conference mostly only competes against each other and Northern Kentucky Polytechnic it's pretty hard for the rest of the country to measure how good you are.
One time playoff poser A&M goes down to unranked 6-6 USC.
Another SEC playoff poser goes down to unranked 7-5 Michigan.
A third SEC playoff poser SC goes down to the Fighting Freaking Illini.
The SEC's days of assumed preeminence are drawing to a close.