Mike Petros

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[MCbuckeye @Ohioszn4]

Michigan vs Ohio state this year

[On3 @On3]

NEW: Illinois' Bret Bielema after beating Nebraska:

"But to be in this job, where we’re at right now, 6-3, we beat another 5-3 team. If we were in the SEC, we’d probably be a top-15 team."

(via @IllinoisRivals)

https://t.co/7JkeWwGTHY

[Will Stewart @WillStewartTSL]

This is the culmination of a process that began at ESPN about 15 years ago.

From the early 90s to 2006, college football's national champions came from every conference. Examples: the ACC (FSU), the Big East (Miami), the Big 12 (Nebraska, Texas), the PAC 12 (USC), and the SEC (Alabama, Florida).

There were so many good teams from around the country. College football was really fun to follow. 2007 was the pinnacle.

From 2006-2012, however, every national champion came from the SEC: Florida (2006), LSU (2007), Florida (2008), Alabama (2009), Auburn (2010), Alabama (2011), Alabama (2012).

ESPN announced it was launching the SEC Network in 2013, and it launched in 2014.

Right about that time, as anyone who used to watch College Football Live and ESPN Gameday can attest, ESPN pretty much quit talking about college football as a whole and started talking about the SEC, to the detriment of other teams and conferences.

To be fair, Nick Saban's Alabama teams sucked all the air out of the room, because they changed college football and were so dominant. When they somehow failed to win a natty in any given year, some other SEC team happily filled in.

Fast-forward to today, and it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy: ESPN and ABC give the best time slots to SEC games, while other conferences are shuffled off to ESPN2, ESPNU, and elsewhere; SEC games get better ratings, because they get better networks and windows; lather, rinse, repeat.

[EndZone Leprechaun @EndZnLeprechaun]

The SEC is 2-7 against P4 competition in the CFP over the last 3 seasons.

0-5 vs. the Big Ten.
0-2 vs. Notre Dame/Miami.

But somehow, every year we’re lectured about SEC superiority and why they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

At what point do actual RESULTS matter?

[Danny Kanell @dannykanell]

I've never seen a league prepare everyone for losing more than the SEC this year. The Big Ten has played 9 since 2017. The Big 12 since 2011. The PAC 12 did it and was the reason they got screwed every year in the CFP era.
There is no doubt a 9-3 team will get in but the nonstop whining about it is ridiculous

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

With Georgia losing to unranked Auburn at home, Alabama losing to Georgia at home and by double digits to Tennessee, Tennessee losing to 3-3 South Carolina, Ole Miss losing by 24 to Florida and to Texas, LSU losing twice, and Texas losing to unranked Oklahoma and to Florida at home, the SEC’s chances of getting multiple teams in the CFP were significantly damaged.

Looking like a 1-bid league. Go get ‘em Kentucky!

[Mike Petros @FloridaBuckeye_]

So damn good

[Mekka Don @MekkaDonMusic]

This guy disses Ohio State fans but it’s funny 😂

[RUN THE DAMN BALL @RTDBNebraska]

So Nebraska loses to Indiana by 3

Unranked

Mississippi State loses to Alabama by 33

Ranked #16

AP Poll should be canned

[Mike Petros @FloridaBuckeye_]

@TheDegenWeekly 0-1.. but loved your write up. So good. Let’s see how this bad boy shakes out. Either way, two scrappy teams with men that want it so bad. Love it so much

[Jake Edmonds @JakeKUTV]

LSU ranked 11 for no reason to start the season.

Ole Miss beats LSU and climbs to 4.

Florida beats Ole Miss and climbs (13 spots!) to 8.

Florida gets boat raced by Mizzou and South Carolina.

Maybe we should stop assuming mid SEC teams are elite when they beat each other?

[On3 @On3]

NEW: Northwestern head coach David Braun on the Big Ten not receiving "respect" in the AP Poll:

"What the outside says about the league, I mean check the receipts. Last three national championships have come out of this league."

He latter added: "Let people chatter and the Big Ten will settle it on the field."

(h/t @kamran_nia)

https://t.co/FTuDFa9OUt

[Ben Stan @HawkeyeBBFan]

Iowa drops 6 spots after losing to the #5 team by 17 at home

Mississippi State drops 1 spot after losing to the #7 team by 33 at home

[First and 16 - A Big 12 Show @Firstand16_Pod]

Sooo if BYU loses to Notre Dame in a few weeks by less than 33, we can expect BYU to remain in the Top 10 right?

[Exposing SEC Bias @overrated_sec]

Just when you think you’ve seen it all

[CrimsonCast @CrimsonCast]

LSU was supposedly great because they blew out Clemson. That's the same Clemson who is 64th in FPI efficiency with the 109th ranked offense in college football. By the transitive property, Ole Miss was supposedly great because they beat LSU at home.

Florida was supposedly great because they handily beat Ole Miss (42nd in FPI Efficiency) at home, and Florida got talked about as a likely playoff team by a bunch of pundits.

Missouri will now get sunshine-pumped in the polls because they blew out Florida at home - the same Florida that is 77th in FPI defensive efficiency.

(By the way - Florida's chances of making the playoff are now lower than Nebraska or Northwestern. I have a sneaking suspicion that won't be brought up by very many people)

Alabama's offensive dominance has been racked up against the 30th, 35th, 44th, 82nd, and 91st rated defenses.

Kentucky's two SEC wins are by a total of 11 points against the 40th and 57th teams in FPI efficiency.

Baylor beat Arizona State on the road by a bigger margin than Texas A&M beat Arizona State at home.

Nobody launders overrated wins into undeserved AP votes quite like the SEC.

[Some.BYU.Dude @ByuSome]

Pitt is now 5-0 and just beat a 4-0 Virginia Tech team on the road.

It's such an incredible win, half of the AP voters will now consider putting them at #25 behind some 2-loss SEC team on their ballot!

[Shooter McGavin @ShooterMcGavin]

Browns fans reconciling with DeShaun Watson after starting the season 3-1

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

Guess who’s in their annual reserved spot as a pawn to make other SEC teams look good with a “ranked win”?

Exact same story every single year.

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Since 2024, Missouri has been ranked in @AP_Top25 poll in 32 of 39 weeks

In that span, Missouri is 1-9 vs. ranked teams, w/only win vs. No. 24 Boston College in 2024

[First and 16 - A Big 12 Show @Firstand16_Pod]

AP Poll is getting out of hand.

Duke is 4-0, eight game win streak, and we can’t put them ahead of Missouri.

What has Tennessee done, besides blow out Kennesaw State?

Kentucky got blown out 45-17 and beat a bad Texas A&M team, sure let’s rank them!

Ole Miss still in the Top 10 despite a 24 point loss at this stage in the season is terrible.