College football’s unpredictability is unrivaled in American sports. One week can alter the entire landscape of the College Football Playoff, conference standings or the Heisman race.

So now — more than three months remaining before kickoff — seemed like the most appropriate time to outline 10 things that could maybe happen this fall in the SEC. These are not-so-farfetched potential scenarios that make for some entertaining discussion leading up to the 2016 season.

Some scenarios might even conflict with one another, and that’s OK. Because if even one of these situations actually transpires, this endeavor wasn’t a total failure.

1o. Three SEC running backs named Heisman finalists

The SEC’s best backfield and best running back has been a major topic of discussion this offseason. Leonard Fournette is the best, says the guy in Baton Rouge. The guys in Knoxville and Athens said the same thing about Jalen Hurd and Nick Chubb. Less talked about, Bo Scarborough has the physique and skill to follow the Alabama running back legacy footsteps too.

Who’s the best? Who cares? They’re all studs.

Fournette, Hurd and a healthy Chubb all have legitimate chances to make Heisman statements this season. Fournette is the Vegas favorite to win the award, so he would also have to the be the most likely to get to the announcement ceremony. Hurd will be the workhorse for Tennessee’s offense, and it will be interesting to see if Joshua Dobbs helps or hurts his chances of getting to New York. Chubb has the most unknowns: How’s the knee? Who is playing quarterback? How much does Georgia use Sony Michel? But he’s put himself in Heisman contention before and has the name recognition to help.

Since none play quarterback, the team record aspect won’t be as vital, and there’s a high chance three SEC backs can sneak their way onto the list.

9. Florida wins 12th in a row against Tennessee

Once Florida shocked Tennessee with the “10 points, 10 wins” victory in 2014, all bets were off. The general consensus in Gainesville: If you can’t beat this team, you’re not beating any team.

It’s tough to disagree.

Tennessee will be better this season, likely even title contenders. There’s no disputing that. But the Volunteers were better last season too, and might’ve been one of the most talented four-loss teams ever. Just because Tennessee is better doesn’t mean they can end Steve Spurriers deal with the devil.

Heck, the Volunteers might win every game they play all year, but even the biggest Tennessee fan alive won’t feel good until the Gators leave town Sept. 24 with their first L against Tennessee in more than a decade. Don’t bet on it, though.

8. Texas A&M has the top passing game in the conference

Has there been a more dysfunctional program in the nation the past year?

There was a time in 2015 that Aggies fans had the gall to start referring to Texas A&M as “QBU.” It was premature, sure, but it wasn’t too outrageous. Then things began to embarrassingly fall apart in College Station.

Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray both bounced, making people around the SEC wonder how Texas A&M messed up a good situation so abruptly. The Aggies might’ve corrected course by getting Trevor Knight in as a graduate transfer. Kevin Sumlin better hope Knight’s the savior, or he could be gone.

Knight has the passing pedigree to get the job done, and Texas A&M might have the best five-wide receiving corps in the conference. And of course, Sumlin loves to air it out. When you look around the rest of the SEC, other than Ole Miss, there’s not any air attacks that really pop out. Texas A&M might just land at the top of the passing yards chart.

7. Jacob Eason doesn’t start a single game as a freshman

The most talked about player to never play a down makes the list, though likely to the chagrin of Georgia faithful.

With Greyson Lambert’s anemic passing performance in 2015, even non-Bulldogs have completely written off the incumbent as the starter in 2016. But Lambert still quarterbacked his way to a nine-win season, and only lost two since he didn’t play the Florida game. That doesn’t mean he’s deserving of a starting job, but that’s nine more wins than games Eason has played in.

And then there’s Brice Ramsey who, by the way, has been getting first-team reps along with Lambert. Eason hasn’t. Yet, anyway. While Kirby Smart probably hopes he can put Eason in and win 10-plus games, that’s probably not an expected reality. It’s a huge unknown.

And if Lambert wins the job, it’ll be the second coaching staff in a year that decided he was the guy. And if that happens, it might be hard to get him out of the starter’s role, which could hold the Eason-mania off for another year.

6. Ole Miss gets hit with major NCAA sanctions

Way to go out on a limb, right?

Where there’s smoke there’s usually fire, and the proverbial smoke has been around Oxford since the Rebels began signing uncharacteristically high-profile recruiting classes at the start of Hugh Freeze’s tenure. There’s been Bret Bielema’s comments about Jim McElwain being like Ole Miss, though proceed at your own caution when believing Bielema.

Then there’s the Laremy Tunsil drama. Ole Miss seems pretty confident that the NCAA already knew about those texts, or that those texts shouldn’t be much of a factor if/when it comes to sanctions. But, assuming those messages are real, there’s some pretty fishy language within.

5. Will Muschamp beats Florida at Ben Hill Griffin

He didn’t win that much when he was actually coaching Florida, but Will Muschamp will be out with a point to prove in 2016.

That doesn’t mean South Carolina will, all of a sudden, be better than Florida this season. The Gamecocks probably won’t. But if there’s one game Muschamp really, really, really wants to win, it’ll be the Florida game.

South Carolina travels to Gainesville on Nov. 12. This game could go one of two ways. Florida could once again be in SEC East control, and South Carolina could hope to play spoiler. Or the Gators could have suffered losses to Georgia, Tennessee and LSU, and Muschamp and Co. will try to kick them while they’re down.

While Florida was wise to part ways and add McElwain, there’s probably a small sense of concern in Gainesville that Muschamp might have learned from his mistakes at Florida.

4. No head coaches fired for first time since 2011

Doubt it.

But if it were to happen this might be the year. Kirby Smart, Barry Odom, Will Muschamp and Jim McElwain are all presumably safe in the early going. Dan Mullen won’t be fired, though there’s the chance he leaves on his own doing. I think we can all agree Nick Saban isn’t in danger, but hey, if he misses the College Football Playoff, who knows how confused Alabama people react?

That leaves eight coaches that, if things go awry, could potentially get fired. Les Miles and Butch Jones have the most threatening fan bases with the expectations that could be their downfall, but LSU and Tennessee look to be in good enough position to have strong enough seasons to keep those jobs alive. Kevin Sumlin somehow survived the most recent meltdown, so weathering this season won’t be too out of reach.

Mark Stoops is recruiting better than Kentucky ever has, which could be a pro or a con, but it should keep him his job for at least another year or two even if the on-field results don’t follow. Bret Bielema will coach well enough to Arkansas’ standards; it’s just a matter of how many people he rubs the wrong way. Hugh Freeze should be fine as long as Ole Miss doesn’t get the death penalty.

Gus Malzahn seems to be loved by all things Auburn even though the Tigers have dropped off since the title run. And Derek Mason, well, it’s Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt shouldn’t have fireable expectations.

OK, fat chance, but it’s fun to speculate that everything could go just the right way for everyone to keep their jobs. But why do that? Firing people is so much more fun.

3. Alabama beats fourth SEC East team in title game in last five years

In 2012, it was Georgia. It was Missouri in 2014. It was Florida last year.

Alabama has won three of the past four SEC Championship, and the Crimson Tide did so by beating three different SEC East champions. It’s 2016, and there’s a new SEC East favorite — Tennessee. Obviously Alabama isn’t a shoo-in for the SEC West title, but if you were putting your life savings on one team, where would that savings go?

That would make for a December rematch between the cross-divisional rivals. If Tennessee made it to the title game, the Volunteers probably upset Alabama in the regular season. Enter Angry Nick Saban in December. That would make for a nice recipe of Crimson Tide domination at the timeliest point, and it would make for a hilarious combination with all-time Tennessee misery.

South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Kentucky: Grab a number and get in line. It’ll be your turn soon enough.

2. SEC gets two teams in the College Football Playoff

Every crazed conference fan who lives and dies on the SEC being noticeably better than every other conference dreams about this moment every night.

It will happen eventually. It’s inevitable. Of course, if the system survives long enough, it’ll likely happen to other conferences too.

But the frontrunner, for the time being, is the SEC. The likeliest scenario would probably be one similar to 2011 when Alabama missed the SEC Championship game but won the national championship. But to get in the top four, it would just take a few conferences — preferably the Big 12 and Pac 12 — to beat each other up and the SEC have a pair of undefeated, one-loss or two-loss divisional champions.

Then the committee would have to decide: Do they put the SEC teams against each other in the semis? Or do they put them on the opposite side of the bracket?

Scratch the beginning of this. The all-SEC national championship is what the real crazed fans dream about.

1. SEC gets zero teams in the College Football Playoff

And then there’s the nightmare, which is equally inevitable eventually.

It will be hard pressed in the current conference environment for the committee to blackball the SEC altogether. But if there’s enough one-loss teams and none in the SEC, then committee isn’t given much choice. As good as the SEC might be, it’s hard to justify a two-loss team that didn’t win the conference over a one-loss conference champion from the other four Power 5 conferences.

Honestly, this is the most intriguing scenario of the bunch because, as rabid as the SEC fan base is, the post-denial riot could be more memorable than the playoff itself.