The SEC is the bane of our existence. For a conference so big on itself and claiming they are always the best, they do everything unAmerican to screw everyone else. They are the equivalent of the head drug cartel squashing competition anywhere they can. They are like Ukrainian oligarchs. They masterminded the BCS to lock out new programs and they had their dirty fingers in this so called playoff scheme.
I truly believe having 4 AAC teams in their ranking is nothing more than a way to mitigate antitrust lawsuits. They throw the bone to suggest there is a way for a non power conference , their words not mine, can make their silly playoff. They throw the bone for appearances only. The system is rigged and is rigged against programs like ours. To bad this year we arent undefeated again because it would be very uncomfortable for ESPN and the SEC.
If we had a 16 team playoff with 10 automatic bids for all conferences, you would see over time the SEC lose its grip on college football because parity woukd truly kick in and yes, an App State could rise up and win and win it all. The SEC can only maintain their sham claims to being the best by keeping everyone else down, not by actually demanding equity and a real playoff where it is settled on the field.