Joel Klatt has laid out a scenario where the SEC could miss the College Football Playoff. In fact, the FOX Sports analyst explains why SEC fans in general should root for Georgia, and why the Bulldogs have a dog in the fight at Kyle Field on Saturday.

“It’s not a given that the SEC champ is going to go. Now, if Georgia is undefeated, do they go to the Playoff? Absolutely,” Klatt said. “And I’m not suggesting that they don’t. But here’s where it gets interesting. What happens if even Georgia were to lose a game and still win the conference? What happens then? What happens if a one-loss Georgia is compared to a one-loss Pac-12 team?”

Klatt believes that the built-in argument about the SEC has faded this year. Meaning, that top 10 wins are more difficult to come by than they’ve been historically.

“Quality top-end wins because of the depth of the conference,” Klatt said. “And again, rightly so. Now, all of a sudden, you have to kind of shift in your mindset. That’s what can and probably will and should be afforded to the Pac-12. Not the SEC.”

If Georgia were to lose to Ole Miss, for argument’s sake, Klatt said, because the Rebels are the highest-ranked team remaining on the schedule, Georgia needs to boost its resume with a strong win in the SEC Championship Game. And there’s only one opponent to fit that bill.

“That’s why Georgia fans, if I’m you, I’m rooting for Alabama this weekend in Kyle Field,” Klatt said. “Why? Because you need more ammunition on the resume. The resume all of a sudden in the SEC is going to be wildly thin as compared to the other conferences — in particular when you’re looking at the Big Ten and in particular when you’re looking at the Pac-12.”

Klatt noted that the SEC West is a mess, and might be even more in disarray if Texas A&M beats Alabama.

“Everybody always thinks that it’s going to play out and it’s going to be this this nice, crisp we’ve got 2 undefeated and we’ve got 2 more 1-loss teams and they’re all champs and it’s going to be clear because the 5th-place team is going to be a 2-loss team,” he said. “That never happens. It’s never clear.”