Basically each year OU and UT might be in the upper echelon recruiting wise.
Everyone else is down in the 30's or lower.
WVU was 5-5 two years running (plus a bowl vs. army), so to think there would be lots of draft picks from those teams wouldn't make sense.
But don't forget in COLLEGE football (where the BIG 12 exists)
2020-21 bowls
2020-21 College football bowl records by conference: Big 12 and MAC are perfect, while ACC disappoints
Here's where every conference stands at the end of the 2020-21 bowl season
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Big 12 |
5-0 |
What a turnaround from last season for the Big 12. In 2019, it was an underdog in all six bowl games and managed to win just one. This season, every Big 12 team was favored, and all five took care of business. Only West Virginia failed to cover. No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 10 Iowa State each won their New Year's Six games. |
SEC |
6-2 |
The SEC put several sub-.500 teams into bowls due to the NCAA waiving eligibility rules. Three of those won their games. The conference originally had 12 teams in bowl games, but three had games canceled, and Tennessee had to drop out. The SEC was 2-1 in the New Year's Six, including No. 1 Alabama's win over No. 4 Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal. The only real disappointment was No. 7 Florida's blowout loss in the Cotton Bowl. |
Big Ten |
3-1 |
Given the Big Ten's mess of a regular season, there are not many complaints about the postseason. No. 3 Ohio State drilled No. 2 Clemson in the CFP semifinal to avenge last year's loss. The only loss was by No. 11 Indiana, one of those teams we see every season that complains about their game only to go out and lose it. The Hoosiers took their discontent to a new level by covering up the Big Ten logos on their uniforms in protest. They lost to Ole Miss, which was 4-5 entering the game. |
Pac-12 |
0-2 |
Little went right for the Pac-12 in the regular season, and that continued into the postseason. Oregon, the league champion that was not a division champion, got drilled in the Fiesta Bowl 34-17 by Iowa State. Colorado put up a fight early against Texas but got stampeded in the second half in a 55-23 loss. |
ACC |
0-6 |
Ugh. Clemson was the only team favored to win its game, so not much was expected, but this was bad by any measure. The Tigers and Notre Dame were each blown out in their CFP semifinals. North Carolina was in the game with Texas A&M until the end at the Orange Bowl, and Miami only lost by three to Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl. Those are your highlights. This was about as ugly as a bowl season can get. |
So despite the anti BIG 12 bias, it didn't help those other conferences win games.