Assume it comes down to Ole Miss/South Carolina for the last spot…
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SC just beat the #12 team Clemson at Clemson. Ole Miss barely beat the worst team in the SEC at home. I think that’s enough to have SC jump Ole Miss.
I honestly have no idea. I don’t think either deserve to be in. South Carolina is the hot team, but OM boat raced them in Columbia, and they’ll have the same record. Turns out that 12 teams might’ve been too many. Maybe this year is an anomaly, but not many teams are playing good football.
They beat the probable SEC champ though. And beat Carolina on their home field.
Carolina seems like the favorite, but I’m not so sure. I’m also not sure the SEC gets 4 teams in, so it likely doesn’t matter.
South Carolinas losses: Ole Miss, LSU, Bama
Ole Miss losses: Kentucky, LSU, Florida
Ole Miss beat Georgia and South Carolina
South Carolina beat Texas A&M and Clemson
I give a razor thin edge to South Carolina just because they have no bad losses.
Ole Miss losses: Kentucky, LSU, Florida
Ole Miss beat Georgia and South Carolina
South Carolina beat Texas A&M and Clemson
I give a razor thin edge to South Carolina just because they have no bad losses.
I think the committee will use that razors edge to eliminate both. They’ve done it time and time again. It’s the easy way out.
Good point. H2H was one of the criteria I thought I heard the CFP rep discuss at one point.
I would think how a team finishes is also important, as well. OM fluttered in the end while SC was crushing it in October and November
“Probable” SEC champ?
You mean Georgia, team that barely skated by a mid level ACC team at home last night?
Georgia is a “Possible” SEC champ, but I think if Texas wins tonight, then the favorite in the SEC Championship has to be Texas.
Georgia kicked the shlt out of Texas on their home field. You’re smoking crack.
Remember the game is in Atlanta.
I don’t see how Texas would be favored after how thoroughly they were dominated by UGA in Austin.
I don't think Texas wins tonight. Their SEC schedule was softer than the Confederates' was.
Teams split games all the time. That was a bit of a fluke game & by far best GA has played all year. Wouldn’t surprise me at all to see Texas win a rematch.
Well then it won’t happen for OM.
I personally don’t think Texas is good and aTm is gonna muck all this up.
The games going on right now will go a long way toward determining Ole Miss' fate. A Miami win likely puts them in even if they lose the ACC title game. A Notre Dame loss might drop them below Ole Miss, a win and Notre Dame is in for sure. If Bama wins they are ahead of Ole Miss. if they lose they are out for sure.
Texas had an easy SEC schedule, but Ole Miss will finish with the weakest overall SOS of all 16 SEC teams. There are 15-20 teams in the country that could have won 9 games with that schedule.
I bet Bama is in with a win today.
Alabama is key to Ole Miss’s chances. They are ranked right in front of Ole Miss with the same record. Ole Miss needs an Auburn win big time.
Bama will continue to get the Saban benefit of the doubt for a few more years
Few things:
That was like 6 weeks ago. It was a one score game late into the 3rd quarter and ended as a 2 score game (30-15), so we have different ideas of “dominated” and “kicked the sнit out of”.
Trevor Etienne, 18 of the points Georgia scored in that game, hasn’t played in weeks and there’s no indication he’ll be playing next week.
I dunno… I just feel like Texas has been playing better football over the past month or so.
You’re not wrong on their soft schedule, but I disagree on the result of tonight’s game. I mean… I want the Aggies to win and that will be a hostile environment, but I think Texas is going to win by 2-3 scores. A&M has been wildly unimpressive.
The problem is there aren't that many 2 loss teams anymore. This has been some year.
I bet they are. You won’t find 7 at large with a better resume. Plus they’re Notre Dame.
This is key. No way they leave out ND with 10 wins, including an SEC road win.
Completely disagree. Notre Dame would be 10-2 with 2 awful losses and a really weak schedule with no notable wins outside of Texas A&M. What would they have done if they lose to USC?
I think Indiana or SMU fans might get the Bama bent over treatment and looking at a big disappointment.
They matter a lot. There will be upsets, and they are ranked ahead of Ole Miss.
No team has ever fallen more than 5 spots after a loss this late so ND game doesn’t matter at all. They only have 1 loss. Same would go for Miami technically but Clemson goes to ACC champ game if they lose.
We’ll see how it shakes out. Texas finishes with a game in College Station and possibly a neutral site game with Georgia.
Even though Georgia boat raced them in TX in the regular season and this game will be played in Georgia?
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