3 SEC teams in the CFB playoff?

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From Trojans Wire

SEC 3-TEAM PLAYOFF SCENARIO: THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS​

Now let’s address the three-team SEC playoff scenarios.
They all involve some of the same ingredients, so let’s present those ingredients here:
  1. Georgia beats Tennessee
  2. Alabama makes the SEC Championship Game with one loss
  3. Tennessee finishes with only one loss
  4. Georgia goes 12-0 in the regular season
  5. Alabama beats Georgia in the SEC Championship Game
If all five of those things happen, then Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee will have only one loss, and that one loss would be to another member of that trio. That puts the SEC in position to potentially get three teams.

trojanswire.usatoday.com

Ultimate nightmare scenario for USC, Pac-12 and college football: 3 SEC teams in the CFB playoff

Oh no. Please no. Dear God, no. Anything but that. Yup: You know what we're talking about: The SEC really could get three teams into the College Football Playoff. Is it likely? No. Is it possible? Oh yes. Very much so. You don't have to think too long or hard about this…
trojanswire.usatoday.com
 



Ole Miss could have 1 loss too.

Bama 12-1 SEC Champ
Georgia 12-1 SEC runner Up
Tennessee 11-1 loss to Georgia
Ole Miss 11-1 loss to Bama

Michigan 12-1 B1G Champ
tOSU 11-1
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Why not 4?
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I like the way you think. But I'd bet, at least at this point, tOSU would stake a better claim to the final spot than the 4th best SEC team.

But 3 definitely seems reasonable under the hypothetical scenario presented. tOSU is the only team in the country that belongs on the same field with the top dogs of the SEC. So I'd say the SEC deserves two spots at a minimum. (Although, if it were up to me, the winner of the SEC would simply be crowned the National Champ.)
 


yep. looking like it will 2-3 SEC teams then the remaining teams with a shot are:

Winner of OSU-Mich
Winner of Syracuse-Clemson
Ole Miss
TCU

1 loss SEC team will get in before anyone else with a loss. Would imagine if any of these teams is undefeated at the end they will get in over 3rd SEC team
 

upnorthkid said:
yep. looking like it will 2-3 SEC teams then the remaining teams with a shot are:

Winner of OSU-Mich
Winner of Syracuse-Clemson
Ole Miss
TCU

1 loss SEC team will get in before anyone else with a loss. Would imagine if any of these teams is undefeated at the end they will get in over 3rd SEC team
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As it should be.
 

MisterGopher said:
From Trojans Wire

SEC 3-TEAM PLAYOFF SCENARIO: THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS​

Now let’s address the three-team SEC playoff scenarios.
They all involve some of the same ingredients, so let’s present those ingredients here:
  1. Georgia beats Tennessee
  2. Alabama makes the SEC Championship Game with one loss
  3. Tennessee finishes with only one loss
  4. Georgia goes 12-0 in the regular season
  5. Alabama beats Georgia in the SEC Championship Game
If all five of those things happen, then Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee will have only one loss, and that one loss would be to another member of that trio. That puts the SEC in position to potentially get three teams.

trojanswire.usatoday.com

Ultimate nightmare scenario for USC, Pac-12 and college football: 3 SEC teams in the CFB playoff

Oh no. Please no. Dear God, no. Anything but that. Yup: You know what we're talking about: The SEC really could get three teams into the College Football Playoff. Is it likely? No. Is it possible? Oh yes. Very much so. You don't have to think too long or hard about this…
trojanswire.usatoday.com
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In this scenario, it wouldn't matter who wins the Georgia-TN game. It would just have to be that the winner of that game has to go undefeated in the regular season and the other not losing to anyone else.

And then there's the possibility of Ole Miss beating Alabama and making it to the SEC championship. Lots of football left but certainly several ways the SEC could get 3 teams in.
 

GophersInIowa said:
In this scenario, it wouldn't matter who wins the Georgia-TN game. It would just have to be that the winner of that game has to go undefeated in the regular season and the other not losing to anyone else.

And then there's the possibility of Ole Miss beating Alabama and making it to the SEC championship. Lots of football left but certainly several ways the SEC could get 3 teams in.
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If Tennessee goes undefeated but then loses the rematch to Alabama, Georgia can't say that they had beaten Alabama in the regular season. Rather, it's the possible two best teams in the country who played each other twice and split.

You still have a good point, but IMO it's easier to keep Georgia out in that version.
 



Gophers_4life said:
If Tennessee goes undefeated but then loses the rematch to Alabama, Georgia can't say that they had beaten Alabama in the regular season. Rather, it's the possible two best teams in the country who played each other twice and split.

You still have a good point, but IMO it's easier to keep Georgia out in that version.
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That's a good point. Georgia would still have some quality wins over Oregon, Kentucky and Miss St in that scenario. But a 1-loss conference champ from another conference probably should get in over them there.
 

How do you get into any kind of national or world championship for any sport without winning your league, division or conference championship? going second and 3rd gets you in the CFP? It is why it is a complete farce and sham. Only conference winners should get in regardless of their ranking.
The Dodgers and Yankees should be in the final 4 teams every year too.
 

Bama could have 3 losses. Will be interesting as the season continues. Can't see sec getting more than two...and with a surprise or two, only one.
 




gopherjay said:
How do you get into any kind of national or world championship for any sport without winning your league, division or conference championship? going second and 3rd gets you in the CFP? It is why it is a complete farce and sham. Only conference winners should get in regardless of their ranking.
The Dodgers and Yankees should be in the final 4 teams every year too.
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Here's a novel idea you should consider: not all conferences are equal. The second and third best SEC teams would absolutely steam roll through any other conference. And these lower conference teams that squeak into the top 25, like James Madison just did, etc. would never win a single conference game if they played in the SEC. Even Vanderbilt would kick them silly.

Go watch pro sports and you'll find what you're looking for.
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Here's a novel idea you should consider: not all conferences are equal. The second and third best SEC teams would absolutely steam roll through any other conference. And these lower conference teams that squeak into the top 25, like James Madison just did, etc. would never win a single conference game if they played in the SEC. Even Vanderbilt would kick them silly.

Go watch pro sports and you'll find what you're looking for.
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How do we know this is true every year.

SEC was supposed to be far and away the best when OSU won it.
Just because someone believes it doesn't make it true.
And past history has had Alabama and Georgia beat up on non-SEC teams, but that doesn't mean Tennessee, Alabama, or Georgia (or Ole Miss of all teams) are going to do that this year.

If all other teams have two losses, sure, load up with three SEC teams. Then just stop playing after the SEC Championship until the 12 team playoff starts.
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Here's a novel idea you should consider: not all conferences are equal. The second and third best SEC teams would absolutely steam roll through any other conference. And these lower conference teams that squeak into the top 25, like James Madison just did, etc. would never win a single conference game if they played in the SEC. Even Vanderbilt would kick them silly.

Go watch pro sports and you'll find what you're looking for.
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I remember when this logic was used to make the 2019 Gophers the biggest underdog of the bowl season against Auburn.
 

MisterGopher said:
They suggest a 12 team playoff would put 4 SEC teams in opposite brackets so they don't meet until the final round.
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The SEC had 12 teams in the softball tournament last year, so why not 12 teams in the football playoff? I'm sure that makes sense to anyone that works at ESPN.
 

fmlizard said:
I remember when this logic was used to make the 2019 Gophers the biggest underdog of the bowl season against Auburn.
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Was Auburn a top 2 or 3 SEC team that year? Hmmm? Hmm? And we still barely beat them.
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Was Auburn a top 2 or 3 SEC team that year? Hmmm? Hmm? And we still barely beat them.
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Auburn was CFP #10 and had just beaten Bama in their last game. Also, anyone who saw the tape of that game knows the score was misleading. It was a lot like saying Illinois barely beat Minnesota last weekend.
 

gopherjay said:
How do you get into any kind of national or world championship for any sport without winning your league, division or conference championship? going second and 3rd gets you in the CFP? It is why it is a complete farce and sham. Only conference winners should get in regardless of their ranking.
The Dodgers and Yankees should be in the final 4 teams every year too.
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Most pro sports include wild card selections, not just conference or division winners. Other college sports like hockey, basketball, volleyball softball, baseball, etc, all include teams beyond conference/division winners.
 
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PMWinSTP said:
Most pro sports include wild card selections, not just conference or dicision winners. Other college sports like hockey, basketball, volleyball softball, baseball, etc, all include teams beyond conference/division winners.
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How dare you completely ruin his narrative!
 

fmlizard said:
Auburn was CFP #10 and had just beaten Bama in their last game. Also, anyone who saw the tape of that game knows the score was misleading. It was a lot like saying Illinois barely beat Minnesota last weekend.
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They were also the 5th best SEC team. Anyone who saw the 'bama/Auburn game saw how the refs gifted them 3 points.

Not sure why everyone loves to argue on EVERY f'in post that ever gets made on this board.
 

The SEC has been so far in front of NIL it is not funny. Give this a couple more years and see how it plays out with the smaller Conferences. Relaxed transfer rules will also help the distribution of talent.
 

If you refer to Ohio St. as tOSU, then you are part of the problem.
 

PMWinSTP said:
Most pro sports include wild card selections, not just conference or division winners. Other college sports like hockey, basketball, volleyball softball, baseball, etc, all include teams beyond conference/division winners.
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The difference is that in pro sports all division winners are already included, then they add wild cards beyond those winners. Other college sports are represented by conference champions as automatic qualifiers, then others are added. In college football, two and sometimes three of the five P5 conference champions are excluded. I'm not suggesting the conference champions are automatically better, but omitting them is specific to college football.
 

Full Speed Ahead said:
The SEC had 12 teams in the softball tournament last year, so why not 12 teams in the football playoff? I'm sure that makes sense to anyone that works at ESPN.
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Because other teams get auto bids to softball tourney
 

From purely a spectating standpoint, I would be 100% OK with watching the Big 10 Champ along with 3 SEC teams in the CFP (this year anyway).
 

Ope3 said:
From purely a spectating standpoint, I would be 100% OK with watching the Big 10 Champ along with 3 SEC teams in the CFP (this year anyway).
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As much as I hate the SEC, I would love to observe the social media mayhem that would ensue if it happend.

And then would smile gleefully if Ohio State took the title over all of them.
 


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