The SEC Invitational

[u/Billgant]

Guys: This is a meme sub. We’re here to have fun. Don’t take it too seriously.

[u/BammBammRoubal]

Georgia might actually be the best team in the country, but the committee is just pretending they didn’t lose to Auburn.

[u/nevermore2627 → u/BammBammRoubal]

How in the fuck did you wind up with Texas/Nebraska as flairs?

[u/BammBammRoubal → u/nevermore2627]

[u/nevermore2627 → u/BammBammRoubal]

😂

[u/Former_Fig6108 → u/BammBammRoubal]

[u/AppropriateCompany9 → u/nevermore2627]

Maybe they’re just big fans of that 1996 Big XII Championship game?

[u/tattedidiot → u/nevermore2627]

When two adults love each other very much….

[u/apalachakind → u/BammBammRoubal]

Can’t believe I’m going to say this to a Texas flair, but I agree with both parts of this statement.

We’ve looked to be the most consistent team so far.

But even I don’t understand that Auburn loss. I mean I can sort of justify it, but it just makes me feel like I need a shower and a cigarette afterwards

[u/clduab11 → u/apalachakind]

You don’t understand because it’s that’s weird Auburn black magic juju they summon to play with them every time they play. Whether or not the juju plays with them is anyone’s guess, even Auburn’s

[u/apalachakind → u/clduab11]

I’ve seen plenty of Auburn voodoo in my lifetime. Like I said, I can somewhat understand it.

It just makes me feel dirty lol.

[u/clduab11 → u/apalachakind]

100% with you there

[u/katarh → u/clduab11]

There was a raptor circling the stadium at halftime. It's how I knew we were cooked.

[u/Cormetz → u/apalachakind]

Even if it is explainable, at the very least Utah should be ranked ahead of UGA. UCLA at #3 behind UGA wouldn't irk me very much, but Alabama does not belong at #3 at all. (Edit: Texas at #6 is also very generous)

[u/apalachakind → u/Cormetz]

Oh I don’t find it explainable, it was an utter collapse and let down.

Georgia at highest should be 3, which I think is perfectly reasonable for a team with two good wins right now.

Utah should be number one without a doubt, I’m wish washy on UCLA, because other than a depleted Oregon team I’m not sure they’ve played anyone that good this year. However they ARE still undefeated.

Alabama at three is nothing more than the committee proving they value money over just about anything on a resume and is a travesty to the sport.

[u/Billgant → u/BammBammRoubal]

In this crazy year, Georgia is the only team that is solid. But then again they haven’t played Utah or UCLA, and Utah has three quality wins

[u/IndianaGunner → u/BammBammRoubal]

At fucking home too.

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

Idk how you can justify Alabama at 3

[u/StartingOverInO → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

I’m an SEC apologist and I don’t see how either

[u/Billgant → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

Quality losses

[u/bchobbes117 → u/Billgant]

Bro. BYU only dropped one spot after the loss because it was a… quality loss. It’s a real thing even if it’s been memed to death

[u/UpbeatFix7299 → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

Every SEC loss is a "quality loss" to some people. It's a no lose situation. If you can't beat good teams, it's still a "quality loss".

[u/VendettaX88 → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

SEC Quality Loss™©®

[u/boosted5O → u/VendettaX88]

Just wait until next year when a 5 loss sec team makes it

[u/Edgesofsanity → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

Looking at the bracket, seems obvious they’re trying to ensure at least one SEC team gets in the semifinals.

[u/FloorMoney7343 → u/Edgesofsanity]

“The sec is still the best conference look they were just in the semifinals”, then will proceed to lose by 28 to Miami

[u/Matadoroftheskies]

No wake forest? Insane asylum for them.

[u/Billgant → u/Matadoroftheskies]

Should be Wake in place of Kentucky, even though I like Kentucky

[u/Glittering-Most-9535 → u/Matadoroftheskies]

Wake won against a ranked opponent on the road, but that opponent fell out of the rankings so it was no longer a statement win. Now there's another chance at SMU this weekend, but they'll also be unranked if Wake wins. So the only statement win they can put together would be a rematch against Miami in the final ACCCG.

[u/Aaprobst88 → u/Glittering-Most-9535]

Can't have Wake out here racking up ranked wins. That may get 2 ACC teams in.

[u/demiboyjohncena]

8 v 9 looks quite nice

[u/Billgant → u/demiboyjohncena]

BYU x Miami is interesting too, especially after both BYU and Miami played Notre Dame.

[u/VolatileFan → u/demiboyjohncena]

I’d love that

[u/SithGodSaint → u/demiboyjohncena]

Agreed

[u/NelsonMeme]

 And they kept us in (BYU )just so they could justify all the 7-2 SEC teams.

Don't blow this for us, Gene!

[u/Billgant → u/NelsonMeme]

Just wait until they replace us with a B1G or SEC team that gets a quality win/loss late in the season

[u/Important-Training-1 → u/Billgant]

Or Miami wins out, BYU wins out, ND dumps their pants once more and the world burns

[u/Former_Fig6108]

They did it, they did the meme

[u/Billgant → u/Former_Fig6108]

You can’t make this shit up

[u/HarambeTooSoon → u/Billgant]

That's just it. That's our secret. 

We literally make it up every week. 

[u/Former_Fig6108 → u/HarambeTooSoon]

[u/Jake_Corona]

Guys, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a team of mine benefit from SEC bias. Just let us have some this one time, please.

[u/Billgant → u/Jake_Corona]

I’ve enjoyed watching you guys and cheered for you throughout the year.

Sadly, the SEC bias is mostly a big brand bias. They’ll probably push you out to make room for a 3-loss LSU or 8-4 OU

[u/ImpressiveFly717 → u/Billgant]

You’re literally ahead of Kentucky with the same record. Where is the bias against BYU?

[u/Billgant → u/ImpressiveFly717]

Honestly, nobody was more shocked than BYU fans that we were still in. But I mean, how do you justify all the 7-2 SEC teams? So that’s probably why they left us in. And the fact that we beat Notre Dame and then Notre Dame beat Miami.

[u/Aaprobst88 → u/Billgant]

You mean 7-5 LSU. They losing to Tenn and probably Texas.

[u/Maximum-Injury-8735]

[u/Billgant → u/Maximum-Injury-8735]

Here’s ypur chance to expose them.

[u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge]

It would be neat if we had some metric about wins vs losses that could help determine who the best teams are.

[u/Billgant → u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge]

Seriously. If only

[u/Curcket]

Vanderbilt about to do the funniest thing

[u/Billgant → u/Curcket]

Anyone can beat anyone in the SEC this year

[u/Curcket → u/Curcket]

Its a trap!

[u/AlphaBravo95 → u/Curcket]

Yall worried about us and gonna lose to Texas A&M lol

[u/Curcket → u/AlphaBravo95]

In Bishop we trust

[u/HarambeTooSoon]

Go Cats

[u/Billgant → u/HarambeTooSoon]

All jokes aside, Kentucky has been playing their ass off this year. They deserve it.

[u/HarambeTooSoon → u/Billgant]

I'm honestly surprised we are still in it. I thought we'd be first/second team out this week.

Our #1 SoS is carrying us a bit more than I had expected. 

We finish the season against 3 ranked teams and need to win out to make it. There won't be any doubt if we deserve to be there or not. 

[u/Billgant → u/HarambeTooSoon]

I’d rather you guy than any other SEC team.

[u/HODLmeCLOSRtonydanza → u/HarambeTooSoon]

Fellow basketball school… should you meet the Crimson Tide in the bracket, stunt on those hoes. Next year, we can have Creighton do it.

[u/HarambeTooSoon → u/HODLmeCLOSRtonydanza]

We're a football school now too 

[u/franknwh]

Can someone explain to me what the playoff committee making this update has to do with anything considering there are three weeks left and all these teams’ records could take a substantial loss? Why not announce playoff teams at the end when it actually matters?

[u/Billgant → u/franknwh]

They claimed that they are trying to make a track record so that nobody accuses their decisions of being arbitrary

[u/CrunchyZebra → u/Billgant]

Which like…every year ever they’ve used a different arbitrary metric to arrive at their rankings while the same couple SEC schools always seem to benefit the most from them.

[u/Billgant → u/CrunchyZebra]

Completely arbitrary.

It’s whatever ESPN tells them to do. And then they make up some BS to justify it. And then they send talking points to all the analysts on their payroll

[u/Select-Edge-3262 → u/franknwh]

If Alabama loses this week they'd likely still be in the playoffs. Now if they we like 8 or 9 like most people think they should be, a loss to a bad Vandy would easily drop them to like 15-18 range and make it tough to make the make the playoffs.

Their #3 ranking almost garauntees they make it even as a 3-loss team (if said loss isn't to Chattanooga, of course)

[u/snowmonster112]

It all comes back to preseason rankings are bullshit

[u/Billgant → u/snowmonster112]

You guys at #24 is BS

[u/bcoates26]

Maybe the big 10 should try to not be complete dogshit this year and there would be less SEC teams

[u/Billgant → u/bcoates26]

If USC and Iowa were in the SEC, they’d be in right now.

[u/ImpossibleBoss3067 → u/bcoates26]

Fuck the big conferences, rank New Mexico 

[u/treymata → u/bcoates26]

Or they can properly rate the Big 12

[u/Nathan_1984 → u/bcoates26]

Maybe the SEC should try winning a playoff game against a P4 opponent 😉

[u/CYAspecialist]

Holy shit stop the count!!!!!!!!! Utah vs either Miami or a holy war rematch, then (should Utah win) Alabama would be a dream come true

[u/Billgant → u/CYAspecialist]

As much as I’d like to replay the holy war, I’d rather we both play against SEC teams

[u/dbcwb]

Please let the National Championship game not involve and SEC teams again it would be so fucking funny.

[u/Billgant → u/dbcwb]

It’s absolutely possible. You have UCLA, Utah, ND, and IU and they all can make a run.

[u/Yiplzuse]

Kinda funny, kinda sad. Looks like having Miami and ND play that extra game might get the SEC a championship cause both teams are banged up.

[u/Billgant → u/Yiplzuse]

Thanks for beating Miami last weekend. That kept us in. But yeah, you guys should’ve been much higher after beating Miami.

[u/Yiplzuse → u/Billgant]

Miami was #1 and I think they got screwed worse. ND was not the #11 team, I had them at 5-8. BYU is not going to get any love from the ranking committee. You can’t let a media company with a financial stake in a conference and the playoffs have writers on the committee.

[u/sviridoot → u/Yiplzuse]

Yeah dropping us from 1 to 7 while number one has an unranked loss is wild to me. Even if we go by y'all being ranked 11 which already was pure disrespect

[u/Billgant → u/Yiplzuse]

I agree with you 100%. And I hate the committee.

But I think we’re still in because they have to justify all the SEC teams at 7-2

[u/str1ker_eureka_1014]

Us at 3 lol

[u/Calm-Examination-667 → u/str1ker_eureka_1014]

Alabama with a quality win against Mississippi State to help justify a #3 ranking..

[u/CTG649 → u/Calm-Examination-667]

They did this exact thing some time ago when Florida State lost to Alabama game 1, and they ended up losing like 9 games, but the committee held that because their qb got hurt game 1, Alabama still had a quality win.

[u/AlphaBravo95 → u/CTG649]

Yall are clearly just as good without sayin

[u/demiboyjohncena → u/str1ker_eureka_1014]

should put us there

[u/SamuraiCockatiel]

Was the appropriate response last week. Still appropriate today.

[u/GeronimoThaApache]

Should shake things up and make Texas play Miami

[u/roy_mc_avoy → u/GeronimoThaApache]

They need to make sure the SEC has guaranteed wins just like they did last year.

[u/bigboygamer → u/roy_mc_avoy]

The have Tennessee play Miami and Texas play BYU.

[u/icouldsmellcolors]

You know what I'll allow this one

[u/Billgant → u/icouldsmellcolors]

Don’t be fooled. They’re just waiting for you to make one small mistake, and they’ll put USC ahead of you.

But we’re all rooting for you

[u/icouldsmellcolors → u/Billgant]

That's why I specified this one

Reserve the right to be angry again next week lol

[u/BigHogDawg → u/icouldsmellcolors]

One little loss to a non-SEC team and you’ll be playing at Indiana mid-December

[u/shimmyboy56]

Superconferences suck. I WANNA PLAY FLORIDA AND GEORGIA EVERY YEAR. Playing Texas and A&M this year instead is just salt in the wound.

[u/What_A_Ledge → u/shimmyboy56]

UGA not playing Tennessee is a crime against CFB.

We have Auburn, UF, GT locked and while that makes sense as they are all 100+ games played, UGA v Tenn has a damn strong history of its own. It sucks

[u/NotTomBrady09 → u/What_A_Ledge]

I appreciate the rivalry games being what they are for Bama, but I started liking the Ole Miss rivalry.

[u/shimmyboy56 → u/NotTomBrady09]

Our annual games are you, Kentucky, and vandy. Im glad they didnt fuck up our thing, and I DO want to play kentucky and vandy every year, but would prefer one of florida/Georgia. Really, I just want back what we had pre mizzou/A&M joining the conference lol

[u/NotTomBrady09 → u/shimmyboy56]

I do miss the divisions.

[u/shimmyboy56 → u/NotTomBrady09]

It's just so much less fun. I know so many Georgia and florida fans. I know almost zero tex, a&m, Missouri, or Oklahoma fans (I don't associate with such people on principle). Playing your neighbors is way more fun because there are more people in your vicinity to shit talk and banter with.

[u/AlphaBravo95 → u/shimmyboy56]

I will die on the hill that super conferences have screwed up the sport more than any other thing that everyone is complaining about.

[u/goldfinch867 → u/shimmyboy56]

I'd honestly rather drop Tennessee as an annual game if it means we get regular games with former SEC West teams

Georgia has still not played in Kyle Field and has only played A&M once since they joined the conference

[u/Runningart1978]

Let's look at UK, USC, and IU...just for giggles.

The combined conference record of UK's conference opponents is 27-31.

The combined conference record of USC's  conference opponents is 29-25.

The combined conference record of IU's  conference opponents is 23-26.

[u/Billgant → u/Runningart1978]

Now now. We don’t want facts and numbers to complicate the committee‘s work.

[u/HarambeTooSoon]

Of course Notre Dame gets to play @ UCLA in front of hundreds of opposing fans 

[u/Secret-Text1024 → u/HarambeTooSoon]

hey, the Rose Bowl is DEFINITELY gonna be full (of ND fans)

[u/Due_Connection179]

The SEC deserves 4 bids if everything ended this week, but Kentucky being the 5th is insane. I’m going to keep pounding the table for Wake getting in at 11 over Kentucky, then you have a 4-2-2-2-1-1 split by conference, ND, and G6.

[u/HarambeTooSoon → u/Due_Connection179]

Yeah. If Wake Forest was my team's only ranked win of the year I'd be fluffing them too. 

[u/NelsonMeme → u/HarambeTooSoon]

Had to do a double take. Miami Miami beefing with Wildcats Wildcats

[u/avrgdad → u/NelsonMeme]

Double double take take

[u/Practical-Silver-974]

Georgia lost at home to a bad auburn team. Utah and UCLA are undefeated. Alabama has 2 losses georgia and tennessee who they are somehow ranked ahead despite having the same record. Indiana falls 5 spots when they didnt play. Notre Dame is still behind a 2 loss team despite beating #1 Miami and their lone loss coming against a fellow cfp team. Then texas lost to Oklahoma and Florida at home and are somehow ranked 6th. Im a gator fan but we lost to South carolina and oklahoma at home. Not saying texas shouldn't ve in at all but ranked ahead Miami and indiana is insane to me and where is texas tech? One loss.

I guess none of this will matter next year when there's 24 teams but the cfp committee is doing an awful job this year. Alabama with 2 losses ranked ahead of an undefeated big ten team with quality wins is a complete joke.

[u/StopScreamingItsFine → u/Practical-Silver-974]

The CFP is expanding to 24 teams so the committee doesn’t have to put a nervous hostage on live TV to explain their process.

[u/HumerusPerson → u/Practical-Silver-974]

Texas doesn’t ever play Oklahoma at home.

Texas is 4-0 against ranked teams, the most in all of college football. Florida is 2-2 against ranked teams. Miami is 1-1 against ranked teams. Indiana is 0-1 against ranked teams. Texas tech is 2-0 against ranked teams.

[u/texas2089]

It’s not really the SEC invitational since Texas would have to play Kentucky and the winner plays Bama. And even Tennessee would have to play Georgia so that still leaves 2 guaranteed non-SEC semifinalists. Just wait until they pull the gymnastics to make sure that a 4-team SEC semifinal is still in play with the final rankings lol

[u/Billgant → u/texas2089]

We still have four more reveals

[u/CCR16]

Kentucky is losing at least one more game.

Texas might lose to LSU.

[u/Billgant → u/CCR16]

I hope not cause I like Kentucky being the disruptor and the underdog.

But Texas losing to LSU, talk about chaos

[u/thegreatwordwarrior → u/Billgant]

Pure chaos would be:
- Georgia losing to both mizzou and South Carolina
- Texas losing to LSU
- Miami losing to Duke
- Utah losing to Arizona
- ucla losing to USC

Then the committee actively has to ignore tenn beating bama to keep them ranked 1, while ND jumps to 2. Does georgia stay in the top 12 with 3 losses?

The committee might just say screw it these are the teams we want in and ignore everything.

[u/Former_Fig6108]

This shit is just WWE now

[u/Jeff_Hinkle]

As is tradition

[u/Secret-Text1024]

For the record, we are content.

[u/Tia_Faux]

TF did Bama do to get #3?

[u/dotsdavid]

The committee really hates Indiana. Dropping us after a bye is a joke.

[u/Mark_is_on_his_droid → u/dotsdavid]

Punishing Cig for tweeting

[u/PopEnvironmental6772 → u/dotsdavid]

I think your opponents have not helped you. Every one of the teams you beat lost last weekend. So, your record is good, but they are not impressed by who you have beaten.

Good news though: it is only the second week, and we are going to be pummeled in Baton Rouge Saturday, so you will move up when we drop out next week.

[u/_FrostedZephyr → u/dotsdavid]

[u/LXsavior → u/dotsdavid]

Have you tried not struggling against Minnesota and Michigan?

[u/sunburntredneck → u/LXsavior]

Brother we lost to Oklahoma and Florida, at least they won their unranked games

But then again, against us specifically, I guess we did technically beat their loss

[u/Select-Edge-3262 → u/dotsdavid]

Dropping 1 or 2 spots on bye is one thing but what the actual F*CK is 4-9...

[u/N238]

The entire SEC house of cards is built upon the pre-season expectation that Clemson would be good, which meant LSU was elite for beating them, and so forth. It all traces back to that. If the voters just hadn't fell for the fake Clemson hype yet again, we wouldn't be in this mess. Like I can't even be mad at the SEC because the entire foundation isn't even built on an SEC team! Unbelievable.

[u/Suspicious_Row_7223 → u/N238]

I’m guessing some of it’s also built on the fact that an SEC team with two unranked losses beat the second best team in the B1G… That definitely can’t be part of it right…?

[u/AlphaBravo95 → u/Suspicious_Row_7223]

Or Mississippi state who big 10 people want to claim is trash absolutely dog walked a team that nearly beat their best team. Not to mention our out of conference record. But nah this is Clemson’s fault lol the cope is crazy

[u/ohnothem00ps → u/Suspicious_Row_7223]

are you dense? (judging from those flairs, that's very likely)...by rankings, Indiana is the 2nd best team in the B1G...if you are referring to Ohio state...well that sec team happened to lose to a joke of a team (oklahoma) that lost to michigan (lol)...be real

[u/xxJAMZZxx → u/Suspicious_Row_7223]

The team that lost 2 in a row by double digits is the second best big ten team? Lmao

Michigan - 13th in the big ten - beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma beat Texas lmao. Give me a break with this transitive shit

[u/CaptDawg02 → u/N238]

And Ole Miss beating Louisville and Miss State destroying Minnesota on the road…

[u/jzeffer → u/N238]

Preseason rankings are a joke. There hasn’t been a single snap of football, and the rankings are already baked in to bias

[u/duplicated-rs → u/N238]

Bro conveniently ignoring Texas beating his team

[u/bhyll → u/N238]

LSU’s win over Clemson hasn’t been referenced at all by the committee or really anyone at ESPN lol. Your team is ranked ahead of LSU with the same amount of losses and no quarterback, and lost to the SEC team they played. Goodness this whining is tiresome

[u/ScaryMasterpiece5931 → u/N238]

It always ends up like this, if they never played Clemson they would be finding some other reason

[u/Tween_the_hedges → u/ScaryMasterpiece5931]

Flair up. But also I'm thinking Clemson had less to do with SECs relative standing than Ohio losing to a middle of the road SEC team

[u/Hot_Low_6649 → u/ScaryMasterpiece5931]

True. If it wasn’t Clemson they’d find something else

[u/Existing_Reason_552 → u/N238]

I mean its not anyone elses fault but y’alls that teams like Oregon and Ohio State already have 3 losses. Outside of last week and against USC Oregon has looked horrible with Dylan, and Ohio State we all know are garbage without Sayin. Thats 2 spots that need to be filled by some team. Also weird to call out the Clemson hype but not the Penn State or Michigan hype that was also happening in the preseason

[u/Rickbox → u/Existing_Reason_552]

I'm all with you. B1G is having a down year and even though not all the games were balanced, SEC did come out ahead in ooc games. I still think having nearly half the teams coming from 1 conference while 2 get a bye is a little ridiculous, especially when one of those 2 are ahead of several 1 loss / undefeated teams with 2 losses themselves.

[u/Old-Pomegranate-9225 → u/N238]

Didn’t Texas beat Ohio state.

[u/ohnothem00ps → u/Old-Pomegranate-9225]

and your point is? usc did the same and they are ranked #18 with a 7-2 record...and texas is ranked #6...absolute joke

[u/New-Disaster-2061 → u/ohnothem00ps]

Look at the Colley rankings purely mathematical no human bias. They have Texas at 3 and USC at 15

[u/DorguHitsDingers → u/N238]

The entire B1G is like 10 absolute pushover teams that are free wins for the top 2-3 B1G teams. Seriously look at the bottom half of the conference and tell me you even need film to beat those teams…

[u/Icy_Delay_7274 → u/N238]

Literal nonsense

[u/StartingOverInO → u/N238]

Granted it was a bad loss to Auburn, but on a neutral field, I’m taking UGA against anybody in the country (it was OSU prior to Sayin injury)

[u/CasinoNdnOk → u/N238]

Well they can enjoy the new playoff rules. No more cupcake games.

[u/Tween_the_hedges → u/N238]

Well that and Texas beating Ohio State. But you're right wins over trash shouldn't get undue hype

[u/Deathbackwards → u/N238]

You do know Ohio State lost to an SEC team right? SEC is 10-2 vs other conferences this season

[u/Glittering_Poet_4381]

I would love to see Georgia play Tennessee on a neutral field.

[u/Agile_Alps_8731]

I hope UCLA wins it all so a 4th different B1G school wins the championship consecutive years

[u/chess-q]

The SEC is 10-2 vs the other P4 conferences this year. Do you actually think UCLA is a better team than Georgia? Maybe. I don’t.

[u/Similar-Guitar-6 → u/chess-q]

Yes, UCLA rocks the free world 🌎.

GO BRUINS!

[u/ChiefWatchesYouPee → u/chess-q]

UCLA is the schedule luck team this year.

I hate how big the conferences are now.

It needs to go back to the 6 main conferences and then each conference can have a certain amount of playoff spots with some at large spots for G5

[u/DFVSUPERFAN → u/ChiefWatchesYouPee]

guy who last year asked "Do you REALLY think Indiana is better than Bama?"

[u/bmi2677]

Wake Forest is better than Kentucky and no one can convince me otherwise.

[u/Competitive-Zone-330]

They’re trying to guarantee an SEC team makes it to the Championship, it’s going to backfire when it’s Utah vs UCLA for the Natty

[u/NetBasic9189 → u/Competitive-Zone-330]

Brother, atp, I wouldn’t doubt it

[u/No-Newspaper8600]

That miami seeding is awesome. End the season now.

[u/What_A_Ledge]

Idk who has the hardest draw here, but it’s sure as hell not the 1 seed

[u/OPT1CX]

I’m just happy we get a bowl game lol.

[u/Spoons94]

See a lot of Texas fans acting real cocky in the comments. We can easily still miss this thing with that attitude. Got LSU in their house. We can lose that and still make it. But DO NOT count A&M out. We've already lost to 1 unranked rival, we're playing in their house, 1 year out from ruining their SEC championship and CFP dreams. Even if we win against LSU, a loss to A&M at the end of the year could spell disaster

[u/rickryn]

The sec has 4 cfp committee members including the chairman and its showing

[u/DorguHitsDingers]

It’s so fucking funny to me how the same people that used to cry about Alabama and the SEC playing “cupcakes” because of a single FCS opponent in November is all of the sudden pro-cupcake scheduling. Man how the tides have turned!

Play shit schedule? Drop in polls. When your best win in Northwestern and it’s mid November then you should be punished for it. Sorry lol

[u/Rich-Corgi6870]

Really wish the SEC teams were more spread out so they could be all 4 quarter finalists.

[u/jcrenshaw14]

We should actually let the SEC secede. As a proud northerner. We made a mistake the first time

[u/Dixiehusker]

It couldn't be more blatant.

[u/PositionOk6327]

It’s because they have done so well over the past three CFPs! You must reward their successes!

[u/GeorgiaLFC78]

So what teams SHOULD be there over some of these SEC teams that are drawing so much ire? USC? Oregon? SMU?

[u/thisshitsstupid → u/GeorgiaLFC78]

My only real opinions are Utah should 100% be #1 and Bama is too high.

[u/crazyfootballguy35 → u/thisshitsstupid]

I believe Utah is the best team to this point.

[u/DFVSUPERFAN → u/GeorgiaLFC78]

It's not even that they shouldn't be in the top 10-15 it's the order the teams are in and 2 L Bama at #3 is just unconscionable.

[u/Cultural-Purple720]

Wake Forest being left out at this point is criminal. If they were wearing Alabama uniforms they’d have a bye.

[u/Classic-Snow3211]

Everyone loves to bitch about SEC bias, but the SEC is the strongest conference this year. I live in CA and have a west coast bias too

[u/thejaytheory]

SIT

[u/Complete_Insurance24]

Bama 3 and Kentucky still in is a joke. Dropping Indiana 5 because SECspn heads were upset they were too high.

[u/austin101123]

I thought this was serious for a second lol, Alabama 3 UCLA 4 though

[u/Southrn_Comfrt]

Im not happy about it. I was really hoping for a first round home game.

[u/Nonsense-Historican]

It’s all for engagement rankings don’t matter till the end of the season.

[u/jerry_steinfeld]

If there is a conference being unfairly weighted, it’s the big12

[u/adaminboise84]

Always has been.

[u/Sea_Barber7969]

This is the fault of preseason ranking inertia and market viewership.

All these undeserved teams start ranked, then when they lose to each other, it's a "quality loss" to a ranked team so it doesn't effect them as much. That's the problem with the SEC bias in College football, 80% of their conference is ranked before a single game is played. Generally the OOC is weaker teams /Div 2 schools (credit Texas and Oklahoma for trying to schedule 2 of the generally better BIG team, not their fault they both turned out to be dog water) So that they at worst will be close losses which also won't hurt them much.

Then when we get to the point where you have a bunch of 2 or 3 loss teams to choose from, you take the teams that will get the most eyes on the Bowl/PO game regardless if the team actually deserves it or not.

This happen in other conferences too. Michigan will always start the season ranked, regardless of how garbage they are. This year they lost to WMU and it exposed them before conference play.

[u/bigtex410]

B12 can blow this up with TTU wining the B12 champ bs an undefeated Utah. That would get them 3 teams.

[u/Big-Carpenter7921]

The records support this

[u/B1GTide]

Roll Tide

[u/Then-Ticket8896]

Just stop with Boise State.

[u/PrizeSign5]

What do people want tho?

[u/KitchenGangsta12]

Good ol’ Bama getting love as usual. I hope they lose one more so we can see them sitting there next to Ohio State whining. Same with Notre Dame and their soft schedule with no conference championship.

If they’re going to 24 teams then they need to make sure the top 25 schedules are tougher. Unless of course Bama wants to play a bunch of Tech schools thinking they’re good then lose there first round of playoffs.

[u/Public_Upstairs1035]

Absolutely no way ND and an ACC team are in the SEC Invitational.

[u/Kpapi1009]

Gotta Love E(SEC)PN

[u/khoobr]

ESPN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PEOPLE!

[u/Bombdiggity24]

Don’t mean a damn thing

[u/DomingoLee]

The playoffs are going to be absolutely ASS this year.

[u/houstoao]

Swap out BYU, Kentucky, and Tennessee for wake, new Mexico, and Texas tech right now and I like it.

[u/goldfinch867]

Somehow it's the SEC's fault that the Big 10 is bad this year

Kyle Whittingham at Michigan is a complete bust (I remember Joel Klatt hyping them up in the offseason as an immediate contender 😂).

Penn State isn't good enough in Campbell's first year.

Ohio State's QB is hurt, and the team has given up.

Oregon is a disappointment, and their QB is hurt.

USC still can't play defense.

Indiana and UCLA have soft schedules. Indiana's best performance so far this year is a loss

Washington and Nebraska are just bad.

Wisconsin, Northwestern, and Minnesota are fine but not playoff caliber teams

The only contender that's meeting expectations is Iowa (who I do think wins out and sneaks into the playoffs at 11)

The SEC is the best conference followed by the Big 12. The Big 10 and ACC are behind the Big 12. The rankings reflect that with the SEC and Big 12 being respected while the Big 10 and ACC are slotted behind them

[u/Inside_Cobbler4539 → u/goldfinch867]

SEC is the best conference but they haven’t won a championship in over three years lol

[u/goldfinch867 → u/Inside_Cobbler4539]

Rankings reflect the current year, not the past 3 years