There's a legitimate argument that Alabama has probable had the best overall team top to bottom since 2009. Lane Kiffin is quoted as saying that it was awesome coaching there because they knew that every time that they stepped on the field at least every player they had on the Bama team with maybe the exception of 1 was better than every player on the opposing team. So, I absolutely believe they had a top 4 team every year, but shouldn't winning your division or conference count for something? I dont remember what year it was but 1 year Penn St beat Ohio St head-to-head, won their division, played for and won their conference and Ohio st. jumped them in to the play-offs. We all know better teams than TCU were left out that year.

All, I'm saying is that some teams seem to get a benefit that others don't. Kiffin is catching heck right now because he said he don't want to play in SEC championship game. He knows 3 losses puts his team out. It has been talked about in this thread how Bama could still make it with a SEC championship game loss.