The SEC was recognized as the best conference in college football for a decade, but then the unthinkable happened. Ohio State dominated heavily favored Alabama on their way to the National Championship. Now, less than a year after the Buckeyes defeated the Crimson Tide, the Big Ten is at the top of the college football world.
In the final voting by the playoff committee the Big Ten had three teams ranked in the top seven while the Southeastern Conference had only one team in the top 10. Each conference has one team in the college football playoffs, but after that it is a different story.