(09-23-2019 12:12 AM)toddjnsn Wrote: Quote:Dare I say 3 SEC teams?
No, won't happen - lol. You'd need the stars to align + others being pretty disappointing.
And if a P12 or B1G or B12 team is undefeated -- there's no way they'll be denied the 4 team playoff (unless all 5 P5 Champs are undefeated).z
But I would hope sooner than later that an undefeated P12 team with a shoddy OOC schedule due to mixups becomes undefeated in a down year for the conference -- and a #2 SEC team ranked above them gets picked instead.
Denying an undefeated P5 Champ will make a 6 team (or 8 team) playoff happen Real Fast.
Ohio State will play Wisconsin. I think the winner of that game will have the inside track to 1 slot.
Clemson is not going to be challenged the remainder of the way. There's you #1 slot.
If Texas beats Oklahoma they'll have to beat them twice. So unless Texas stumbles again or Oklahoma loses twice the Big 12 should produce no worse than a 1 loss team and the Sooners could go undefeated.
Cal is the lone remaining unbeaten in the PAC and they other contenders all have bad loses except for Oregon. It's very likely right now that the PAC will not produce a contender.
I suppose the SEC could get two in but in order to do that one would need to be unbeaten and the other preferably unbeaten headed into the CCG. And the schedule is brutal.
Right now there are 5 in the top 10. Alabama doesn't play Georgia or Florida. But they will play L.S.U. and Auburn.
Florida plays L.S.U. and Auburn.
Auburn plays them all: L.S.U., Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
For the SEC to get a shot at 2 this year Alabama would have to run the table and face Georgia in the CCG and both of them be unbeaten. And then Alabama would have to beat Georgia and do so in a close game.
Alabama doesn't have quality opponents OOC or really in conference. They played a weak South Carolina and will play an even weaker Tennessee. They will catch Arkansas and Ole Miss on a down year.
If they lose to Georgia in the CCG I don't think the committee will let them in. Georgia will (if they go unbeaten) have had wins over Florida, Auburn and Notre Dame and will have played all three before Auburn faces Alabama which lessens Alabama's cred for beating Auburn.
So the only ways I can see the SEC getting two in would be for either L.S.U. or Auburn to run the table in the West and face Georgia in a close CCG. And if Auburn ran the table (unlikely as that is) they would have a massive resume' and would have beaten Georgia and Florida before facing likely Georgia again in the CCG. So if Georgia won that game in a fairly close contest then the SEC might get two in because Auburn's resume would be danged hard to beat when you add Oregon to L.S.U., Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.