It is a little ironic that people are bashing SEC for saying "wins don't matter" while those same people are also saying "anyone but Alabama or another SEC team".
Implying only the name matters and they don't want the same names.
Regardless of resume or wins.
It's the same argument.
Some people here might say that but most of the pundits don't. I don't. I said in one of these threads if Alabama had only lost 1 of Vandy or OU, they probably would have gotten in and I'd be okay with that. The fact that Alabama was even considered as a 3 loss team shows the respect they get and the SEC gets. No other 3 loss team anywhere is getting that consideration as an at large this year. Eventually, there will be years where 3 loss teams get im, it would've happened in the last 10 years of the CFP if it were 12 teams.
You can't just say automatically well sure they'd be better than IU or SMU when they they themselves lost to 2 teams (OU, Vandy) that weren't that good, one of which was a blowout to a hapless offensive team who couldn't find a decent qb.
Wins matter, losses matter, where you're playing, who you're playing, level of competition etc... it all matters and you get a picture of what the worthiness of a school in that given year is. If a SEC team is clear cut worthy, put them in and if not leave them out and if borderline maybe yes, maybe no. It shakes out how it shakes out. Tenn got blown out but I don't have complaints about them getting in.
The SEC gets special treatment as is, no need for them to get extra special treatment. That's what galls people and the talking down of other teams as if they walk on water compared to everyone else. There is no more Saban and talent is getting spread around more than ever, it's going to be hard to create those super teams of the past (frankly I wonder if Saban saw that coming with NIL/portal and that's why he retired) and playoff worthy teams can come from anywhere.
