<p>No doubt that the top 5 in the Pac-10 are better than the top 5 in either the Big 10 or ACC. (Stanford> Northwestern= Duke, Berkeley>=UCLA=Michigan=UNC,etc.) But if you involve the whole conferences ( the Not-so-fab five of Wazzu, OSU, OU, ASU, and U of A) then its no contest. And when you consider the fact that the California schools are the only REAL competitors at sports like water polo, sailing, rowing, fencing, synchronized swimming, SQUASH, tiddlywinks, war, gin rummy, etc., those national championships aren’t so stellar. The Pac-10 has top national contenders in: USC’s obvious prowess on the gridiron, and UCLA’s on the hardwood, Stanford’s baseball, and Jeff Tedford’s BCS whining 4 years ago.</p>