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[QUOTE="nzm136, post: 2318873, member: 2531"]
It's not even remotely close to those schools. Over half of the top 10 has entire conferences built around their football program.

Look at Texas. The entire Big XII exists to further Texas football (look how much it bends to Texas' wishes, and Texas' wishes are very clearly driven by their football program). And that's not taking into account the hundreds of millions of dollars that the program makes (and would therefore be prepared to spend if it had to) each year. And that's not taking into account that Texas could easily have the most talented team in the country w/o visiting another state...or even a huge chunk of their own state.

Similar arguments can be made for Alabama, who runs the SEC, Ohio State and Michigan, who run the B1G, and Notre Dame, who has gotten special treatment from virtually everyone for DECADES.

Those are the obvious examples, but the same is true for the next level down (look how dominant Florida has been in the SEC since the conference started sponsoring a title in 1992 - that kind of lasting success that spans eras, ups and downs, and coaching changes shows the program's strength).

IPTAY and Clemson's new football palace are both nice and a good step in the right direction, but there is much, much more that goes into the equation.

And to be clear, Clemson has a very strong program with a bright future and a great history, but they aren't top 15.
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