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Go back to divisions
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:39 pm
Hear me out.
Division 1: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina
Division 2: LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma
This preserves all of the real rivalries.
Each team plays 7 round robin games and the divisions are seeded 1-8. Number 1 from division 1 plays number 2 from division 2 and vice versa. The winners play for the conference championship. The losers play for 3rd place. All of the other teams play similar 4 team mini tourneys so that everyone plays 9 conference games.
The CFP automatically takes the teams that finish 1-4 and seeds them according to their finish in the conference. Non conference games don’t count for the playoff seeding. The CFP can take extra teams if they are deemed worthy. In the event that 3 teams finish 6-1 in a division, whichever team finishes third by the tiebreakers is also guaranteed a spot in the playoff if it can finish with 1 loss by winning its last two conference games and ending up fifth.
The biggest negative is not playing teams from the other division on a regular basis. One solution would be allowing teams to schedule games against the other division that don’t count toward conference standings.
Division 1: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina
Division 2: LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma
This preserves all of the real rivalries.
Each team plays 7 round robin games and the divisions are seeded 1-8. Number 1 from division 1 plays number 2 from division 2 and vice versa. The winners play for the conference championship. The losers play for 3rd place. All of the other teams play similar 4 team mini tourneys so that everyone plays 9 conference games.
The CFP automatically takes the teams that finish 1-4 and seeds them according to their finish in the conference. Non conference games don’t count for the playoff seeding. The CFP can take extra teams if they are deemed worthy. In the event that 3 teams finish 6-1 in a division, whichever team finishes third by the tiebreakers is also guaranteed a spot in the playoff if it can finish with 1 loss by winning its last two conference games and ending up fifth.
The biggest negative is not playing teams from the other division on a regular basis. One solution would be allowing teams to schedule games against the other division that don’t count toward conference standings.
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Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:43 pm to Decker
“If we didn’t have divisions UGA would never win the SEC”
UGA wins SEC first two years without divisions
“Go back to divisions”
UGA wins SEC first two years without divisions
“Go back to divisions”
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:45 pm to Dawgfanman
This has nothing to do with Georgia. Just wishful thinking for a way to have things more orderly and based solely on on-field results.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:47 pm to Decker
How about no?
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:47 pm to Decker
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This has nothing to do with Georgia. Just wishful thinking for a way to have things more orderly and based solely on on-field results
I understand. It was just a common refrain here, admittedly mostly from Aggie and LSU fans.
I like the idea of more order and less “feels” in deciding CFP participants.
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