re: Will Alabama continue to fight against the 9 game schedule?

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A - it wasn't my list, but they based the split over the last 10 years (I believe).

B - due to A, MSU & Tenn. are lower 1/2 (which Ala. being on the upper part) can ONLY play 1.


Unless you know of a better breakdown in choosing perms?

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Based on the last 10 years both Auburn and Tennessee are in the bottom 8 of winning percentage. Those rules simply wouldn't work without ending one of Bama's two biggest rivalries and ending one of Auburn's biggest rivalries (as they'd be in the bottom and both UGA and Bama are in the top).

So they won't use those rules as they'd fail to accomplish the goal of preserving the biggest SEC rivalries.

Maybe they'll select the top 8 by most recent conference championships. That would be a top 8 of:

Texas
Bama
UGA
OU
LSU
Auburn
Florida
and Tennessee (they get the tie over A&M due to winning the national title in addition to their conference in 1998)

Also known as the old big six plus OU and Texas.

UGA would play UF and Auburn (SC)
Bama plays AU and Tennessee (MSU)
Auburn plays UGA and Bama (Arkansas)
OU plays Texas and Florida (Mizzou)
Texas plays OU and Tennessee (A&M)
Tennessee plays Bama and Texas (Vandy)
UF plays UGA and LSU (UK)
LSU plays UF and OU (OM)