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Here’s What Georgia Needs To Root For This Weekend To Make SEC Championship
Posted on 11/21/25 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 11/21/25 at 2:21 pm
Who UGA Needs To Root For This Weekend
SEC finales among teams in the hunt will do most of the deciding, but games Saturday among other SEC teams could factor in.
By Connor Riley
Nov 20, 2025
ATHENS — None of the four teams still alive for the SEC championship game will play a conference game this weekend.
Ole Miss is off, while Texas A&M and Alabama both play Football Championship Subdivision opponents: Samford and Eastern Illinois, respectively.
Georgia also steps out of conference, having already finished the SEC slate with a 7-1 record. The Bulldogs will take on a 1-9 Charlotte team that is a six-touchdown underdog this weekend.
A spot in the SEC championship game cannot be clinched this weekend for the Bulldogs. The simplest path to Atlanta involves losses by either Texas A&M or Alabama in their final SEC games. Those come next Friday for the Aggies against the Texas Longhorns and on Saturday against Auburn for Alabama.
By the time those games start, Georgia will have wrapped its regular season finale against Georgia Tech, which is set for a 3:30 p.m. start on Nov. 28.
There’s nothing Georgia can presently do to help its chances of getting to Atlanta.
But other SEC teams can lend a helping hand, as opponents’ combined conference winning percentage will, in all likelihood, play a determining factor in who goes to Atlanta. Georgia, Texas A&M, Alabama and Ole Miss didn’t all play each other and would have the same record against common opponents. That is where conference opponent winning percentage would come into play in the event of a three- or four-team tiebreaker.
Effectively, that tiebreaker measures how well each SEC team’s conference opponents did in SEC games. Heading into this week’s set of games, Georgia’s eight conference foes have a combined record of 26-28 in conference games, good for a .481 winning percentage.
Alabama’s conference opponents have the exact same record and thus the same winning percentage. In the event Georgia and Alabama finish with the same conference opponent winning percentage, Alabama would go to Atlanta thanks to the head-to-head win over Georgia.
Ole Miss’ conference opponents’ winning percentage sits at .345, while Texas A&M’s is a ghastly .229. The Bulldogs have a healthy edge over those two teams.
But there are four SEC games this weekend. Three of them will have an impact on Georgia’s conference opponent winning percentage. The fourth, Missouri at Oklahoma, guarantees a win and loss for Alabama as the Crimson Tide played both teams.
In the Texas-Arkansas game, Georgia should want the Longhorns to win. Georgia played Texas just last week but did not face the Razorbacks this season. A Texas win improves Georgia’s conference opponent winning percentage while a loss hurts it.
The same goes for this weekend’s game between Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Georgia beat Kentucky 35-14 in October. What makes this game matter is that Alabama needs Vanderbilt to win to help its conference opponents’ winning percentage. This game will be the most consequential of the weekend for those two teams.
Georgia will add one win and one loss when Florida and Tennessee kick off this weekend, as the Bulldogs beat both teams this season. A Florida win would benefit Georgia more, as Alabama only played Tennessee.
We’ll stop short of saying Georgia should root for Florida because the Gators are still a massive rival for the Bulldogs.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart made it clear that playing in the SEC championship game matters greatly to him. Getting to Atlanta for a fifth consecutive season would match a feat only accomplished one other team in league history, by Florida from 1991-95.
“I’m a kid that grew up in the SEC footwork and thinks that’s one of the key ingredients, most important games,” Smart said. “To talk about the future and what that holds, I can’t even speculate what that holds. To talk about the way our coaches look at it, regardless of how they look at it, how are they going to perform on the field on Saturday? They’re going to go perform to win, which puts you in that game.”
To get there, it will need a little help not from its friends but the teams it beat earlier this season.
SEC championship game tiebreakers
Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
Record vs. all common conference opponents among the tied teams
Record against highest (best) placed common conference opponent in the conference standings, and proceeding through the conference standings among the tied teams
Cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents among the tied teams
Capped relative total scoring margin versus all conference opponents among the tied teams
Random draw of the tied teams
SEC standings
Texas A&M 7-0
Georgia 7-1
Alabama 6-1
Ole Miss 6-1
Texas 4-2
Vanderbilt 4-2
Oklahoma 4-2
Tennessee 3-3
Missouri 3-3
LSU 3-4
Florida 2-5
Kentucky 2-5
Mississippi State 1-6
Auburn 1-6
South Carolina 1-7
Arkansas 0-6
SEC finales among teams in the hunt will do most of the deciding, but games Saturday among other SEC teams could factor in.
By Connor Riley
Nov 20, 2025
ATHENS — None of the four teams still alive for the SEC championship game will play a conference game this weekend.
Ole Miss is off, while Texas A&M and Alabama both play Football Championship Subdivision opponents: Samford and Eastern Illinois, respectively.
Georgia also steps out of conference, having already finished the SEC slate with a 7-1 record. The Bulldogs will take on a 1-9 Charlotte team that is a six-touchdown underdog this weekend.
A spot in the SEC championship game cannot be clinched this weekend for the Bulldogs. The simplest path to Atlanta involves losses by either Texas A&M or Alabama in their final SEC games. Those come next Friday for the Aggies against the Texas Longhorns and on Saturday against Auburn for Alabama.
By the time those games start, Georgia will have wrapped its regular season finale against Georgia Tech, which is set for a 3:30 p.m. start on Nov. 28.
There’s nothing Georgia can presently do to help its chances of getting to Atlanta.
But other SEC teams can lend a helping hand, as opponents’ combined conference winning percentage will, in all likelihood, play a determining factor in who goes to Atlanta. Georgia, Texas A&M, Alabama and Ole Miss didn’t all play each other and would have the same record against common opponents. That is where conference opponent winning percentage would come into play in the event of a three- or four-team tiebreaker.
Effectively, that tiebreaker measures how well each SEC team’s conference opponents did in SEC games. Heading into this week’s set of games, Georgia’s eight conference foes have a combined record of 26-28 in conference games, good for a .481 winning percentage.
Alabama’s conference opponents have the exact same record and thus the same winning percentage. In the event Georgia and Alabama finish with the same conference opponent winning percentage, Alabama would go to Atlanta thanks to the head-to-head win over Georgia.
Ole Miss’ conference opponents’ winning percentage sits at .345, while Texas A&M’s is a ghastly .229. The Bulldogs have a healthy edge over those two teams.
But there are four SEC games this weekend. Three of them will have an impact on Georgia’s conference opponent winning percentage. The fourth, Missouri at Oklahoma, guarantees a win and loss for Alabama as the Crimson Tide played both teams.
In the Texas-Arkansas game, Georgia should want the Longhorns to win. Georgia played Texas just last week but did not face the Razorbacks this season. A Texas win improves Georgia’s conference opponent winning percentage while a loss hurts it.
The same goes for this weekend’s game between Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Georgia beat Kentucky 35-14 in October. What makes this game matter is that Alabama needs Vanderbilt to win to help its conference opponents’ winning percentage. This game will be the most consequential of the weekend for those two teams.
Georgia will add one win and one loss when Florida and Tennessee kick off this weekend, as the Bulldogs beat both teams this season. A Florida win would benefit Georgia more, as Alabama only played Tennessee.
We’ll stop short of saying Georgia should root for Florida because the Gators are still a massive rival for the Bulldogs.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart made it clear that playing in the SEC championship game matters greatly to him. Getting to Atlanta for a fifth consecutive season would match a feat only accomplished one other team in league history, by Florida from 1991-95.
“I’m a kid that grew up in the SEC footwork and thinks that’s one of the key ingredients, most important games,” Smart said. “To talk about the future and what that holds, I can’t even speculate what that holds. To talk about the way our coaches look at it, regardless of how they look at it, how are they going to perform on the field on Saturday? They’re going to go perform to win, which puts you in that game.”
To get there, it will need a little help not from its friends but the teams it beat earlier this season.
SEC championship game tiebreakers
Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
Record vs. all common conference opponents among the tied teams
Record against highest (best) placed common conference opponent in the conference standings, and proceeding through the conference standings among the tied teams
Cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents among the tied teams
Capped relative total scoring margin versus all conference opponents among the tied teams
Random draw of the tied teams
SEC standings
Texas A&M 7-0
Georgia 7-1
Alabama 6-1
Ole Miss 6-1
Texas 4-2
Vanderbilt 4-2
Oklahoma 4-2
Tennessee 3-3
Missouri 3-3
LSU 3-4
Florida 2-5
Kentucky 2-5
Mississippi State 1-6
Auburn 1-6
South Carolina 1-7
Arkansas 0-6
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Posted on 11/21/25 at 2:30 pm to southernboisb
Don't need possible injuries. We've had enough.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 2:39 pm to southernboisb
So we need to root for the opposite of this.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:46 am to southernboisb
SEC nation just said we are in with an ole miss win in the egg bowl
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:14 am to Griffindawg
Not sure why you guys want to go to a meaningless game that only has downside for us this year. Times it could be beneficial..not this year.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 11:17 am to RealDawg
Damn sure don’t need any more injuries
Posted on 11/22/25 at 12:01 pm to RealDawg
SEC championships are very meaningful.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 12:59 pm to Griffindawg
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SEC nation just said we are in with an ole miss win in the egg bowl
Not seeing how that could really affect the outcome either way, we have outright wins over both.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 1:11 pm to RealDawg
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Not sure why you guys want to go to a meaningless game that only has downside for us this year. Times it could be beneficial..not this year.
Kirby wants to go. I bet you wouldn’t say that to him.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 1:32 pm to Griffindawg
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SEC nation just said we are in with an ole miss win in the egg bowl
I'm wrong a lot, but I'm 100 percent sure that it's Alabama and Texas A&M if those two teams win their rivalry games next week.
And then I'm 90 percent sure that it's Georgia/Alabama if Texas A&M loses to Texas and Alabama beats Auburn.
And I'm 75 percent sure that it's Georgia/Ole Miss if both Texas A&M and Alabama lose their rivalry game next week.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 2:44 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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I'm wrong a lot, but I'm 100 percent sure that it's Alabama and Texas A&M if those two teams win their rivalry games next week.
You are again wrong. If Ole Miss wins, the head to head tie breaker does not go into play, as Ole Miss and Bama did not play. It will go to opponents winning percentage tie breaker.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 3:08 pm to AirbusDawg
https://bball.notnothing.net/sec.php?sport=fb
I've been going by the Nerdometer 9000 the whole time, but who's to say say that the Nerdometer 9000 isn't fricked up.
I've been going by the Nerdometer 9000 the whole time, but who's to say say that the Nerdometer 9000 isn't fricked up.
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 3:14 pm to AirbusDawg
People are overthinking this
There are scenarios to get there but which require massive upsets, but the easiest and most realistic path is simply if Texas beats A&M. Cause Auburn ain’t beating Alabama
A&M is only favored by 2.5 and the game is in Austin
Hook em, baby! Let’s go!!!
There are scenarios to get there but which require massive upsets, but the easiest and most realistic path is simply if Texas beats A&M. Cause Auburn ain’t beating Alabama
A&M is only favored by 2.5 and the game is in Austin
Hook em, baby! Let’s go!!!
Posted on 11/22/25 at 4:55 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Auburn definitely isn't beating Alabama in the Iron Bowl, but the stars are aligning for it to be much closer than anybody wearing houndstooth would prefer.
If both Alabama and A&M win, they're in. It's my understanding that the opponent League win percentage only comes into play if the secondary tiebreaker of head-to-head record is a wash
If both Alabama and A&M win, they're in. It's my understanding that the opponent League win percentage only comes into play if the secondary tiebreaker of head-to-head record is a wash
Posted on 11/22/25 at 4:59 pm to VoxDawg
Would there not be a three way tie with Ole Miss, Bama, and UGA if all win out? That would unlock the head to head since Olemiss and Bama did not play.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 5:24 pm to lewis and herschel
UGA Bama & Ole Miss all tied at 6-1 would be broken by our H2H loss to Bama
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:46 pm to VoxDawg
Wrong. If Bama, A&M and Ole Miss all win there would be a three way tie in the conference record. Bama, Old Miss and UGA would all have one conference loss. We would get in vs A&M in that case because our conference opponents have better overall conference records than those of Bama and Ole Miss.
Head to head never comes into it.
Head to head never comes into it.
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:57 pm to Whiznot
That's what I thought and no one is really talking about itm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 8:59 pm to RealDawg
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Not sure why you guys want to go to a meaningless game that only has downside for us this year.
This a losers' mentality
Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:38 pm to southernboisb
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