SEC
3 ESPN experts project 3 SEC teams to make College Football Playoff field following Week 4
The SEC has a number of the nation’s top teams, including undefeated teams like Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Auburn.
How many of those squads will be in the mix for the College Football Playoff field at the end of the year? Experts are divided on that issue.
As you can see below, ESPN’s 13 college football experts updated their Playoff picks. Three experts — Heather Dinich, Sam Khan Jr. and Chris Low, projected 3 SEC teams into their 4-team fields:
Three SEC teams in the Playoff seemed insane not too long ago. Now? Well, now it’s a different story.
There are matchups between these teams coming down the stretch, so we’ll have to see how things play out, particularly in the brutal SEC West.
3 teams from the SEC in the CFP seems a lot more likely than it did a month ago.
The playoffs are supposed to be for the best 4 teams, right??? Not the 4 best conference winners, etc…
If multiple SEC teams make the CFP we will see expansion come rapidly
Three SEC teams in the playoffs would mean two of them are getting a do over. I’m not really in favor of that.
Yeah I don’t see how you could have 1-3 teams from the same side of the conference.. Each will at least have 1 loss at the minimum, and only one can go to ATL to take on GA (Just being honest here). So I don’t see how they let that slide. Now I do think that bama and LSU look insanely good. Assuming LSU can always just shootout the other team. Auburn I’m still not completely sold on, but they have a really good resume so far.
Obv 1 team from the west can be undefeated, but only 1.
What if Bama, UGA, LSU, and Auburn all finish at 11-1 and UGA wins the SECCG?
That scenario can’t happen. At best there would be two losses. Going into the CC you could have all 4 at 11-1 then 3 finsh with one loss and one with 2. The 3 west teams play each other and AU plays UGA
That’s…consistent with what i wrote.
What happens with a three-way tie? Let’s imagine LSU beats Bama, Auburn beats LSU, and Bama beats Auburn? They all have one loss from a SECW team. Does it come down to highest AP ranking to determine which team goes to the SECC? Then-let’s imagine UGA runs the table in the regular season and loses in the SECC after beating four top-25 teams (assuming TAM remains in the poll). Now there are four SEC teams with one loss. Nightmare scenario for the committee.
If the criteria is best teams, then I’m for the best teams.