SEC Divisional Races (11/17)

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It's pretty simplified now.

Only USCe and Missouri are still alive in the SEC East race.


The following teams have tiebreakers over other teams:

South Carolina has a tiebreaker over Missouri.


Here's each team's remaining SEC schedule:

Missouri: @ Mississippi, vs #12 Texas A&M
South Carolina: completed conference play


Here are the scenarios under which each can win the East:

Missouri:

They are currently in the driver's seat. They win the division if:

1)They win out their last 2 SEC games.

2) A meteor strikes Columbia, South Carolina


South Carolina:

They win the division if:

1) Missouri loses to Ole Miss OR (insert ranking) Texas A&M




SEC West:

The only teams alive in the SEC West are Alabama and Auburn.

Whoever wins the Iron Bowl in 2 weeks wins the SEC West.
 
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1 play, 2 divisions: Auburn miracle could shape both SEC races - CBSSports.com


For Auburn fans and for Georgia supporters, the leaguewide fallout from the "Prayer at Jordan-Hare" was secondary, of course, to the raw, visceral emotion of the moment. But for both teams and both divisions, the ramifications went far beyond the immediate gutpunch:

Alabama: The Tide were never going to need any kind of motivational boost to play Auburn, not with their undefeated season and national championship hopes on the line. (And, you know, Auburn being Auburn and all.) But the stakes were ratcheted up another notch all the same: lose on the Plains in two weeks, and everything -- even the SEC title -- is gone.

Auburn: The Iron Bowl has never before been a winner-take-all matchup to decide the SEC West. And now Auburn will host it, sitting at 10-1 and with a continued outside chance at working their way into the BCS title conversation.

Missouri: If Florida had held on to an early 14-6 lead at South Carolina, what happened at Auburn wouldn't have made any difference. But after the Gamecocks' win, it made all the difference. Georgia can no longer land in a three-way tie at 6-2, and the Tigers lose a two-way tie with South Carolina, now safe in the clubhouse at 6-2. Missouri now has to sweep both the Rebels (in Oxford) and Texas A&M to finish at 7-1 if they want to go to Atlanta.

Most gutting for Missouri is that the entire situation could have been avoided if they'd held on to their 17-point fourth quarter lead vs. the Gamecocks. The two most unlikely wins in the SEC this season? That one at Faurot Field for South Carolina, and Auburn's Saturday. Both were devastating for Missouri.
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There's very well still chance that, despite changing conferences, Missouri's history of being somehow on the negative/receiving end of college football's more memorable plays will/has continued.
 
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Could easily see Missouri losing both games. A&M is very slightly more likely to be a loss, but who knows
 
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govols120 said:
Could easily see Missouri losing both games. A&M is very slightly more likely to be a loss, but who knows
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I wonder how much it's going to effect them that they saw two chances to clinch the division evaporate in less than a minute at pretty much the ends of each game this weekend.

I still think their kicker hasn't gotten over the USCe loss yet.
 
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govols120 said:
Could easily see Missouri losing both games. A&M is very slightly more likely to be a loss, but who knows
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I really don't know everyone seems to assume TAMU beats Missouri. TAMU has one of the worst defenses in FBS and the game is at Missouri. If you haven't noticed, they've not beaten any of the best teams on their schedule, and probably lose #3 Saturday.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I really don't know everyone seems to assume TAMU beats Missouri. TAMU has one of the worst defenses in FBS and the game is at Missouri. If you haven't noticed, they've not beaten any of the best teams on their schedule, and probably lose #3 Saturday.
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Their defense has been steadily getting better as the season has gone on...it's not by any means great, but it's not as poor as it was.


That also aside, Johnny Football has shown to be able to match almost any point total a team puts on them, save in two cases...where they only lost by 7 each time. He has to be forced to make mistakes, and honestly he's also going to be looking at these last two games to make a statement towards a second heisman (though he won't win it)
 
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TrueOrange said:
Their defense has been steadily getting better as the season has gone on...it's not by any means great, but it's not as poor as it was.


That also aside, Johnny Football has shown to be able to match almost any point total a team puts on them, save in two cases...where they only lost by 7 each time. He has to be forced to make mistakes, and honestly he's also going to be looking at these last two games to make a statement towards a second heisman (though he won't win it)
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Yes and those 2 times were the 2 games against the better teams they've played. Plus the Alabama game was only a 7 point loss on the scoreboard, the game was pretty much over when TAMU scored their last TD.

And we'll how much better that defense is Saturday.
 
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TrueOrange said:
I wonder how much it's going to effect them that they saw two chances to clinch the division evaporate in less than a minute at pretty much the ends of each game this weekend.

I still think their kicker hasn't gotten over the USCe loss yet.
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They don't clinch if UGA wins that game. UGA would've only had 2 SEC losses. If Mizzou loses the last two they finish with 3, UGA 2 and USC 2 and UGA has the tie breaker over USC. I guess if they all finished with 2 losses Mizzou gets it cause only 1 loss would be divisional. Pressure has always been on them, but win and take care of business.
 
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