And you opportunities for success are not limited by geographic limitations or conference affiliation.
If you are good you are given the chance to prove it. If you show well you get more chances. And in the end a small Jesuit catholic school from the dusty plains of Washington can play in a championship game for all the marbles. Regardless of what conference they are in.
Football is just plain cronyism. Once you are “made” you are always “made” regardless of how good you are.