A vocal segment of college football fans are of the opinion that ESPN and analyst Kirk Herbstreit, in particular, have a strong bias towards preferring SEC team

"College GameDay" host and ABC college football announcer Kirk Herbstreit on Tuesday shot down the notion that ESPN has a bias toward SEC football — especially in relation to the College Football Playoff.

The College Football Playoff semifinal round begins on Thursday with No. 6 seed Penn State facing off against No. 7 seed Notre Dame . The other game is on Friday with No. 5 seed Texas facing No. 8 seed Ohio State as the top four seeds all lost in the Quarterfinal round.

ESPN’s top college football analyst, Kirk Herbstreit, is here to set the record straight. With Texas being the sole remaining team from the elite SEC, ESPN's Herbstreit addressed the apparent bias ESP

ESPN color analyst Kirk Herbstreit set the record straight about alleged SEC bias during his commentary while praising the four-team College Football Playoff semifinal.

Kirk Herbstreit has come out fighting amid fervent online discourse claiming ESPN has shown a bias towards the SEC, with the 'College GameDay' star insisting it is the Big Ten that drives numbers

Kirk Herbstreit has been a face of ESPN’s College GameDay for more than a quarter century, but the analyst revealed that he considered leaving the show in recent years. It all goes back to his having a very full schedule during the football season.