With NIL the SEC has increased parity at a faster rate than B10 since a large portion of high school recruiting pool is in SE. Another reason for this is lack of stability in SEC coaches. Outside of Kirby the B10 has better stability and coaches
The Big Ten is 8-3 vs. other conferences in the 12-team era. The SEC is 2-5.
And the Big Ten is 8-2 vs. the SEC in CFP/bowls the last two years.
Clearly, there is a new best conference in college football. https://t.co/UVxj1vjCn1
The biggest reason the committee put in an Alabama team, that limped into the end of the season, was the four-game "gauntlet" of ranked opponents they beat.
UGA
Mizzou
Vandy
Tennessee
Those teams went 0-4 this bowl season.
Alabama lost 38-3.
Take a bow committee, you did it
I know everyone has to have an opinion about the G5's inclusion in the CFP, so here's mine kind of stolen from @KayceSmith: G5 teams should be included in the system, but not guaranteed a spot. If it has a team that makes it into the top 12, great. Like Cincinnati a few years ago or some of those Boise State teams. They could actually win in this tournament.
But guaranteed spots? No thank you.
Ohio State moves the needle. The Buckeyes had the three highest rated games in CFB viewership.
Ohio State vs. Michigan: 18.4M
Ohio State vs. Indiana: 18.3M
Ohio State vs. Texas: 16.6M
Alabama’s last five FBS games:
Beat 4-8 South Carolina by 7
Beat 7-5 LSU by 11
Lost to Oklahoma at home
Beat 5-7 Auburn by 7
Lost to Georgia by 21
They haven’t beaten a current Top 25 team in 63 days.
May sound easy to you.
If the committee leaves out the SEC title game loser for 2 teams that didn't play, that's probably the end of the SEC title game.
So remind me. It only counts when BYU gets blown out in the conference title game, but for Bama it doesn’t matter cause it’s an extra game for them? I think I got it now. 🙄. Make it make sense.