... best team in the nation in most people's eyes. Or, at the very least, deserve the ranking for now.  

The common observer of college football generally watches their own team and keeps up with everyone else via Sportscenter, newspaper, or scoreboards. They watch their team's games and follow their conference closer than they do the rest of the nation.

Perhaps there is no other major sport that is so regionalized as college football. It's so extreme, you can find daily squabbles amongst fans about conference and region superiority almost to the intensity as discussing one's favorite team.

There is no region that this is more true than the southeast, and in particular, the SEC.

The SEC has long been the dominant conference ...

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