no SEC teams in the current top 6 of the AP Poll, perhaps that will be open for more discussion this year. One conversation we know the SEC can't dominate is the talk of which league's got the best quarterback play. Whether it's the Pac-12 or the Big 12, that title goes to someone else. But is the SEC really that far behind?

Jared Goff is completing 70 percent of his passes and has Cal 5-0.

In an effort to rank the Power Five conferences in order of collective quarterback talent, I seeded the quarterbacks in each conference 1-10 (to accommodate the Big 12). I then ranked the quarterbacks within each seeding group to compile a point total for each conference.

We know the Big 12 has great talent at the top of the conference but are the worst in the Big 12 also better than the worst in the ACC? The Big Ten may have just had a disastrous weekend under center but if given the choice, wouldn't you still rather take Wisconsin'sJoel Stave than say, Pittsburgh's Nathan Peterman? I break it all down.

Before I get into the seedings, lets first state a few assumptions. For the purposes of this exercise, previous seasons are not factored in. So Cardale Jones' national championship run has no bearing on his seeding or ranking. I also tried to eliminate the NFL upside bias for guys like Christian Hackenberg. The baseline judgement call is who I would draft first to build my college team.

There are some injury assumptions too. The rankings below assume that Arizona's Anu Solomon is healthy, Oregon's Vernon Adams is not healthy, freshman Ryan Willis is the starter for Kansas and Kansas State's quarterback is just one big faceless amoeba that goes 11-of-23 for 197 yards and 1 touchdown every week.

1 seeds

1. Jared Goff, Cal – P12 (5 points)

2. Trevone Boykin, TCU – B12 (4 points)

3. Connor Cook, Michigan State – B10 (3 points)

4. Deshaun Watson, Clemson – ACC (2 points)

5. Kyle Allen, Texas A&M – SEC (1 point)

2 seeds

1. Cody Kessler, USC – P12 (5)

2. Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma – B12 (4)

3. Dak Prescott, Mississippi State – SEC (3)

4. Brad Kaaya, Miami – ACC (2)

5. Cardale Jones, Ohio State – B10 (1)

3 seeds

1. Travis Wilson, Utah – P12 (5)

2. Seth Russell, Baylor – B12 (4)

3. Chad Kelly, Ole Miss – SEC (3)

4. Jacoby Brissett, N.C. State – ACC (2)

5. CJ Beathard, Iowa – Big Ten (1)

4 seeds

1. Josh Rosen, UCLA – P12 (5)

2. Brandon Allen, Arkansas – SEC (4)

3. Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech – B12 (3)

4. Marquise Williams, UNC – ACC (2)

5. Nate Sudfeld, Indiana – Big10 (1)

5 seeds

1. Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State – B12 (5)

2. Anu Solomon, Arizona – P12 (4)

3. Jacob Coker, Alabama – SEC (3)

4. Wes Lunt, Illinois – B10 (2)

5. Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech – ACC (1)

6 seeds

1. Kevin Hogan, Stanford – P12 (5)

2. Everett Golson, Florida State – ACC (4)

3. Skyler Howard, West Virginia – B12 (3)

4. Christian Hackenberg, Penn State – B10 (2)

3. Will Grier, Florida – SEC (1)

7 seeds

1. Mike Bercovici, Arizona State – P12 (5)

2. Patrick Towles, Kentucky – SEC (4)

3. Chris Laviano, Rutgers – B10 (3)

4. Matt Johns, Virginia – ACC (2)

5. Jerrod Heard, Texas – Big12 (1)

8 Seeds

1. Luke Falk, Washington State – P12 (5)

2. Sam Richardson, Iowa State – B12 (4)

3. Tommy Armstrong, Nebraska – B10 (3)

4. Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee – SEC (2)

5. Lamar Jackson, Louisville – ACC (1)

9 Seeds

1. Sefo Liufau, Colorado – P12 (5)

2. Joel Stave, Wisconsin – B10 (4)

3. Drew Lock, Missouri – SEC (3)

4. Nathan Peterman, Pitt – ACC (2)

5. Kansas State – B12 (1)

10 seeds

1. Jake Browning, Washington – P12 (5)

2. Greyson Lambert, Georgia – SEC (4)

3. Jake Rudock, Michigan – B10 (3)

4. Brenden Motley, Virginia Tech – ACC (2)

5. Ryan Willis, Kansas – B12 (1)

What we learned

1. Pac-12 – 49 points

2. Big 12 – 30 points

3. SEC – 28 points

4. Big Ten – 23 points

5. ACC – 20 points

***The Pac-12 is king. This is a subjective exercise and seen through one man's eyes but I didn't even expect to see myself favor Pac-12 quarterbacks to this degree.

***The perception that the SEC has such bad quarterback play may not match up with reality. While the Big 12 is the second-best quarterback conference, the SEC is very close when you compare the two side by side and continued emergence from guys like Will Grier and Drew Lock could easily bump the SEC to No. 2.

***I was frankly surprised to see that I liked the Big Ten better than the ACC but those numbers are very close. Guys like Justin Thomas, Marquise Williams and Jacoby Brissett are the kind of guys that could get hot and start to look like some of the best in the country by season's end.

***Speaking of getting hot, Ohio State and the rest of the Big Ten certainly has upside at quarterback. If Cardale Jones regains his CFB Playoff form, he could be the best quarterback in the country. The same could be said about Hackenberg from his freshman season. Tommy Armstrong has some Jekkyll and Hyde in him too.

***With all these quarterbacks from the West topping each tier, it's no wonder that the SEC is looking to remedy its quarterback ills by pulling from that region. Alabama's recent quarterback commits are from California (Blake Barnett) and Texas (Jalen Hurts). Georgia thinks it has its savior in Jacob Eason out of Washington. Tennessee's backup quarterbacks are from Texas (Quinten Dormady) and California (Sheriron Jones). Meanwhile Texas A&M has already learned that the best arms are out West as Texas (Kyler Murray), Arizona (Kyle Allen) and California/Las Vegas (Tate Martell) have become Kevin Sumlin's quarterback talent pools of choice.

