What happens if two elites in the SEC West finish 6-2 this season? On the other side, could Mizzou, Georgia and Florida all be headed toward a divisional logjam?

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We’ve tried to simplify possible answers to these questions for you, breaking down each division’s tiebreaker scenario before you make any early reservations in Atlanta this season.

SEC Championship selection criteria

One East representative and one West representative will meet at the Georgia Dome on Dec. 6 for the SEC Championship. To get there the easy way, one team must separate from the rest of the pack in their respective division whether that’s with an unblemished 8-0 conference record or one loss, as long as they’re the only team in the seven-team division with that record.

Tiebreakers on the other hand, can be a bit tricky.

The SEC clarified its new seventh (and eighth depending on the number of teams) step for tiebreaking procedures during spring meetings. They’re listed below and italicized:

Two-team tiebreaker procedure

  1. Head-to-head winner between the two tied teams. Barring extreme circumstances like a canceled game or one called off due to weather, all division rivals will always meet once during the regular season.
  2. Records of the tied teams within the division.
  3. Records against the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
  4. Overall record vs. all non-divisional opponents.
  5. Overall record vs. all common non-divisional teams if there be any.
  6. Record vs. common non-divisional opponent (if there be any) with the best overall conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
  7. *This rule used to be determined by a team’s BCS ranking, but that’s since been changed in the Playoff era. The SEC will use the combined league record of the teams’ cross-divisional foes to determine the divisional champion.

Three or more-team procedure

  1. Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie-breaker format.
  2. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams.
  3. Record of the tied teams within the division.
  4. Records against the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
  5. Overall record vs. non-division teams.
  6. Overall record vs. all common non-divisional teams.
  7. Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
  8. *This rule used to be determined by a team’s BCS ranking, but that’s since been changed in the Playoff era. The SEC will use the combined league record of the teams’ cross-divisional foes to determine the divisional champion.

Current SEC standings

WEST

  • No. 2 Auburn (5-0, 2-0)
  • No. 3 (tie) Ole Miss (5-0, 2-0)
  • No. 3 (tie) Mississippi State (5-0, 2-0)
  • No. 14 Texas A&M (5-1, 2-1)
  • No. 7 Alabama (4-1, 1-1)
  • LSU (4-2, 0-2)
  • Arkansas (3-2, 0-2)

EAST

  • No. 22 Mizzou (4-1, 1-0)
  • No. 10 Georgia (4-1, 2-1)
  • Florida (3-1, 2-1)
  • Kentucky (4-1, 2-1)
  • South Carolina (3-3, 2-3)
  • Tennessee (2-3, 0-2)
  • Vanderbilt (1-5, 0-4)