If Alabama loses what does that do for the Vols playoff picture wise?

[TrueOrange]

Well AZ at least thought the game was over and they put 1 sec back on the clock.

There was still over 20 seconds left in this one lol

Fair.

 

[VolBalls33]

I doubt ESPN hates us. We get views. Their announcers may though
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Not one current Big 12 team or Pac 12 team. 15 of 18 are Big 10 and SEC teams. Think that won't matter come playoff time?

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Did it? Alabama losing while Oklahoma wins is a push at best, given the Vols beat both teams. I guess Florida being 6-5 takes it up a smidge, but not enough to balance out anything negative that might come re: the main/only ranked team Tennessee beat getting a 3rd loss today.

Yeah, but I think the Oklahoma and Florida wins get better every time they beat a highly ranked team. WTF do I know anyway? The committee's emphasis changes every week

 

[TrueOrange]

Eliminating TAMU now is clean. Then if they beat Texas the loss looks even worse for Texas

Confused a bit by what you’re trying to say here…regardless of whether A&M wins or loses to Auburn, it’s still the winner of A&M and Texas going to the Conference Championship to play Georgia (now that Alabama lost).

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Confused a bit by what you’re trying to say here…regardless of whether A&M wins or loses to Auburn, it’s still the winner of A&M and Texas going to the Conference Championship to play Georgia (now that Alabama lost).

TAMU losing now ensures they are behind us right now. If they lose to TX they are done. If they beat Texas but lose in the SECCG they are done. They only have a 1 in 3 chance of a positive outcome. I want that.

 

[TrueOrange]

TAMU losing now ensures they are behind us right now. If they lose to TX they are done. If they beat Texas but lose in the SECCG they are done. They only have a 1 in 3 chance of a positive outcome. I want that.

Ok, but A&M already didn’t have a chance of jumping in front of Tennessee in this upcoming week just from beating 4-6 Auburn. They’re already 4 spots behind Tennessee.

 

[VolFanNC09]

Oh ok gotcha. Also what does BYU losing do for us?

The one thing it means is that only one team from Big12 will get in. Basically good for us. We win next week and we host a playoff game!

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Ok, but A&M already didn’t have a chance of jumping in front of Tennessee in this upcoming week just from beating 4-6 Auburn. They’re already 4 spots behind Tennessee.

If they beat Auburn and then beat Texas there's no guarantee that a loss in the SECCG will put them behind TN in the final rankings. No guarantee at all. We should want them to lose and lose now. Then a 3 loss season is highly likely and they don't matter.

 

[Eastknox865]

Georgia is done with their SEC schedule. They are in. It's down to Texas and A&M for who plays them.

I, for one, am glad. CFP playoff or nothing!

If Georgia loses next week it would still effect them in a tiebreaker senirio

 

[UTFranklinVol]

If Georgia loses next week it would still effect them in a tiebreaker senirio

No it wouldn't. A non conference game doesn't matter.

 

[Andrew8210]

Is there any possibility that the SEC Championship Game could be Texas vs Texas A&M ?

 

[TrueOrange]

If Georgia loses next week it would still effect them in a tiebreaker senirio

Conference Championship Game tiebreakers aren’t affected by the CFP rankings at all. UGA became a certainty in that game once OU upset Alabama.

 

[Smokey7]

Let's take care of Vanderbilt first.
You know they wants us. This is their Super Bowl. Go Vols!!!

 

[Vol4ever]

Ole Miss and Indiana lost today as teams who couldn’t afford a loss indeed lost.

Bama losing is just icing on the cake and means Georgia and Tennessee will likely move up into “Hosting playoff game” territory.

We all have games next weekend. Vandy could put us completely out.

 

[tombowalker]

Indiana will get in at 11-1.

I noticed that on the ESPN predictor tool. Prior to today, they had Indiana at 96% while projecting a loss to OSU.

I could be misinterpreting the tool, but I took that as a prediction that Indiana is in regardless of today's outcome.

 

[Eastknox865]

No it wouldn't. A non conference game doesn't matter.

OK I thought it would be if records are the same in conference

 

[Vol4ever]

Ok. Which one of you all paid the refs in the bama game?

Me! I hate bammer

 

[pimo1]

At this point vols just have to win next week and we likely host a playoff game. Because conference championships mean at least a few teams ahead of us have to take an L before its all over. We likely end up ranked 7 or 8 at worst after championship games. The results of the A&M game tonight could lead to even more mayhem.

 

[TrueOrange]

Is there any possibility that the SEC Championship Game could be Texas vs Texas A&M ?

There was a chance/scenario of a few scenarios before Alabama lost to OU (Alabama forcing a multiple team tiebreaker based on conference winning percentage would have helped).

Now it’s possible, but some help might be needed. They’d also still need Tennessee to win because it has to go to a 3-way tie, because UGA beats A&M just based on a common opponents tiebreaker if it’s just the two of them. With 3 teams it would shift to “team with best conference opponent conference winning percentage.”

They’d also still need to beat Auburn (UGA has a tiebreaker over the other 2-conference-loss SEC teams, Texas and Tennessee).

 

[Vol4ever]

Nothing has made me smile more today.

Same here ^^^^

 

[Smokey7]

I love saying this.....Alabama is overrated!!!!!!!!!! Go Vols!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andrew8210]

There was a chance/scenario of a few scenarios before Alabama lost to OU (Alabama forcing a multiple team tiebreaker based on conference winning percentage would have helped).

Now it’s possible, but some help might be needed. They’d also still need to beat Auburn (UGA has a tiebreaker over the other 2-conference-loss SEC teams, Texas and Tennessee).

That would really suck if Texas and Texas A&M had to play each other in 2 straight weeks.

 

[TrueOrange]

Geez was wide opened and dropped it.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

TAMU LOSES!!!!!

 

[NEO]

Wild weekend of football

Woke up and looked at games and thought today was gonna be a waste and meaningless blow outs. Wow was I wrong.