Mike Fuentes

beating Alabama, the creme de la creme, the gold standard in the SEC, and that is absent from any discussion.

I don't understand how we all just subscribe to this notion that SEC is top dog when you're confronted with a result like that.

That game wasn't close.

FSU on a football field was loads better.

We're not talking about a one possession, field goal, late game execution.

They were much better.

I know teams evolve.

I know teams get better and worse as the season goes on.

But again, results are supposed to matter.

If you just jumped in this season and took this season for what it was worth, which is what the committee should do, which is what college football fans should do, and not attach any of the baggage from previous years, no one would think the SEC is as dominant as they're portrayed on television to be.

As if we haven't seen Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas just dropped into that conference and have serious success.

You mentioned the ranked wins.

Right.

They cooked those books.

Half of Alabama's ranked wins are over Tennessee and Mizzou.

Neither of those teams have had an FBS victory against a team that is over 500.

They cooked the books from the bottom of the rankings to elevate themselves.

the bona fides of the teams up top.

There's no reason SMU shouldn't be ranked.

That was a CFP team last year.