which has enjoyed all the spoils of being in a major conference for decades. We don't care that you haven't achieved anything with that advantage.

Understand this, whenever BYU has gotten this far undefeated, the committee (or the BCS or whatever dumb system is in place at the time) has basically sent us the message that we will not be able to take part in the top competition, even if we win out. Now, we are in a top 4 conference, but the problem remains. We can win all our games, even against a harder schedule, and we are told that a 2-loss SEC or Big10 team are still above us. In your case, it is an undefeated Big10 team with a significantly worse strength of schedule, but you get the unearned perception boost for being in the right conference.