Root4GT
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So what and who cares about the bottom 5-6 teams in any conference. That so many different SEC teams win NCs really matters. It shows how deep the conference really is that different teams go on great runs. Only Alabama has had the sustained run but 4 other teams have had their runs and are fully capable of doing so again. Saban has made it harder but as UGA has proven it is possible to top Alabama and then win the NC.What does a Florida national championship in 2007 have to do with Florida in 2023 though? Florida has had losing records 3 of the last 6 years. Auburn has had losing records the last two years. LSU had a losing season in 2021 and was 5-5 in 2020. Have these teams been good in the past, yea, some of them like LSU are consistently good. That doesn't make them automatically good going forward regardless of results, but their losses damage their reputations far less and receive far more excuses than equivalent teams from other conferences.
So you are clear, because you seem confused, I think the SEC is the strongest conference at the top and has been for a while. They routinely have 2-3 teams that are very very good, which is more than any other conferences usually have. But the rest of their conference in any given year is comparable to anyone else outside the SEC but gets hyped as being super tough purely by association with those top few teams when it's not the case.
This year Bama, UGA and LSU are all reasonable picks to make the CFP. They all won’t of course. The B1G has 2 and the ACC has maybe 1. The Big 12, likely none.
It’s rinse and repeat every year. Must be tough with the SEC living in so many peoples heads who are GT fans.
I never cheer for an SEC team against any OOC opponent. I recognize they are much better thru the top 1/3rd of their conference than any other conference. Again no one cares about the bottom 1/3rd See GT the past 4 years.