re: Could there be 3 SEC teams in the College Football Playoff?

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If a three loss Florida or Georgia beats a one loss SEC West team in the SECC, this "playoff" will fall apart in its very first year

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Which may prevent any team from the SEC getting in.

The big 12 will get a team between OU and Baylor in the playoffs. I see no one at this point in the AC taking out FSU unless ND is legit. But they play ND home and the only real team they have left on their schedule. The PAC 12 will have 5 teams ranked next week with Arizona now undefeated. At worse they conference winner looks to be a 1 loss team. The Big 10 is sort of the outlier. If Nebraska beats Mich State this weekend they only have Wisc left until the CCG.

The SEC can only have 1 undefeated team by the end of season. I would say even a 1 loss conference champion is a lock to get in the playoffs from the SEC as well as a 1 loss conference champion from 3 of the other 4 power 5. I do not even see a 1 loss SEC west team that did not get play in the SECCG going to the playoffs right now.

Where the SEC may get screwed is if FSU, OU/Baylor run the table and Nebraska does or MSU wins the Big 10 with 1 loss and someone from the PAC 12(still 2 undefeated) run the table or a 1 loss team wins the Pac 12, combined with a 2 loss SEC East team winning the SECCG I could see no SEC teams in the playoffs. Conference champions will get a bump over none champs especially when both have 1 loss.

The downside of our conference this we may eat our own out of the playoff.