Now what?

[VolInDayton]

So what happens if A and M beats the Longhorns?

We party

 

[Volholic]

Taking down ND at home would be nice

 

[NcVolfan24]

Texas also beat Arkansas which means even should they have had the same record. Texas gets the tie breaker nod over UT too. Does Texas A&M's loss to ND even matter? I guess it would if all other in the SEC was equal vs a head to head team of going. Is that right?

No. Non-conference games have zero relevance on SEC standings. Below is the tie-breaking procedure from the SEC website.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

No way Penn St should stay at 4 but they probably will. The committee loves them. Indiana should drop behind us but the committee loves them too despite them getting waxed by Ohio State.

 

[dduncan4163]

Sup Big Dog!!

I have said all season that the #5 seed WITHOUT making the SECG is the best possible outcome for us. Best period.
#5 gets

1st round home game vs Boise st or similar #12 team.

2nd rnd game AT the Big12 Champ....BYU etc. We beat both those teams for sure if we play decent.

That puts us in the final 4 teams on a 4 game winning streak and Nico playing best ball towards end of the season. Dream scenario...literally THE best circumstances possible IMO.

Maybe we can thrash Vandy by a couple TDs and move up to #5....may have to beat them by 21 or more to move up to #5. #6 is great too though!!! Just not quite as good as 5.

We get hot and there's no reason we cant win a Natty. Not saying we will but there isn't a team that that's head and shoulders better than the others. Our offense is really starting to come together hoss and our defense is championship quality. Hard to believe ain't it

 

[dduncan4163]

Now just dont **** up against Vandy next week, thats what. And you had better believe they are going to be playing with everything they have.

You can bet we will get Vandys best shot next Saturday. I believe we win but I do expect a really close game.

Just Win and we are in

 

[VolnGermany]

Sup Big Dog!!

I have said all season that the #5 seed WITHOUT making the SECG is the best possible outcome for us. Best period.
#5 gets

1st round home game vs Boise st or similar #12 team.

2nd rnd game AT the Big12 Champ....BYU etc. We beat both those teams for sure if we play decent.

That puts us in the final 4 teams on a 4 game winning streak and Nico playing best ball towards end of the season. Dream scenario...literally THE best circumstances possible IMO.

Maybe we can thrash Vandy by a couple TDs and move up to #5....may have to beat them by 21 or more to move up to #5. #6 is great too though!!! Just not quite as good as 5.

2nd round games are played at neutral sites. But that only makes it easier if we make it that far.

 

[deatojl]

Yes, Because they beat all the teams UT beat, plus won vs Arkansas.

This is false. A&M has the tiebreaker over us due to combined SEC opponent win %. A&M didn’t beat Alabama or Oklahoma. If A&M beats Texas, it’s a four way tie as long as we beat Vandy, so the tiebreaker is between all four teams. We place fourth in that group in the SEC standings due to opponents win % tiebreaker.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

This is false. A&M has the tiebreaker over us due to combined SEC opponent win %. A&M didn’t beat Alabama or Oklahoma. If A&M beats Texas, it’s a four way tie as long as we beat Vandy, so the tiebreaker is between all four teams. We place fourth in that group in the SEC standings due to opponents win % tiebreaker.

Dont see aTm beating Texas. Barn played like garbage as they have all season and still beat aTm. Theyve had 2 good games all season...destroyed Misery and came back to beat LSU after being down huge. Their offense sucks, and their defense isnt nearly as good as Us, Ga, Tx....

When texas beats aTm, their 3rd loss...Ole Miss may be the 4th SEC team in at 9-3. Will be interesting to see how conterence standings look after next week

 

[easttnbuck]

Dont see aTm beating Texas. Barn played like garbage as they have all season and still beat aTm. Theyve had 2 good games all season...destroyed Misery and came back to beat LSU after being down huge. Their offense sucks, and their defense isnt nearly as good as Us, Ga, Tx....

When texas beats aTm, their 3rd loss...Ole Miss may be the 4th SEC team in at 9-3. Will be interesting to see how conterence standings look after next week

I don't see ole Miss getting back in. A lot of losses to unranked teams

Big ten 4 rn
Sec 3 (maybe 4 if anm.wins sec)
Notre dame
Acc 1
Big 12 1
Boise st

That's 11 there. Id think the acc loser has a better shot than ole.miss, no?

Notre dame losing may help but who knows now

 

[Volbrando]

New rankings should look something like:

1) oregon
2) Ohio st
3) texas
4) Penn St
5) Notre Dame
6) Miami
7) Georgia
8) Tennessee
9) indiana
10) SMU
11) Boise St
12) Clemson
13) Arizona St
14) South Carolina

Which puts seeding at:

1) Oregon
2) Texas
3) Miami
4) Boise St
5) Ohio St vs 12) Arizona St
6) Penn St vs 11) SMU
7) Notre Dame vs 10) Indiana
8) Georgia vs 9) Tennessee

But there’s no way it can stay like that based on remaining games. There’s a lot of chaos that can and will happen.

There’s still a chance we could get a home playoff game now

 

[fossilfiction]

New rankings should look something like:

1) oregon
2) Ohio st
3) texas
4) Penn St
5) Notre Dame
6) Miami
7) Georgia
8) Tennessee
9) indiana
10) SMU
11) Boise St
12) Clemson
13) Arizona St
14) South Carolina

Which puts seeding at:

1) Oregon
2) Texas
3) Miami
4) Boise St
5) Ohio St vs 12) Arizona St
6) Penn St vs 11) SMU
7) Notre Dame vs 10) Indiana
8) Georgia vs 9) Tennessee

But there’s no way it can stay like that based on remaining games. There’s a lot of chaos that can and will happen.

Indiana will be lucky to be 12th. They have no quality wins at all and this was their shot.

 

[VolArmy74]

Best case now, USC ends the season as they started it with an upset win. Michigan works magic again and beats Ohio State, Penn State gets beat by Oregon in the Big 10 title game. Texas gives UGA their third loss in the SECCG.

1) Oregon
2) Texas
3) ACC champ
4) Boise
5) Tennessee
6) Penn State/Ohio State
7) Penn State/Ohio State
8) Indiana/Georgia
9) Indiana/Georgia
10) ACC runner up
11) Big 12 champ/3 loss SEC Team (Bama/Miss or A&M, or maybe Notre Dame)
12) Big 12 champ/3 loss SEC Team (Bama/Miss or A&M or maybe Notre Dame)

 

[VolArmy74]

Indiana will be lucky to be 12th. They have no quality wins at all and this was their shot.

I believe there was enough chaos today that they will survive. There's just not that many teams left to pick from and there's paths for a 3 loss team to make it at this point.

 

[89 VOLS grad]

This is false. A&M has the tiebreaker over us due to combined SEC opponent win %. A&M didn’t beat Alabama or Oklahoma. If A&M beats Texas, it’s a four way tie as long as we beat Vandy, so the tiebreaker is between all four teams. We place fourth in that group in the SEC standings due to opponents win % tiebreaker.

This is false. A&M has the tiebreaker over us due to combined SEC opponent win %. A&M didn’t beat Alabama or Oklahoma. If A&M beats Texas, it’s a four way tie as long as we beat Vandy, so the tiebreaker is between all four teams. We place fourth in that group in the SEC standings due to opponents win % tiebreaker.

Learn to do some research before telling people they don't know the facts, moron! Here are the first two tiebreakers according to the Tennessean. But, I guess they don't know there facts.

Here are the six tiebreakers, per the SEC:

1. Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
2. Record versus all common conference opponents among the tied teams

A&M played UF, MSU, and Arkansas like UT did. They went 3-0. UT went 2-1 vs the same opponents.

Texas played UF, MSU, UK, Vandy, Georgia, and Arkansas. Should UT beat Vandy. That means both Texas and UT lost to Georgia and Texas beat all the teams UT beat, plus Arkansas where UT got the loss. So, Texas would have the tiebreaker vs UT based on the second criteria above.

 

[89 VOLS grad]

We get hot and there's no reason we cant win a Natty. Not saying we will but there isn't a team that that's head and shoulders better than the others. Our offense is really starting to come together hoss and our defense is championship quality. Hard to believe ain't it

Neither are true. Nico still can't throw the deep ball well, WRs aren't getting open deep, OL isn't giving them time a lot of the time. Even though, the OL is doing a good job of run blocking. If UT can't stretch the opposing defense by hitting at least three deep balls each half, UT doesn't go far in the playoffs. Also, the D hasn't shown it can play well vs a top tier QB! The D was exposed vs Beck. Gabriel and Ward are both better than Beck that picked UT apart!

I don't want the above to be true. I want to be wrong. But, I don't see UT making it to the semi finals in the playoffs. Nico hasn't turned the corner on being a great QB yet. He may never do it. I hope he does! It would be nice to be a participant ine first 12 team playoff though.

 

[Jake]

they talked about on Game Day that the #5 spot is really the best place to be with the opportunity to host a home game.

whatever happens, if TN gets to host a home game, the atmosphere would be surreal.

JUST BEAT VANDY and let the cards fall where they may!!!