NCAA men's soccer is all about the ACC.
Other conferences may have a top-25 mainstay (ex: BIG has Indiana), but the ACC is far and away the top tier.
Our old conference had 2 such solid squads (i.e. top-25 staples): SMU and Tulsa. Other teams would show here and there as happened last year, but those newer teams will get bounced in the first round of the tourney and be replaced by another group next year.
I would say our new home is arguably better at the top, but lacks the parity of the AAC. Kentucky is a national powerhouse program and Marshall won the title in 2020. South Carolina (Cocks fans always leave room for you to merge) and WVU are likely to make a top-25 showing at some point or at least RV. The rest of the Sun Belt teams don't quite have national-brand money but can surprise based on gameday personnel matchups.
College soccer is not a "minor league" like football and instead more resembles a "retirement league" for overseas football academy kids.
So few "contact days" means the focus becomes the weightroom and much less time is allotted for technical development. Without turning this into a rant, our national system for development is busted and NCAA soccer is some kind of Dr. Frankenstein show. Not that they aren't playing good, entertaining ball we can't get behind, it's just apples-to-pineapples when comparing football to football.
So which conference is better for us? I like where we are now. The new target isn't simply being top-25 worthy, it's taking down national contenders... there's a GOL quote in there somewhere.
I know its not this easy, but I wish the BIG XII would add men's soccer. Texas is a hotbed for talent.
