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Bama is getting screwed
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:37 am
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:37 am
They are holding them back because of a road first game loss.
They are promoting that losing to ranked teams is better than actually beating highly ranked teams .
Bama has two wins over top 7 teams and lost to a top 8 team . Bama has the best win imo UGA . They have four playoff committee wins and one bad loss .
Oregon has zero good wins and a great loss
ND has one ranked win and 2 good losses .
The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games . You will get little to no credit for winning those games . If you lose to a lower ranked sec team you will be hammered .
They are promoting that losing to ranked teams is better than actually beating highly ranked teams .
Bama has two wins over top 7 teams and lost to a top 8 team . Bama has the best win imo UGA . They have four playoff committee wins and one bad loss .
Oregon has zero good wins and a great loss
ND has one ranked win and 2 good losses .
The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games . You will get little to no credit for winning those games . If you lose to a lower ranked sec team you will be hammered .
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Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:38 am to Soonerd78
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the sec is fricked going to 9 games
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:39 am to Soonerd78
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They are holding them back because of a road first game loss.
They got blown out by an ACC bottom feeder, that game should matter.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:40 am to SEC Doctor
I agree it should matter but it’s shouldn’t matter more than beating highly ranked teams
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:42 am to Soonerd78
Or, they could have not lost to FSU in a spectacular fashion.
Ever think that may be a big deal?
(And please. Alabama doesn’t get screwed by the football powers that be)
Ever think that may be a big deal?
(And please. Alabama doesn’t get screwed by the football powers that be)
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:43 am to Soonerd78
FSU loss is a bad loss no matter how anyone wants to try and spin it. If we miss playoffs it will be FSU that kept us out not losing to Oklahoma or whoever we play in SEC Championship Game (if we beat Auburn and not even that is a given)
10-3 isn't a Playoff resume when one of the losses is to a crappy FSU Team. I'd argue no team with 3 losses no matter how they got them should be in playoff unless they are a Conference Champion.
10-3 isn't a Playoff resume when one of the losses is to a crappy FSU Team. I'd argue no team with 3 losses no matter how they got them should be in playoff unless they are a Conference Champion.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:48 am to Tex117
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(And please. Alabama doesn’t get screwed by the football powers that be)
They did last year when they put SMU in over Alabama. They will this year if they get the chance. SEC teams might as well get used to it. Vanderbilt should be ranked over Notre Dame and Tennessee has an argument. Neither team has a "bad loss" which apparently more important than actual wins.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:48 am to SEC Doctor
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They got blown out by an ACC bottom feeder, that game should matter.
Blown out is an exaggeration but point taken. Should have scheduled weaker opponent in Week 1 and they would be sitting in the top 5 right now.
SOS does not matter so there is no reason to make your schedule more difficult. SEC should go to 7 games and schedule crap the rest of the way. According to FEI, Bama has faced 5 top 30 defenses while Ohio State has faced ONE (UT in the first game). This format will benefit the Big Ten and ND the most going forward.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:49 am to Soonerd78
You really trying to get us to feel bad for BAMA? I hope they suffer every misfortune possible for the next 20 years.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:50 am to Soonerd78
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The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games
Yep. In hindsight we should have stayed at eight games and gotten rid of the conference championship game. IF Alabama gets left out of the CFP at either 10-2 or 10-3, we should immediately buy out our game against Florida State next year as well as our upcoming games against Ohio State, Notre Dame, South Florida, and West Virginia. Replace them with the likes of Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss, Western Kentucky, and Kennesaw State.
If Alabama had opened with either one of those schools rather than Florida State, we'd be sitting pretty with that "Top 8 loss" and heading into the Iron Bowl with a 10-1 record.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 9:52 am
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:54 am to Soonerd78
It will be better for determining SEC champion. There’s a good chance we end the regular season this year with a three way tie at 2nd place with 1 loss. The 1st place team also did not play any of the 3 2nd place teams. Even after the SEC championship, the actual order of best teams is not clear, Ole Miss and UGA will still have a legitimate claim for a rightful shot they won’t ever get. A 9-game schedule will fix some of this mess and make the actual order of 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc in the conference more clear. The 4th best SEC team is probably not winning the Natty, but we don’t know who that is. The clear top 2-3 teams are still getting in, and they are the ones with a legitimate shot at winning it. Yes 4th place might get screwed out but we will know they are actually the 4th place team
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 10:07 am
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:55 am to SEC Doctor
quote:FSU is pretty squarely in the #25-30 range in most statistical/power rankings. #25 in FEI, #28 in SP+, #27 in FEI, etc. They're #19 in 247's talent composite.
They got blown out by an ACC bottom feeder, that game should matter.
It wasn't a good loss, but people are trying to pretend FSU is an FCS equivalent squad and that just isn't the case.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:56 am to Soonerd78
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The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games
Based on the committee this year, it's going to be a problem.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:56 am to ETT2001
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According to FEI, Bama has faced 5 top 30 defenses while Ohio State has faced ONE
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:57 am to ETT2001
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Should have scheduled weaker opponent in Week 1 and they would be sitting in the top 5 right now.
Reminds me of 2023 LSU. Opening loss to an excellent Florida State team helped keep them out of the playoffs. If they had opened against some shitty team, who knows. They finished 10-3 and ranked 12th.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 9:58 am to TideCPA
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FSU is pretty squarely in the #25-30 range in most statistical/power rankings. #25 in FEI, #28 in SP+, #27 in FEI, etc. They're #19 in 247's talent composite.
It wasn't a good loss, but people are trying to pretend FSU is an FCS equivalent squad and that just isn't the case.
They are 2-5 in the ACC.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:00 am to Soonerd78
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They are promoting that losing to ranked teams is better than actually beating highly ranked teams.
What was changed was wins over better ranked teams & losses against worse ranked teams impacted your score more.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:01 am to Tex117
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Or, they could have not lost to FSU in a spectacular fashion. Ever think that may be a big
FSU is obviously a bad loss, no one arguing that.
But, how many ranked wins does it take to level out a bad loss? Apparently not 4.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:02 am to Soonerd78
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Oregon has zero good wins and a great loss
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ND has one ranked win and 2 good losses .
Why is a loss to Indiana a great loss while a loss to A&M is a good loss?
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:04 am to Soonerd78
Here's how this thread will go. Here's how it always goes.
All SEC fans not pulling for Bama will argue until the end that Bama is not being under-ranked by the committee, in fact they are being treated better than they should.
The majority of Bama fans will be less concerned about 2025 or Bama specifically, and will be mostly focused on the fact that SOR should matter, and that's it's super weird that other SEC fans are whistling past the graveyard on this issue as we enter the 9-game conference schedule. This is what we said last year, when we also said that the precedent was set and that no one should schedule OOC P4 games anymore. The entire concept of a committee was quite transparently established to get less SEC teams in the playoffs than it deserves and that's an indisputable fact.
All SEC fans not pulling for Bama will argue until the end that Bama is not being under-ranked by the committee, in fact they are being treated better than they should.
The majority of Bama fans will be less concerned about 2025 or Bama specifically, and will be mostly focused on the fact that SOR should matter, and that's it's super weird that other SEC fans are whistling past the graveyard on this issue as we enter the 9-game conference schedule. This is what we said last year, when we also said that the precedent was set and that no one should schedule OOC P4 games anymore. The entire concept of a committee was quite transparently established to get less SEC teams in the playoffs than it deserves and that's an indisputable fact.
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