What has to happen for Tennessee to get into the playoffs now?

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rjd970 said:
Yep, seems the committee put a lot of value on the teams ahead of us because they beat the mighty Michigan Wolverines. Perhaps we should have just scheduled them this year to get the proper respect.
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Yeah. Teams are getting a lot of credit for playing Michigan, USC, LSU, even though they’re not nearly as good as expected. But you can be sure TN has not been given any undue credit for playing Oklahoma and NC State bc they’re not as good as expected
 
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UT97Vol said:
A miracle.

Bama, Georgia, Texas, and Ole Miss are your playoff teams. You can add Texas A&M as a fifth if they beat Texas and play in the SEC title game.
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Texas ain’t getting in if they lose to TAMU. Best win is over a Florida team that didn’t have a quarterback.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Right. It’s pretty much impossible to rank Bama Ole Miss Tennessee and Georgia right now.

I personally am eager to see what the tie breakers would show for a 6 way 6-2 tie for first place with A&M beating Texas.
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The tiebreaker rules are crazy.

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The head-to-head that folks keep talking about is head-to-head among the "tied" teams, so it matters who is that list and if all the teams played each other during the season. All the rules talk about 'common conference' opponents among the tied teams. They may end up deciding this with a "random drawing" of all the teams.
 
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volfan102455 said:
The tiebreaker rules are crazy.

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The head-to-head that folks keep talking about is head-to-head among the "tied" teams, so it matters who is that list and if all the teams played each other during the season. All the rules talk about 'common conference' opponents among the tied teams. They may end up deciding this with a "random drawing" of all the teams.
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It’s going to be Texas or Texas A&M vs BAMA.

The Tide has and will have the best win Oct among common opponents.
 
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cdb88 said:
We aren't going to get in the playoffs the season is over. It sucks always next year.
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wmcovol said:
Bama has a win over Ga & at LSU. They’ll get the benefit of that. If LSU continues to lose, that win won’t be as impressive.
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volfan102455 said:
This and don't listen to ESPN either - it is all a guess right now based on whom folks think will beat whom.

Well, no one thought Florida would beat LSU. No one thought that Oregon would have a very difficult time with Northwestern.

We are going to see a lot of unexpected losses in the next 2 weeks. The goal for the Vols has to be to finish 10-2 and see how it all shakes out. At this point only 1 SEC team can finish with 1 loss - all other SEC teams are going to have at least 2 losses.
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I ain’t figured out yet how Bama gets in SEC championship game
 
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This was a playoff game. We do not have a playoff coaching staff. Players played a great game.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Depends on the SEC standings after this weekend.

Since LSU/Mizzou lost, there are only 6 teams left to finish season at 6-2 with UGA finishing tonight.

Not sure who goes to Atlanta if 6 teams finish 6-2 (after the much hyped 8 way tie at 6-2 would result in LSU/BAMA in Atlanta)
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With that many goes to conference opponents overall win percentage in conference games…which UT’s not winning over anyone other than Texas (UT’s conference opponents are en route for a combined win percentage of about .300-.350…which really only beats Texas’s…others, are in the .400s and Alabama’s is going to hit somewhere around the .500 range).
 
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wmcovol said:
Bama has a win over Ga & at LSU. They’ll get the benefit of that. If LSU continues to lose, that win won’t be as impressive.
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If Auburn somehow beat Bama who gets in the SEC championship game?
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All the surrender cobras in this thread are clowning on thenselves. If any of the other 3 10-2 sec teams drop a 3rd loss and we win out, we will be in.

So Alabama needs to lose to Oklahoma or Auburn, Ole Miss needs to lose to Florida or Miss St, or Georgia needs to lose to Georgia Tech. Georgia will also need to play Texas or A&M in the conference championship and last time I checked the loser of that game doesn't get an automatic bid.

We don't control our own destiny anymore but that doesn't mean we won't get in. I think it's reasonable that one of those 3 teams will drop another game.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Tenn beat Bama.
Georgia beat Tenn
Ole Miss beat Georgia.

Using head to head tell me who gets in.
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But it’s not how it works in the new tiebreakers since all the teams didn’t play each other. Head to head only applies when all teams have played each other.
 
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lukeneyland said:
Notre Dame losing would do it. Ohio State beating Indiana bad might. Alabama losing in SEC Championship game probably would
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I think specifically Notre Dame needs to lose to USC but beat Army. Even though Armys schedule is terrible if they are unbeaten I don't think the committee wants the scrutiny they got last year with leaving Florida State out unbeaten. Pair that with who they are and their history almost every college football fan would want to see them get in that doesn't have a team vying for one of the 12 spots.
 
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TrueOrange said:
But it’s not how it works in the new tiebreakers since all the teams didn’t play each other. Head to head only applies when all teams have played each other.
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But you also can’t use head to head when several teams are tied. You move down the line until there is a clause that applies. The one that will apply is best record against common opponents. That’s Alabama.
 
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TrueOrange said:
With that many goes to conference opponents overall win percentage in conference games…which UT’s not winning over anyone other than Texas (UT’s conference opponents are en route for a combined win percentage of about .300-.350…which really only beats Texas’s…others, are in the .400s and Alabama’s is going to hit somewhere around the .500 range).
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So our best bet would be Texas AM to beat Texas. Then loser of Championship game would have 3 losses.
 
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UT97Vol said:
It’s going to be Texas or Texas A&M vs BAMA.
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I believe with LSU and Missouri no longer in the list of tied teams, Bama lost their edge as did several other teams. That is two wins against "tied teams" they would no longer have. The rules are clear that the first comparison is the "tied teams" against each other. Best they could be is 1-1 against the tied teams, just like Tennessee would be.

I would not be surprised for the second team to be from a random drawing among the tied teams or they use the scoring margin which would seem to favor Ole Miss as they would have played only one of the tied teams and won by 18.

If Ole Miss is not one of the teams whether it favors Bama or Georgia depends upon whether it is A&M or Texas in the "tied group".
 
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UT97Vol said:
But you also can’t use head to head when several teams are tied. You move down the line until there is a clause that applies. The one that will apply is best record against common opponents. That’s Alabama.
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And that depends on the upcoming games where the records of those bottom teams may change.
 
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Mccage said:
So our best bet would be Texas AM to beat Texas. Then loser of Championship game would have 3 losses.
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Need more help than that probably. The last 10 years the committee has only dropped the Championship Game losers only about 1-2 spots in the rankings on average; they don’t punish the team that had to play a 13th game and lost as harshly as they do for a normal team having a loss.
 
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