Could Georgia Get A 'Double Bye' Before The College Football Playoffs?

by Staff Reporter

November 20, 202512 Comments

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The Georgia Bulldogs are currently sitting at No. 4 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings and would get a first-round bye if the playoffs started today.

If Texas A&M, Alabama, and Georgia all win out, the Aggies and Crimson Tide will meet in the SEC Championship, while the Bulldogs will sit at home, avoiding an extra game but get a "double-bye" heading into the playoffs.

CBS Sports analyst Rick Neuheisel pointed it out this week:

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southernboisb•10 days

Please tell me HOW UGA can miss the SECCG AND make Top 4 rankings.

Sizzle_DAWG•11 days

Best possible system I saw was suggested by Uncle Lou. When the playoffs expand to 16 teams, you take the top 2 teams of each Power 4 conferences and give them the automatic bid. Teams 3-6 of each conference then have a conference playoff on Conference Championship Weekend instead of 1 championship game. Then you take the 2 winners of those, add them to the other top 2, for a total of 4 teams that go for each Power 4. That’s 16 teams. Group of 5 can go pound sand.

southernboisb•10 days

WHY have a conf. P/O?

#'s 1 & 2 get auto...#'s 3 & 4 get ranked by whatever method is designed. NO REASON a 5th or 6th seed should be allowed to participate.

Sizzle_DAWG•9 days

Because it would be a stand in for Conference Championship Weekend. AKA more football and more in conference rivalry action.

Nasty_Canasta•11 days

Cuz it worked out so good for Georgia last year lol

Violent Hip Swivel•11 days

Won the SECCG last year lol

cbree88•11 days

This is why these stupid conference championship games are obsolete. Get rid of them and go back to co-champions of conferences (especially since the only thing anyone cares about is making it or the CFP.)

Violent Hip Swivel•11 days

15-20 million people watch the SECCG. 15-20 million people X 4 hours is a shite ton of money.

FaCubeItches•11 days

Or alternatively, give the conference champions the highest seeds - or even limit the playoffs solely to conference champions. Then those games become important again.

Jake81•10 days

an extra round of playoffs would also get watched, irrelvent games at this time of the season are not good for the long term

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Violent Hip Swivel•11 days

That would be pretty wonderful!

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