The ridiculous - "Winning your conference no longer matters!" talking point

During the BCS era there were 5 (6 if you count the Big East) power conferences and 2 spots.

By my math that means every year at least 4 (and sometimes 5!) conference champions got left out of the national title game every year. And yet through that whole BCS era I never heard anyone complain about conference titles being meaningless, despite that fat that almost every year ALL BUT 2 champs got left out.

And now comes the CFP, there are now 4 spots and we only have 5 power conferences.

Thus far 16 spots have been awarded and 14 of those spots have gone to conference champions.

The idea that winning your conference is irrelevant now is more incorrect than ever. Winning your conference is more relevant in the CFP than it ever was in the BCS.

There were 16 SEC champions during the BCS era and 10 them made the championship game. That's 10/16. During the BCS era you were about 50/50 to make it if you won the SEC.

We are 4 years into the CFP and we're 4/4.

Winning the SEC is still your surefire ticket into the playoffs. If you don't win the SEC you will not make it majority of the time, but occasionally with the right breaks you will.

Every single SEC team controls their own destiny. Auburn was going to make the playoffs as a 2 loss team for the firs time (as the #2 seed!) if they won the SEC.

That's how important the title is.