What are the East winner scenarios?

If Florida loses another game and VOLS win out, VOLS win the East.

Florida wins out, they go.

No one is a winner in the East.

We would have a 4 way tie of 4 loss teams if...

Kentucky beats Tennessee
South Carolina beats Florida and Florida loses to LSU
South Carolina wins out
After losing to Kentucky, Tennessee beats Vanderbilt

Actually a 5 way is possible, but unlikely but rankings would eliminate Georgia.

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Kentucky beats Tennessee
South Carolina beats Florida and Florida loses to LSU
South Carolina wins out
After losing to Kentucky, Tennessee beats Vanderbilt

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And in this scenario, South Carolina goes to Atlanta.

We're just going to send the Sunbelt Champion instead

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Actually a 5 way is possible, but unlikely but rankings would eliminate Georgia.

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Actually a 6 way tie at 4-4 is still possible. It appears that UF, UT, USC and UK are all still mathematically alive for the division title.

I hope Mizzou goes.

Here's the scenarios for each team.

Florida (4-2): Controls own destiny.
Kentucky (4-3): Must beat Tennessee and have South Carolina and LSU beat Florida.
Tennessee (2-3): Needs to win out (MIZZ, UK, and VU) and have Florida lose to either South Carolina or LSU.
Georgia (3-4): Has to beat Auburn, Florida has to lose to SC and LSU, Tennessee has to lose to MIZZ or Vandy and beat Kentucky. This would force a five way tie that would go to Western opponent record. It would come down to who finishes with a better SEC record: Ole Miss (Georgia), or Arkansas (Tennessee). Tie goes to Tennessee. So Georgia would need Ole Miss to win out vs. A&M, Vanderbilt and State and Arkansas to lose 2/3 against State, Missouri and LSU or Ole Miss to win 2/3 and Arkansas to lose out.
South Carolina (3-4): Has to beat Florida, LSU has to beat Florida, Georgia has to lose to Auburn, Tennessee has to beat Kentucky and lose to Vandy or Mizzou. This would d create a four way tie in which SC would be 2-1 against Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky. South Carolina would also win a five way tie if Vanderbilt were to win out and things got crazy.


Florida win over South Carolina eliminated everyone but Florida and Tennessee. Florida win vs. SC or LSU + Tennessee loss to anyone clinches it for Florida.

What happens in a six way tie in the East

Three-Team Tie (or more): If three teams (or more) are tied for a division title, the following procedure will be used in the following order: (Note: If one of the procedures results in one team being eliminated and two remaining, the two-team tiebreaker procedure as stated in No. 1 above will be used):

A. Combined head to head record among the tied teams;

B. Record of the tied teams within the division;

C. Head to head competition against the team within the division with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non divisional) and proceeding through the division (multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last and a tie for first place will be broken before a tie for fourth place);

D. Overall Conference record against non divisional teams;

E. Combined record against all common non divisional teams;

F. Record against the common non divisional team with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non divisional) and proceeding through other common non divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division; and

G. Best cumulative Conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents (Note: If two teams’ non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, then the two-team tiebreaker procedures apply. If four teams are tied, and three teams’ non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, the three-team tiebreaker procedures will be used beginning with 2.A.);

Example (Western 1 would be the representative)

TIED TEAMS NON-DIVISIONAL OPPONENTS CUMULATIVE RECORD
Western 1 Eastern Opponents: 14-2
Western 2 Eastern Opponents: 12-4
Western 3 Eastern Opponents: 8-8
H. Coin flip of the tied teams with the team with the odd result being the representative (Example: If there are two teams with tails and one team with heads, the team with heads is the representative).

The Bottom Line for the Gamecocks

SC must beat Florida
Florida must lose to LSU
Tennessee must beat Kentucky and then lose to either Vandy or Mizzou
Georgia must lose to Auburn

If those things happen then SC goes to Atlanta.

It's a longshot to say the least.

None of the posters here will admit it, but I have seen several Vol posts on other boards saying they hope Florida wins out. They want no part of playing Bama again.