SEC conference championship tiebreakers??

[Sarms58]

The loser of the conference championship isn’t getting punished for losing. Lame the loser is wrong.

I don’t believe this is true. If you just look at the SEC and Big 10 it MIGHT be true. But if there are upsets in the conference championship games in either the ACC or Big 12, the loser despite currently being penciled in will most likely be punished. The loser of the SECCG could be punished if that loss is their third loss of the season.

There are only seven slots open for non conference championship teams - six if Notre Dame runs the table (Thanks TAMU for giving them a quality win against an upper tier SEC team!). Barring a 66-0 type loss by Indiana today, they along with Penn State and the loser of the Big 10 championship games are in. That means the SEC at most gets three teams plus the SECCG winner. Which of the two loss SEC teams gets left out in favor of the three loss SECCG game loser? Assuming either Bama or Georgia losses to Texas in the SECCG, it would be interesting to see what happens. If Bama/Georgia beat Texas, they get the automatic bid and Texas, Bama or Georgia, and Ole Miss make the playoffs. But if Texas beats Bama in the SECCG we could very possibly take that last slot and Bama be left out. I would hate it for them

 

[Sarms58]

Next year we’ll have a 4 team SEC Championship bracket to determine the SECCG

Next season we’re cutting back to just 6 conference games so we can have more teams in the playoffs.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

I don’t believe this is true. If you just look at the SEC and Big 10 it MIGHT be true. But if there are upsets in the conference championship games in either the ACC or Big 12, the loser despite currently being penciled in will most likely be punished. The loser of the SECCG could be punished if that loss is their third loss of the season.

There are only seven slots open for non conference championship teams - six if Notre Dame runs the table (Thanks TAMU for giving them a quality win against an upper tier SEC team!). Barring a 66-0 type loss by Indiana today, they along with Penn State and the loser of the Big 10 championship games are in. That means the SEC at most gets three teams plus the SECCG winner. Which of the two loss SEC teams gets left out in favor of the three loss SECCG game loser? Assuming either Bama or Georgia losses to Texas in the SECCG, it would be interesting to see what happens. If Bama/Georgia beat Texas, they get the automatic bid and Texas, Bama or Georgia, and Ole Miss make the playoffs. But if Texas beats Bama in the SECCG we could very possibly take that last slot and Bama be left out. I would hate it for them

Great point, I COMPLETELY forgot those conferences other than SEC and Big30 exist. Actually I didn’t forget I just don’t even consider them when thinking football these days….

 

[UT97Vol]

How is Bama getting in the SEC champ? I’m literally confused why people are suggesting this?

The most likely outcome is multiple teams tied at 6-2 for second place. The tiebreaker that breaks the tie goes down to opponents win pct. Alabama’s is the best for that tiebreaker.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Wrong

It would take a miracle for us to get in.

 

[mscc1998]

Hard to believe even a loss to Vandy didn't hurt 'Bama's chances of getting in.
How many are pushing for Auburn to upset them this year?
Maybe THEN they won't be considered.

 

[TrueOrange]

So the winner of Texas / Texas A&M is likely in.

Viscous circle of Tie-Breakers: How does it work if Georgia holds the tie breaker over us, Alabama (and Ole Miss) holds the tie breaker over Georgia, but WE hold the tie breaker over Alabama, but then you might go back to Georgia holding the tie breaker over us???

Now Ole Miss holds the tie breaker over Georgia but lost to LSU and Kentucky. If Ole Miss wins out are they in the Championship game since none of the remaining teams (Alabama and us) hold a tie breaker over them? If they lose to Florida which is entirely possible does that put us in since we hold the tie breaker over Alabama??

SEC tiebreaker rules: Scenarios, best chances to make conference championship game

The SEC standings could get confusing very fast with the number of teams vying for a spot in the conference championship. Here are the tiebreaker rules:

www.tennessean.com

Head to head tiebreakers don’t apply if every team involved hasn’t played every other team involved in the tiebreaker.

The SEC tiebreakers work as follows when 3 or more teams are involved:

(1) If and only if each team involved played every other team involved, then head to head records can be used (as in, for example, if in a season there was a 4-way tie between Tennessee, Ole Miss, Florida, and LSU in a season where: Tennessee played Ole Miss, Florida, and LSU; LSU played Ole Miss, Tennessee; and Florida; Florida played LSU, Ole Miss, and Tennessee; and Ole Miss played LSU, Florida, and Tennessee). If all the teams haven’t all played each other, this tiebreaker can’t be used.

(2) If the teams share a common opponent (or common opponents), the records against those by all the teams can be used (example, if Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama each played Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and Mississippi State can all be used). If the teams don’t share commonl opponents, this tiebreaker can’t be used.

(3) The conference records of all the conference opponents each team has played that year are used. The team(s) whose opponents have the best combined overall conference record (or the best winning percentage) win(s) that tiebreaker.