"Why does the SEC get so much more credibility in the BCS than any other conference?"

If my numbers are correct... last year in NCAA bowl games, the SEC went 5-5, the ACC went 4-5, the Big-12 went 3-5, the Pac-12 went 2-2, the Big-10 went 3-5, and the Big East went 4-2. If those results are supposed to be any evidence of "SEC Dominance".... I don't see it. With those records in mind, how well do you think the SEC will do in the upcoming playoff format?

I think that the SEC gets far too much pull in the BCS system, and the major conferences bowl records last year speak volumes to support my opinion. A few years back in 2007, LSU went 10-2, they did win the SEC title, but had 2 losses, and still played for the Sears Trophy in the National Championship Game.

Alabama had a 11-1 record last year, did not even play for the conference title, and they were also awarded a chance to play for the National Championship.

Even though both teams won the title in those opportunities, should they have been there in the first place?

In the NFL, the NBA, and the NHL, a team has to win their conference title to earn the chance play for the BIG title. One of those SEC teams was unable to so much as play for the conference title, and the other lost two games the season they went to the BIG game.

I know that the NCAA's current format does not require a conference championship to compete for the National title, but I think that should be the #1 credential for the honor of participating in the National Championship Game.

I know that the SEC has a vast amount of great football players, and many go on to the NFL as top picks, but does that earn that conference a spot that another school somewhere else worked the same amount of games for, and won their conference?

As far as individual players from the SEC, and their skill levels at the collegiate level... it speaks for itself. However, I don't remember the last time a SEC player won a major award in the NFL... like the league MVP? The Defensive Player of the Year? Other than Peyton Manning with his 4 NFL MVPs, I can't name any, that's 1 SEC player, out of hundreds!!

Let's imagine that this year, in the 2012 season, that maybe Oregon-#3 or Oregon State-#8 from the Pac-12, or maybe Rutgers-#15, Louisville-#16 or Cincinatti-#21 from the Big East, or maybe Kansas State-#4 from the Big 12, or maybe Notre Dame-#5(Independent), were to win their conference titles, and go undefeated?

Mathematically there can be only one unbeaten team in the SEC, however, if Florida-#2, South Carolina-#7, LSU-#6 and Alabama-#1 were to all end up with one loss, leaving the SEC with no unbeaten teams... do you award a SEC team with the honor of playing for NCAA Title?

Even if two, possibly three teams from other conferences, win their conference title, and go undefeated?

Well, whatever way the title race shakes out, I know that hundreds of thousands, if not millions of college football fans cannot wait for the "Final Four"of NCAA football to finally begin in a few years!!

I think the SEC is a bit over-rated as an entire conference. If Texas A&M, that is coming in beating teams, in their first season in the SEC, combined with the bowl results, doesn't seem like an indicator of that, I'm not sure what does.

I hope that the upcoming playoff system will implement much more defined qualifications for participation... like not having more than 1 loss, along with being your own conference champion for starters!!