re: Has a region of the country ever dominated CFB for this long?

I have been around a long time and before any kind of playoff came along no one and I mean no one from this part of the country was going to outpoll Notre Dame, Big ten teams or Sou Cal.

That was just the way it was. East coast and Mid west sportswriters, back in the day, could not bring themselves to acknowledge Southeastern football teams as being worthy enough to be included in the ranks of very good teams.

Imo, this is where a lot of the bitterness from big ten fans comes from today. They were always favored by the polls and seeing the SEC, especially, and other Southern teams come on with the force they have has really chapped their butts for a while now.