Prominent Analyst Marcus Spears Explains Why SEC Hasn't Dominated College Football

NIL and the transfer portal have started to heavily impact conferences. While the SEC and Big Ten are still head and shoulders above every other conference, the SEC might not be what it once was. That isn't to say there's not a strong argument that they're not the best conference in college football, but it isn't as dominant as it once was. That's been confirmed in the 12-team playoff bracket. Georgia was beaten in the first round, Alabama has started to struggle for its standards and didn't even make the CFP this season, and the best team in the conference looks like Texas, who was in the Big 12 just a year ago. The transfer portal now allows student-athletes at SEC programs and every other conference to transfer whenever they want, which is impacting Power 4 schools more than ever. For highly recruited student-athletes who don't play immediately, the days of waiting are over. Most athletes don't want to wait to play, leading to them transferring the first chance they get. Marcus Spears, a former NFL player