Five-Way Tie: SEC West

All I want to know is who gets to hang a banner and print the shirts?

This seems very possible. And the tiebreaker scenario is something like strength of East schedule. Would be a shite show.

It would then go to who would have the best chance to win the Natty for the SEC and Bama would go.

Alphabetical order is the only fair tiebreaker here.

We revert to 2007 rules. 2 Loss LSU plays for the championship

Then the winner of the tiebreaker loses to Georgia in the title game and Bama goes to the playoffs again. Hurray for all!

In that scenario:

Ole Miss and MSU are eliminated, thanks to Vandy going 0-8 in SEC play.

LSU - East opponents are Florida and Kentucky
Alabama - East opponents are Florida and Tennessee
Auburn - East opponents are Georgia and South Carolina

Current records of EAST opponents:
LSU - 4-6
Alabama - 2-7
Auburn - 6-5

Barring a massive push by Tennessee, Alabama is probably out as well.

That means it's now down to LSU and Auburn.

Auburn wins by virtue of the head to head.

5 teams are named SEC West Co-Champions
Auburn represents the West in the SECCG

Of course, Tennessee could win out, probably bumping LSU for Alabama. In that scenario, Alabama and Auburn are the last two standing. Alabama goes to the SECCG to represent the West. There are still 5 SEC West Co-Champs.

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Five-Way Tie: SEC West

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Auburn would likely win the tiebreaker. The last tiebreaker would be combined SEC record of Eastern Division opponents. Since MSU and Ole Miss both played Vandy, they'd likely be at the bottom of this criterion. Since Auburn would be the only one to have played Georgia, they'd likely be at the top. LSU and Alabama would have to hope Florida and Kentucky (for LSU) or Tennessee (for Bama) go on a roll for the rest of the season, while Georgia and South Carolina (Auburn's Eastern Division opponents) go in the tank.

One of two things happen depending on the interpretation of this statement:

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(Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie-breaker format.)

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Either:

1. You run through the tiebreaking procedures until one team has been eliminated, then run through them again until another team has been eliminated, etc. until you get to two teams, at which point the two-team tiebreaker is applied.

2. You run through the tiebreaking procedure once to eliminate all but two teams and then apply the two-team tiebreaker.

Under interpretation #1:
- Ole Miss is almost certainly eliminated, having Vanderbilt and Tennessee as the likely worst-finishing pair of cross-divisional opponents of the five tied teams.
- This creates a four-way tie among Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama, and LSU.
- LSU and Auburn are 1-2 in this group and State and Alabama are 2-1, so it becomes a two-team tie between Alabama and State.
- Alabama has the tiebreaker over State due to head-to-head and represents the West in Atlanta.

Under interpretation #2:
- Auburn likely has the best cross-divisional opponents record, with the presumptive East champion in Georgia and a middle-of-the-pack team in South Carolina. LSU likely has the second-best record with a 2nd or 3rd in the East Kentucky team and a Florida team that, while not good, is likely to finish ahead of Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
- The tie becomes a 2-team tie between Auburn and LSU.
- Auburn has the tiebreaker over LSU due to head-to-head and represents the West in Atlanta.