than 2 teams that have made the playoff, which is the same as the P12. The SEC, P12, B10, and ACC all have two teams that have made the playoffs. The B12 only has one team that has ever made the playoff. And that's without USC, the traditional P12 power, ever making the playoff. So it appears that your theory about the P12 not making it as much because it doesn't have as many teams capable of making it doesn't really add up. The biggest thing that has hurt the P12 is USC being down (which is similar to the B12 struggling with Texas down), and then the P12 makes it worse with a 9-game conference schedule. The Big 10 and Big 12 each only have one more playoff appearance than the P12. The ACC and SEC have performed very well simply because they happen to have the two dominant teams from the past 5 years, with Bama making it every year and Clemson 4 of the 5 years (each of those conferences have one other appearance by a different team). So it really hasn't been a function of conferences performing well as much as it has been a function of which conferences have had the two recent "dynasty" type teams.