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Seth Emerson of The Athletic reports that Kentucky, Mississippi State and Arkansas are lobbying for the current number of eight conference games while Alabama and Florida, among others, are in favor of expanding to a nine-game schedule.

So the traditional bottom feeders want to stay at 8.

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Posted by BurgTiger

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Posted on 6/8/22 at 3:30 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan

As a Mizzou fan, give me 9 games. I’d rather watch a fun matchup over a directional school. That said, if we had 8 conf games and 2 mandated P5 opponents in the noncon then 8 is fine.

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Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 6/9/22 at 7:44 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan

Suppose they did the pods with only eight conference games to satisfy the bottom eight teams. I think that would work if you have your three fixed opponents in your pod + the four from your paired pod + one from the pod you will play next rotation.

To explain by demonstration. Assume LSU is in a pod with A&M, Ole Miss & MSU. If the other pods are:

NW: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri
Central: Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
SE: Georgia, Florida, Auburn, South Carolina

Year 1&2 LSU schedule
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
A&M
Ole Miss
MSU
Alabama

Year 3&4
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
A&M
Ole Miss
MSU
Florida

Year 5&6
Florida
Georgia
Auburn
South Carolina
A&M
Ole Miss
MSU
Oklahoma

Similarly Alabama year 1&2
Florida
Georgia
Auburn
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
LSU

3&4
LSU
A&M
Ole Miss
MSU
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Oklahoma

5&6
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Auburn

Georgia year 1&2
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Florida
Auburn
South Carolina
Oklahoma

Year3&4
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Florida
Auburn
South Carolina
A&M

Year 5&6
LSU
A&M
Ole Mississippi
MSU
Florida
Auburn
South Carolina
Tennessee

Notice the following advantages:
1. every team would have three permanent opponents they would play every year
2. Every year the SEC still has two divisions so there can be two clear representatives in the conference championship game
3. On top of the three permanent opponents each program would have three teams they play two thirds of the time (4 of every 6 years)

Those opponents could be as follows:

SW Pod
LSU: Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida
A&M; Texas, Tennessee, Georgia
OM: Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Auburn
MSU: Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina

NW Pod:
Oklahoma: Alabama, Georgia, LSU
Texas: Tennessee, Florida, A&M
Arkansas: Kentucky, Auburn, Ole Miss
Missouri: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, MSU

Central Pod:
Alabama: Auburn, LSU, Oklahoma
Tennessee: Georgia, A&M, Texas
Kentucky: Florida, MSU, Arkansas
Vanderbilt: South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri

SE Pod:
Georgia: A&M, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Florida: LSU, Texas, Kentucky
Auburn: Ole Miss, Arkansas, Alabama
USC: MSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt

This post was edited on 6/9/22 at 7:54 pm

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