re: ESPN op ed nails it

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I've always felt the champion of the strongest conference in the nation deserves a spot in the CFP.

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There was plenty of talk about how the SEC wasn't the strongest conference this year. And, all the talk about Bama's opponents won this many games and FSU's opponents only won this many is typical SEC propping up of the lower and middle class teams. The SEC only playing 8 conference games combined with the below makes the conference look better than it was:

Teams playing at least 10 Power 5 opponents in 2023:

Big Ten 13 of 14
Big 12: 11 of 14
Pac-12: 10 of 12
ACC: 10 of 15
SEC: 2 of 14

That's embarrassing.