Does the SEC still get 4 teams in the playoffs?

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#81
The one thing I’ve learned over the years is to never speak in absolutes when it comes to the sport we love. If Texas A&M wins out, the SEC is getting four in. If IU goes out and gets up by Purdue (not going to happen), or if ND loses to USC (this isn’t outside the realm of possibilities), the SEC probably gets 4 in.

Oklahoma would be 6-5 in the Big 12, they would be 6-5 in the ACC, hell they would struggle in the MWC. Alabama absolutely can’t make the playoffs after that loss. Hopefully it would be South Carolina if the league got a 4th.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
The SEC now has only 3 left with 2 or fewer losses.

Its entirely possible that Texas loses to TAMU and gets a 2nd loss or that Georgia loses to Texas in the SECCG and picks up it's 3rd loss.

So the question then is exactly how many SEC teams will they invite into the playoffs?

Will it just be Texas, Georgia and Tennessee? What if Georgia loses a 3rd? Does the SEC only get 2 teams?

I mean what if Georgia gets a 3rd loss AND Tennessee loses to Vandy? Then you just have Texas left with less than 3 los
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I hope as FEW SEC teams as possible get in.... of course, UT is the only team in the conference I pull for OOC games besides Auburn.
 
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volfan102455 said:
They should not be thinking that way as thinking that way would impact who hosts. It will be whatever it is.
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I get that, just wonder if that'll ultimately be the thing. Would they want Indiana - SMU to be a game even though ranking may end up that way? Probably not. I can see adjustments being made for viewership numbers.
 
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The one thing that I had hoped for was that the playoffs would feature schools from different conferences playing each other. From what I have been reading, many are clamoring to send us back to Athens to play Georgia again. That would suck. I want some of that easy Big 10 -18 meat for a change. That's what people want to see. If a rematch happens later that's fine, but to line SEC vs. SEC everywhere is like welfare to the other conferences. I would rather play Oregon or Ohio St. vs. Georgia again.
 
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Volsfan2424 said:
There's no way Georgia would be out of the playoffs if they beat Georgia Tech and lose to Texas or Texas A&M. If you take Georgia out of the playoffs, you would have to take Tennessee out too because Georgia beat Tennessee. They're not gonna punish Georgia and have Tennessee ranked ahead of Georgia simply because Georgia lost in the SEC Championship Game.
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I'd say if UGA plays Texas in the SECCG then they both get in. 2 spoilers are lurking and add Vandy to Texas A&M and Ga. Tech. It's far from over,imo.
 
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It feels the South Carolina-Clemson game this weekend will decide if the final playoff spot will go to South Carolina or the loser of the ACC Championship game.
 
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PeacefulBuck said:
The one thing I’ve learned over the years is to never speak in absolutes when it comes to the sport we love. If Texas A&M wins out, the SEC is getting four in. If IU goes out and gets up by Purdue (not going to happen), or if ND loses to USC (this isn’t outside the realm of possibilities), the SEC probably gets 4 in.

Oklahoma would be 6-5 in the Big 12, they would be 6-5 in the ACC, hell they would struggle in the MWC. Alabama absolutely can’t make the playoffs after that loss. Hopefully it would be South Carolina if the league got a 4th.
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I disagree. I think Oklahoma would be 8-4 in the ACC and Big12, heck I think they would be 8-4 against Texas' schedule.

They probably should have beaten Missouri and Ole Miss if you go back and watch those games.
 
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Prediction of Tuesday's rankings:

1. Oregon
2. Ohio State
3. Texas
4. Notre Dame
5. Penn State
6. Miami
7. Georgia
8. Tennessee
9. Indiana
10. SMU
11. Boise State
12. Clemson
13. South Carolina
14. Arizona State
15: Tulane
16. Iowa State

Clemson gets South Carolina at home Saturday, so I think Clemson wins - which will give the loser of the ACC Championship game the SEC's 4th playoff spot.

Teams hosting a 1st round game in this scenario would be:
-The loser of the Oregon/Ohio State Big 10 Championship game
-Notre Dame
-Penn State
-Texas (if they lose to Georgia again in the SECCG) or Tennessee if Texas wins the SECCG

Last 4 in if Texas wins the SECCG:
-Georgia
-Indiana
-Boise State
-Loser of the ACC/Championship or South Carolina (depending on how things go in the SC/Clemson game)

If Tennessee beats Vandy and USC beats Notre Dame.... that guarantees Tennessee hosting a playoff game.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
Prediction of Tuesday's rankings:

1. Oregon
2. Ohio State
3. Texas
4. Notre Dame
5. Penn State
6. Miami
7. Georgia
8. Tennessee
9. Indiana
10. SMU
11. Boise State
12. Clemson
13. South Carolina
14. Arizona State
15: Tulane
16. Iowa State

Clemson gets South Carolina at home Saturday, so I think Clemson wins - which will give the loser of the ACC Championship game the SEC's 4th playoff spot.

Teams hosting a 1st round game in this scenario would be:
-The loser of the Oregon/Ohio State Big 10 Championship game
-Notre Dame
-Penn State
-Texas (if they lose to Georgia again in the SECCG) or Tennessee if Texas wins the SECCG

Last 4 in if Texas wins the SECCG:
-Georgia
-Indiana
-Boise State
-Loser of the ACC/Championship or South Carolina (depending on how things go in the SC/Clemson game)

If Tennessee beats Vandy and USC beats Notre Dame.... that guarantees Tennessee hosting a playoff game.
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Depends on whether TN is ahead of IU tonight, no? There is an argument to be made either way.

One thing I see people referencing is viewership numbers. That plays no factor for the committee, nor should it. I see this point made a lot, and it's wrong. Why would a committee member give a crap about ratings?
 
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Power_Sweep_Vol said:
Depends on whether TN is ahead of IU tonight, no? There is an argument to be made either way.

One thing I see people referencing is viewership numbers. That plays no factor for the committee, nor should it. I see this point made a lot, and it's wrong. Why would a committee member give a crap about ratings?
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If UGA ends up hosting a playoff game instead of Tennessee, I'm hoping Indiana is ranked higher than us, so we don't get the 9-seed with UGA as the 8-seed. That'd be brutal. Hopefully the committee will find a way to avoid SEC vs SEC and Big 10 vs Big 10 matchups in the first round.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
If UGA ends up hosting a playoff game instead of Tennessee, I'm hoping Indiana is ranked higher than us, so we don't get the 9-seed with UGA as the 8-seed. That'd be brutal. Hopefully the committee will find a way to avoid SEC vs SEC and Big 10 vs Big 10 matchups in the first round.
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They don't look at that or factor it in, but I agree the Vols in Athens might be worst case
 
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Power_Sweep_Vol said:
Depends on whether TN is ahead of IU tonight, no? There is an argument to be made either way.

One thing I see people referencing is viewership numbers. That plays no factor for the committee, nor should it. I see this point made a lot, and it's wrong. Why would a committee member give a crap about ratings?
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There is no rationale for Indiana to be ahead of Tenn except for the fact the chair is Big 10.
 
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UGA has no path to hosting a playoff game. They won't be seeded high enough with 3 losses I don't think, they will get a bye if they win the SECCG.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
UGA has no path to hosting a playoff game. They won't be seeded high enough with 3 losses I don't think, they will get a bye if they win the SECCG.
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I think the committee, as long as they don’t get blown out, are predisposed to not dropping teams that lose in conf champ games…of course, as of right now it would just be 1 spot drop that would put them on the road so it’s close either way
 
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Power_Sweep_Vol said:
I think the committee, as long as they don’t get blown out, are predisposed to not dropping teams that lose in conf champ games…of course, as of right now it would just be 1 spot drop that would put them on the road so it’s close either way
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Georgia dropped from 1st to 6th last year after the SECCG.
 
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207 others said:
And Georgia too !! Funny how Satan left conveniently after NIL and no one investigates this university, but hunt down UT got McDonalds Money when I clearly remember seeing a video of Alabama player's cars, lots being over 40k cars.
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NCAA investigators don’t have subpoena power unless they can convince a judge a crime took place (not just NCAA violations). This means they can’t get financial records or compel people to testify on the record if those people don’t want to.

The reason everyone knows about Pruitt using McD’s bags of cash is b/c people working at or with UT provided that info to the NCAA. They did it so UT could fire Pruitt “for cause” and not have to pay his massive buy out.

The most famous recent example of NCAA coming down hard on a team was the Reggie Bush USC scandal. In that case Bush had been getting money from someone in exchange for signing with his agency after college. When Bush declared for the NFL he ghosted that agent and signed with someone else. Scorned agent gave everything he had to the NCAA.
 
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All we can do is beat Vandy and hope the committee thinks highly enough of us sitting there with 2 losses.

This will always be the problem with the playoff structure. Until the powers that be figure out a way for playoff teams to be determined strictly by on-field results, then the system will always lack merit.

There shouldn't be a committee. There shouldn't be discussion about strength of schedule or good wins or bad losses. It's where we're at now, and it will remain flawed as long as that system is in place.
 
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Daniel_Lincolns_Foot said:
All we can do is beat Vandy and hope the committee thinks highly enough of us sitting there with 2 losses.

This will always be the problem with the playoff structure. Until the powers that be figure out a way for playoff teams to be determined strictly by on-field results, then the system will always lack merit.

There shouldn't be a committee. There shouldn't be discussion about strength of schedule or good wins or bad losses. It's where we're at now, and it will remain flawed as long as that system is in place.
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well how would you ever possibly have that, since you don't have and won't ever have similar schedules?
 
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