As we approach the end of the first month of the college football season, the SEC and Big Ten’s dominance has been on full display.
The two conferences hold 16 spots on this week’s AP Top 25 poll. Additionally, nine teams from the Big Ten and SEC appeared in the top 10.
But is it going to lead to future issues?
The Penn State Nittany Lions are currently tenth in the AP Poll. However, head coach James Franklin is concerned about how conference play will impact the college football playoff selection.
“I would say that everybody probably anticipated that with the growth of the SEC and the growth of the Big Ten. Not just the growth in numbers, but the type of programs that were joining both conferences. I think everybody in the country was expecting that the Big Ten and SEC would be in a position to be dominant. The challenge that you’re going to have with that, which I think is what the commissioners were working on, is you’re also gonna reach the point where all of the games are going to be SEC vs. SEC and Big Ten vs. Big Ten. Where does that leave you? Because you’re playing really good teams week in and week out,” Franklin said during this week’s media availability via On3.
Franklin’s main concern is that a team with multiple Big Ten or SEC losses may be overlooked despite the losses against good teams.
“At this point in the season, it’s probably about what most people anticipated. We just want to make sure that later in the season, you can make an argument for some SEC and Big Ten teams with multiple losses maybe getting in the playoffs over some conferences with single losses just based on the strength of both conferences,” he added.
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