Yes, the SEC is still getting ridiculous preferential treatment in the AP Top 25 Poll

The SEC, somehow, keeps getting preferential treatment in the AP Top 25 Poll in a way no other conference does.For some reason.

And this week's poll might be the best example yet of how the bias among poll voters continues to impact the college football season.Let's look at how the voters handled some of the biggest results of the weekend, compared to how they handled previous results from teams with the wrong patch on the front of their jersey.WEEK 6 AP TOP 25 POLL SEES A MAJOR MIXUP AND A NEW TOP TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AFTER AN UPSET-FILLED SATURDAYTo start, we can look at the Texas-Oklahoma game.While the Longhorns outgained the Sooners both in total yardage and yards per play, they were set back by two terrible fourth quarter interceptions from quarterback Arch Manning.

Both at the worst possible time.One was returned for a touchdown, and the other effectively allowed Oklahoma to win the game in regulation.Quarterback Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns warms up before a game against the UTSA Roadrunners on Sept.

19, 2026, at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)The Sooners were not ranked entering the week, and for good reason.

They lost on the road to Michigan, scored just 14 points against New Mexico, and were blown out by Georgia 41-13.They're not a very good team.

Texas may have outplayed them, but the very clear flaws in Manning's game cost them the result.A neutral site game against a middling unranked team that scored 14 points at home against New Mexico.

The punishment for the Longhorns? Dropping from No.1 to No.

7.When Ohio State lost as the No.1 team in the country, on the road to the then-No.

4 Longhorns by one point after a miraculous comeback, they dropped from No.1 to No.

6.Similar punishments for wildly different "quality" losses.Then there's Alabama.The Crimson Tide lost, at home, to the Georgia Bulldogs in a close game, though the Bulldogs averaged a whopping 7.5 yards per play to just...