Ready for high drama in November? Watching an embarrassingly high number of SEC football games over the years, I’ve come to expect the unexpected down the stretch, when the league often produces an elite team in epic fashion.

The College Football Playoff was unkind to the SEC in its inaugural season, but this fall could be different.

Bring on some football. We’re ready to roll.

10 intriguing SEC scenarios for 2015

10. All 14 teams reach bowl eligibility, overflow tie-ins

How can the SEC make up for last season’s lackluster performance during bowl season? Increase its chances at more victories with two additional postseason-eligible teams. Twelve of the SEC’s 14 teams reached the necessary 6-win total last fall and if Vanderbilt and Kentucky do so this season, both divisions in their entirety could be represented during the holidays. The SEC has nine bowl tie-ins in 2015, but there’s several opportunities for at-large invites in the New Year’s Six and beyond. This would make for an exciting bowl season and be a stomach-turner for the fans who live to see the SEC fall on its face.

9. Rivalry weekend features surprising Black Friday winner-take-all

Pick two SEC sleepers who thrive below the radar and enter the 2015 season with gigantic chips on their shoulder. Drawing a blank? Mizzou travels to Arkansas the day after Thanksgiving in what could decide both divisions. A 7-1 conference finish for the Tigers with a win over Georgia would almost assuredly lock-in Mizzou’s third straight East title while the Razorbacks, with head-to-head wins over Auburn and Alabama, could do the same with only one league blemish. We’re talking hypotheticals here and this one’s a stretch, but it would make for great TV during the long holiday weekend.

8. Sack artists Garrett and Barnett generate must-see TV throughout the season

Thirty sacks between the league’s top pass rushers would be a remarkable feat this fall and it’s not so far-fetched considering how dominant these two super sophomores are expected to be this season. We haven’t even mentioned Robert Nkemdiche, projected to be the SEC’s first defensive player taken off the board in next year’s NFL draft. Keep an eye on Mississippi’s Marquis Haynes, South Carolina’s Marquavius Lewis and Florida’s Alex McCalister too. They’ll be making noise in a backfield near you soon enough.

7. John Chavis outshines Will Muschamp as Texas A&M rises to Top 5

Most are picking Auburn’s defense to see a drastic improvement with its new coordinator, but what about the Aggies under the Chief? He doesn’t have as much top-to-bottom talent on his side of the ball to work with, but the opportunity’s there to be successful in his first season. Considering Texas A&M’s strength on offense at every skill position and depth up front, imagine where the Aggies could be at the end of the season with an upper-tier defense. Most preseason projections have Kevin Sumlin’s squad hovering around the 8-win mark, but they could hit double digits with a quick turnaround defensively.

6. Georgia goes unbeaten against the East, but misses the SEC Championship Game

Heard this before? It’s because it has happened recently, during the 2011 season in fact for the first of three straight 11-win South Carolina teams under Steve Spurrier. The Gamecocks squandered a home game to Auburn and lost at Arkansas by 16 points late in the season to finish 6-2 in league play. After beating Georgia in Week 2, South Carolina watched Georgia win out before being humiliated in the SEC title game by national runner-up LSU. It stings when you beat all of your division rivals and have nothing to show for it at season’s end.

5. Steve Spurrier coaching to protect winning legacy vs. Florida

The Head Ball Coach has been doing this a long time, 22 years in fact in the SEC, but if this season goes sour for the Gamecocks like the oddsmakers project (over/under 7 wins), he’ll be in danger of his first losing campaign as a college coach since he was a rookie at Duke in 1987. Like last season, South Carolina’s matchup against Florida on Nov. 14 is pivotal during the march to seven victories. The Gamecocks could very well be 4-5 heading into the first of three home games to conclude the regular season.

4. Jeremy Johnson is Cam Newton 2.0 and takes Auburn’s offense to new heights

Considering how weak the SEC was at the quarterback position last season and its perceived struggles under center heading into August, Auburn’s first-year starter could provide much-needed flavor for one of the league’s frontrunners. The preseason pressure’s been immense, even unfair at times, but it’s going to take a 4,000-yard, 30-plus touchdown season from Johnson to push the Tigers into Atlanta and beyond. The schedule’s treacherous and Auburn could be in for a shootout or two before Will Muschamp irons out the kinks on defense (the ‘you’re going to have to out-score us’ mantra worked beautifully in 2010).

3. Mizzou wins third straight division title with yet another unbeaten November

The Tigers are 7-0 against SEC competition during the season’s final month over the last two seasons, earning berths in the league title game by taking care of business down the stretch. During the 2013 campaign, it was South Carolina who rooted for a loss and Georgia suffered the same fate last fall. It could happen again.

2. SEC quarterback play is superb, reversing a recent alarming trend

Following the mass exodus of pro-ready signal callers following the 2013 season, the SEC struggled at the position last fall (no draft picks among five senior starters) and is expected to be in for another long campaign with nearly half the league expected to play with first-year starters. But there’s hope at the top beginning with Heisman contenders Dak Prescott, Jeremy Johnson, along with returners Brandon Allen, Kyle Allen and Maty Mauk. Should these five carry the torch and potential trendsetters like Joshua Dobbs and Chad Kelly perform well, the SEC would have a legitimate shot at moving its way back into the national title conversation alongside Ohio State, TCU and Southern Cal — teams with great quarterback play.

1. Auburn, Alabama, Mizzou and Georgia all finish 10-2, creating an SEC logjam for the Playoff committee

In what would be a nightmare scenario for the conference, there’s a chance the league’s three perceived elites each finish with two losses during the regular season and here’s how (just one of several examples): Georgia beats both Yellowhammer State heavyweights from the West and loses two games in the East (thus dropping in the polls), Alabama falls to LSU and Auburn loses the Iron Bowl to squander the division in the finale. Alabama and Mizzou would meet in Atlanta for a second consecutive season while Auburn and Georgia — with arguably more impressive resumes — hope 10-2 just inside the Top 10 is attractive to the committee. Mizzou finishes 11-2 as SEC champs just outside the Top 4 and misses the Playoff. My head’s spinning.