A "what if" scenario for you guys...

[Pulscifer]

Ok, so I've been curious as to what would happen if this scenario occurred.

What if Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU all three finished the season 11-1? Who gets to represent the West in the SECCG?

Arkansas, of course, lost to Alabama already, but what if LSU beats Bama and then LSU loses to Arkansas at the end of the season. Who would go to the title game?

If Alabama is chosen then you could also make the case for LSU since they beat them, yet if you make the case for LSU then you also have to consider Arkansas because of them beating LSU.

Would the tiebreaker be decided by margin of loss, strength of schedule or by BCS points? Not sure if this scenario has ever happened where three teams from the same division went 11-1 and beat up on each other. Curious to see if anyone has any insight on a tiebreaker being decided.

 

[DeerPark12]

BCS Ranking in the event of a 3-way tie.

 

[Pulscifer]

Would one of the 3 be snubbed from a BCS game? I'd assume that a 1 loss Bama/Ark/LSU would still get a BCS NCG if there are no more than 1 undefeated teams at season's end.

 

[KingNick865]

Would one of the 3 be snubbed from a BCS game? I'd assume that a 1 loss Bama/Ark/LSU would still get a BCS NCG if there are no more than 1 undefeated teams at season's end.

Yes. The BCS states that no more than 2 teams per conference can participate in the BCS bowls.

 

[Velo Vol]

All three would have to beat Tennessee.

 

[BigPapaVol]

This scenario Is basically how we got to Atlanta in '07.
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[LawVol13]

This scenario Is basically how we got to Atlanta in '07.
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Ummm, no. We got to Atlanta because Phil willed us there. Nothing more. Nothing less.

 

[TrueOrange]

Would one of the 3 be snubbed from a BCS game? I'd assume that a 1 loss Bama/Ark/LSU would still get a BCS NCG if there are no more than 1 undefeated teams at season's end.

depends on the result of the conference championship game (to throw another wrench in the gears)

 

[TrueOrange]

BCS Ranking in the event of a 3-way tie.

exactly


used to be conference vote but is was altered back in...2003 i believe?

(possibly unnecessarily; most of the conference Ads/presidents would likely end up voting for whoever was ranked the highest anyways)

 

[Pulscifer]

I think it'd be crazy if all 3 were actually 11-1 at seasons end with that scenario happening. It would be mighty tough to have to exclude one of them from a BCS bowl if say Bama went to title game and Ark got the Sugar. I guess LSU would head to Dallas, which, to me, is almost like another BCS bowl considering the venue.
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[TrueOrange]

I think it'd be crazy if all 3 were actually 11-1 at seasons end with that scenario happening. It would be mighty tough to have to exclude one of them from a BCS bowl if say Bama went to title game and Ark got the Sugar. I guess LSU would head to Dallas, which, to me, is almost like another BCS bowl considering the venue.
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LSU would probably go to the capital one; arent they the number 2 selection?
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[Ericvol2096]

I would guess Arkansas would represent the west in the SEC title game, since they would have lost the earliest of all of them as they would probably be highest in polls.

 

[Shaun1985]

When it's all said and done, LSU would for sure have a higher BCS ranking. Just look how ridiculous their OOC schedule is.

 

[bamawriter]

LSU would probably go to the outback; arent they the number 2 selection?
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Capital One goes after the Sugar. Then Cotton/Outback.

 

[Il Principo]

If all three are 11-1, they should have a round robin tournament to decide the national champion. Because no one else has an even semi-legitimate claim.

For additional reading: College Football Surrenders to the SEC - Darren Everson - WSJ.com

 

[Hardwood_fanatic]

Ummm, no. We got to Atlanta because Phil willed us there. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Straight troof.

 

[TrueOrange]

Capital One goes after the Sugar. Then Cotton/Outback.

My bad, said the wrong one. That's what I meant though
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[TrueOrange]

When it's all said and done, LSU would for sure have a higher BCS ranking. Just look how ridiculous their OOC schedule is.

Except they would have lost their very last game of the season
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[TrueOrange]

This scenario Is basically how we got to Atlanta in '07.
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No, we just had a tiebreaker over UGA in 2007

I believe you're thinking of 2003, where a 7th ranked UGA got the SEC championship bid over a 14th ranked UF and a 9th ranked UT because they had the highest BCS ranking, right?


(oddly, had the 5th BCS bowl been implemented into the system yet (it came about a year or two later), UT (@ #8 during selections) would have received a BCS bowl bid
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