Stop and think about this for a second...
This is a situation that for several years, up until last year, would have been unimaginable. With the less than stellar bowl records the big ten was posting every season, along with the perception from people all over that the big ten "is slow, fat, can't keep up", and the hate from the ESPN SEC hype machine.
Amazing how far we've come in a year. All it took was a new system, and a single season of the big ten posting a very good record in playoff/bowl games. So everyone who was upset about Alabama being ranked so highly last week, relax. The Big Ten is clearly getting some much deserved respect by the committee.