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and do you want to play in it, and then if you lose, possibly preventing a shot at the NC playoffs?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ampionship-game-tiebreaker-chaos/76090179007/


Let's begin with the utterly ridiculous: there's a scenario where seven SEC teams are tied atop the conference standings at the end of the regular season.

Before you scoff at such nonsense, understand that the only true upset to reach this remarkable point of seven teams with 10-2 overall records, and 6-2 records in the conference, is Auburn beating Texas A&M on The Plains in two weeks.

If Auburn beats Texas A&M, Ole Miss wins at home against Georgia, Georgia wins at home against Tennessee, Texas A&M wins at home against Texas, LSU or Alabama win out, and Missouri wins out, the SEC tiebreaker formula must find two teams from seven with identical records to play in the conference championship game.

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A championship game that could knock the loser from playing in the CFP — while the others sit out the carnage of the final weekend.

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If you think seven teams tied top the SEC on the last week of the regular season is wild, wait and see how the league reacts to Texas or Alabama staying home for the playoff postseason -- while the Big 12 or ACC gets a second team in the field because of a championship game upset.
 
Yeah I started thinking about that last week as well.

Let's say LSU wins in OT against Bama and goes to the SEC Chip game at 10-2 with a bad loss to a unranked USC team. Then they get beat down by a Texas or UGA by 17pts and it wasn't really even that close.
LSU or whoever could be out of the 12 team CFP and a SEC team that didn't have to play in the SEC chip game could slide in.
 
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I've been thinking about this type of scenario for a while as well. It is highly possible for a team ranked higher by the championship committee prior to the SEC game to sit out of the game in place of a team that wins the SEC standings or tiebreaker.

This type of thing has happened before with an SEC team sitting out of the SEC Championship Game but getting into the 2-team championship game or the 4-team championship playoff. It may be a bit more difficult for it to happen with the 12-team playoff but can easily happen.
 

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