It would go to this tie breaker:

"Combined SEC record of the team’s cross-divisional opponents"

Right now:

AU = UGA, USCe combined 6-5
LSU = Florida, UK combined 4-6
Bama = Tenn, Florida combined 2-7
MSU = UK, Vandy combined 2-8
OM = Tenn, Vandy combined 0-9

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Posted by lsufan251875

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Posted on 10/27/14 at 6:47 pm to stho381

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It would go to this tie breaker:

"Combined SEC record of the team’s cross-divisional opponents"

Right now:

AU = UGA, USCe combined 6-5
LSU = Florida, UK combined 4-6
Bama = Tenn, Florida combined 2-7
MSU = UK, Vandy combined 2-8
OM = Tenn, Vandy combined 0-9

I'm not even sure if it is mathematically possible, but I assume in a tie situation (let's say AU, LSU and Bama's pairs all end up at 8-8) they would eliminate MSU and OM and redo the tiebreakers.

What would happen now that the standings are still tied?

LSU, AU, Bama all 1-1 against each other with their East opponents combining for 8-8.

Somehow, I find this situation more plausible than the situation that put LSU in the NC in 2007.

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Posted by LC412000

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Posted on 10/27/14 at 7:13 pm to stho381