They always favor those teams b/c their games are aired on ESPN and ABC (hence them declaring UM v. OSU nat'l Championship). SEC games are on CBS 90 % of the time. We all know that too many people are swayed by some of the homers on ESPN.

How can their be "no doubt" that OSU and UM are the two best teams. UM only beat Notre Dame and Wisconsin who in turn have not beaten a ranked team. How is that no doubt unless you are a Big Ten fan.

I know they are, it's just sick. Though TV contracts might have something to do with it. ESPN commonly distorts facts to favor the Big 10 and Pac 10. They despise the SEC.

ESPN needs to be banned from college football.

Why was Michigan the 2nd best? They beat a overrated ND team and that's it. (ND beat no one). UM nearly lost to IOWA and BALL STATE among at least 2 other bad teams. Michigan was built up by ESPN. They are greatly overrated.

It didn't matter this year if it was ESPNs, FoxSports, CBS Sports, etc. the two best teams in the country this year were OSU and Michigan. As a BigTen fan I always thing they give too much credit to the ACC and Big 12. I think it just depends on your point of view.

Good Luck!!!

if it wasnt for espn then a lot of games wouldnt be televised, they even televise div 1AA

i don't think they're biased they just know how overrated the sec is. if the big ten and PAC ten had 35 teams like the sec does and scheduled cakewalk non-conference games like the sec they'd have a team in the national championship every year.

SEC and CBS have a deal I believe, so yeah they're biased against them... SEC is the best overall conference this year no doubt, but UM/OSU were the best two teams in the country no doubt (sorry Florida... you're in for a rough one). They are definitely biased with the PAC-10, they give them way too much credit. They have openly said though that UM and OSU are really the only two good teams in the Big Ten though.

i think you're onto something a little but i feel that espn is really biased towards individual teams rather than conferences. and the s.e.c. deal with cbs may play into it, but i think that the s.e.c. gets plenty of attention (as it should). being a life-long pacific northwesterner i always thaink that their coverage focuses on the east coast and that the pac10 gets shafted. but espn notoriously covers the front-runners to no end and fails to give the big picture in any sport incl. ncaa football.

espn's most obvious biased coverage is their nba stuff. there could be a major news story like a hall-of-famer dying or the nhl's stanley cup being awarded and the lead sportscenter story will be to rehash that celtics-hawks game they just aired. or the latest update on tony parker's sprained little toe or something similar. yyaawwnnnnnnnnnnn. it's insane. and since there is an espn tie-in with abc, we get those sweet "celebrity" booth guests on monday night football like jim belushi just because he has a sitcom on abc that miraculously hasn't been cancelled as of yet. christ, doesn't jim belushi EVER go away?? dude never was cool-he just is related to a classic and tragic comic. we know you are a freaking bears and cubs idiot. please stop the cross-promotion crap!!!!

I think they are and then they turn around and say that the SEC is the best conference. Very wishy washy but I think they are just in games shown and players they back for the heisman.(peyton Manning) It has a lot to do with other stations having contract s with other conferences like cbs having first pick of SEC games each week.