Again, the Big Ten has exactly 2 football championships since 1970, and only 1 basketball championship since 1989, 6 since 1970. The ACC has 5 football championships since 1970, and has 11 basketball championships since 1970, 8 since 1989. The ACC isn't going toe-to-toe with the B1G, it's leaving them behind in results. The ACC now has the current national football champion. The B1G hasn't even sniffed that in over a decade. The idea that the B1G is some short of football power conference is the farce. You have to go back to 1930-1970 to make that claim. They only have 13 Rose Bowl victories in the past 45 years. They do have a media engine that gives the illusion of grandeur, a lot of midwestern fans, and the BTN. I'll give you that.
Yes the Big East did well with teams like Miami, Virginia Tech, Louisville, and West Virginia in BCS bowls. I'm not counting their numbers of championships in the ACC numbers, but guess where 3 out of the four are now. I'm not counting the Syracuse and Louisville basketball championships either.
I'm not claiming that the ACC is going toe to toe with the SEC. That would be the farce. We're trying, but have work to do on that front.