Bama didn't even win their division in 2011 but you can hardly make a case for them that they weren't the best team that year. Winning a conference is important but doesn't disqualify you.

Let's look at who bama beat as well because the big 12 was bad but the SEC wasn't great.

Texas a and m got overly hyped because they beat a Carolina team week one that turned out to be awful.

Arkansas even though they struggled to beat them and very well should have lost that game, I feel like arkansas was playing their best ball down the stretch but was still a bottom feeder of the conference

LSU should have beat bama as well but would have could have should have. LSU wasn't a good team this either as the back half of the season proved

Florida was a bad team

Mississippi state was ranked 1 for much of the year but that ranking came from them beating LSU and texas a and m, that proved to be very average wins.

Auburn was a decent win for bama although they got skull drug by Georgia

Tennessee barely made a bowl, good win?!? Meh

Missouri good win anytime you win your side of the division can qualify as a good win

West Virginia.... Bama struggled with them for much of the game as well.

Ole miss. They lost! TCU beat this team by almost 6 touchdowns.

TCU lost to Baylor on the road who just happened to have a case for the playoff as well

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Posted by cokebottleag

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Posted on 1/2/15 at 8:08 am to jledet

2011 can't be used as a comparison; we're using a different method to pick contenders than we did then.

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Texas a and m got overly hyped because they beat a Carolina team week one that turned out to be awful.

We still finished 8-5 with a bowl win. Not great, but not awful either.

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Arkansas even though they struggled to beat them and very well should have lost that game, I feel like arkansas was playing their best ball down the stretch but was still a bottom feeder of the conference

This is a point -towards- SEC superiority, not against.

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LSU should have beat bama as well but would have could have should have. LSU wasn't a good team this either as the back half of the season proved

LSU was a good team with a quality OOC win vs Wisky and wins over A&M and OM.

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Florida was a bad team

Yep.

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Mississippi state was ranked 1 for much of the year but that ranking came from them beating LSU and texas a and m, that proved to be very average wins.

Both teams with winning records.

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Auburn was a decent win for bama although they got skull drug by Georgia

Auburn was definitely overrated this year.

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Tennessee barely made a bowl, good win?!? Meh

Meh.

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Missouri good win anytime you win your side of the division can qualify as a good win

Agreed. Something TCU didn't do.

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West Virginia.... Bama struggled with them for much of the game as well.

A win is a win. WVU beat Baylor, so......

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Ole miss. They lost! TCU beat this team by almost 6 touchdowns.

Agreed, OM definitely sucked it up in the bowl, however they were a 9-3 team (#4/5 in the conference) playing the #2 B12 team (11-1). Let's not compare this as total equals.