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The key word there is perception. I'm unconvinced that a playoff is going to alleviate SEC dominance when you're likely going to have pollsters and sportswriters voting two or three SEC teams into a four-team playoff.i think the collegiate football landscape is more balanced than we think. however, until we have a playoff, long term perception wins. boise st was denied a chance to see how good they really are twice now because people said there's no way david could beat goliath.
The SEC is a top-heavy conference like every other. Alabama is in a class by themselves, and then you have above-average teams like LSU, Florida?, and Georgia who beat up up on one another. I'm leaving out Mississippi State here because they're about like GT (good every decade or so). The other seven or eight teams are nothing special and routinely lose to teams from other conferences.
In a couple of weeks, when there are fewer unbeatens and a logjam of one-loss teams, I'll be interested to see if football writers continue to ignore one-loss FSU in favor of one-loss teams from the SEC. It will be especially interesting if FSU beats Florida, which they are more than capable of doing.
The SEC's much-hyped six straight national titles are unprecedented, to be sure, but how many teams contributed? The usual three suspects, plus the Auburn fluke. So, again. Three great programs, and eight to nine average ones. Whoopty-funking-doo.
TLDR, a playoff isn't going to solve much of anything, because the powers-that-be in college football have a vested interest in continuing the narrative that the SEC is the "the best conference."