SEC + ESPN = SPENCES (which, not so ironically perhaps, is defined as a monetary allowance)

I guess some would call me a conspiracy theorist but, as I look over the current AP top 25, I am left to wonder how exactly one conference could be THAT dominant.  Now, don't get me wrong, I am not going to attempt to argue that the SEC isn't and hasn't been one of the strongest conferences in the past decade, that would be idiotic.  But strong enough that the 2nd AND 3rd place team are ranked higher than the BEST team in the PAC 12 and Notre Dame?  What's worse is that according to the supposedly unbiased pollsters, the best of the Big 10 wouldn't even place fourth in the SEC and the best of the Big 12 wouldn't even finish 5th.  

The conspiracy aspect of all of this comes further to light when one starts to dig a little deeper.  You see, the SEC network is owned and operated by ESPN, and ESPN owns the rights to the FBS playoff through 2025.  Makes one wonder how this system could be viewed by any to be fair, but it does make it easier to understand how the parity that existed in the preseason polls became so heavily skewed towards the SEC by week 4.  Week 7 gave us the true intent of those in power.  Even though multiple teams tasted their first defeat, only the SEC fared the storm well (they actually strengthened their place).  Not only did Mississippi State jump from 13 to 3, they now found themselves in a tie with an Ole Miss squad that leap frogged a still undefeated Baylor team.  What's stranger still was that even though Oregon was ranked higher, and lost to an Arizona team the pollsters saw as a top 10 side, somehow they fell ten spots while Alabama fell only four.  Couple that with the fact that sitting ahead of Oregon, and yet still somehow behind Alabama, was a Michigan State team Oregon had previously dismantled.  

Clever how all of the works, huh?  With every other major conference "voted" to positions on the outside looking in, it seems that now only FSU stands in the way.  DOn't worry, ESPN is working to handle that.  Don't believe me?  Examine two examples of college football players in recent weeks.  While I appreciate the article outlining FSU's Karlos Williams and possible domestic violence charges, I am left to wonder why ESPN neglected to cover with anywhere near as much zeal Alabama TE Kurt Freitag's drug deal involving 100 grams of marijuana and $4600 in cash?  

The answer is simple if you truly want to look.  The powers that be have shown us their plan.  In week 10, three of the top five teams in all of college football are from the SEC.  Not only that, but there are also two more cleverly sitting in the top ten should any of these stumble.  

Whether one chooses to accept it or not, the world of college football is never going to be free of corruption, not with that many zeros at stake.  The only saving grace is that there is finally a playoff.  Here's hoping the other conferences use the opportunity to shut out the SEC.  I hope more thought that the "unbiased" selection committee does it's job more honestly than the pollsters.