Hypothetically Speaking...Top 5 going into Bowl Selection?

Even if we win out the Reg Season we won't be Top 5 realistically, b/c we would have to have too many other teams lose games they probably won't to push us up.

If we would've beat Tenn, then yes, winning out would've put us in the Top 5.

Now, hypothetically, for end of year after the Bowls, we could absolutely end up in the Top 5.
Beating #7-9 clemson, #1 Bama (in the SECCG) and then winning the Sugar Bowl against whoever would put us probably in the Top 4. That's all hypothetical though.

For the End of the Reg Season, our Cap would probably be #8, if we win out and some teams lose ahead of us (like the ones you pointed out.) Realistically, I do see us winning out and being #8 or #9 at the end of the Reg Season.

Solid reasoning CiyE. Except for one thing.

If we win-out the regular season and, let's say, make it to Atlanta, which I believe we will ... then what happens?

If we win the SECCG and a BCS Bowl, absolutely we finished the entire season in the Top Five.

But, BUT, if we win-out the regular season and make it to Atlanta, which I believe we will ... but then if we lose, then we absorb our third loss and drop like a rock to somewhere, depending upon how bad, between 15-20.

From there it would be very difficult to climb back into the Top 10 by season's end, if not impossible.

The SECCG is a double-edged sword, but I wouldn't want it any other way and I sure hope to make the trip to Atlanta.

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Okay this may sound like a stretch but...if South Carolina wins out could we be Top 5?

Miami loses again possibly at Duke, for sure in ACC Title Game
Oklahoma loses tonight at Baylor or at Oklahoma St
Auburn loses to Alabama
Mizzou loses to at Ole Miss, Texas A&M, or in SEC Title Game
Clemson loses to South Carolina

This would put us at 7 in the country:
We won't jump a 1 loss Bama, Oregon, FSU, or Baylor
Ohio St might lose at Michigan and drop behind us
Baylor could lose tonight and at Oklahoma St
Stanford could lose tonight

At this point you have to think we would be a lock for a BCS Bowl Birth...I know its a lot of "ifs" but its quite possible!

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Hypothetically speaking... we could be number one by the end of the regular season... All the teams above us lose out, except for those playing each other who lose every game but that one. Why not dream big?

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But, BUT, if we win-out the regular season and make it to Atlanta, which I believe we will ... but then if we lose, then we absorb our third loss and drop like a rock to somewhere, depending upon how bad, between 15-20.

From there it would be very difficult to climb back into the Top 10 by season's end, if not impossible.

The SECCG is a double-edged sword, but I wouldn't want it any other way and I sure hope to make the trip to Atlanta.

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True, but I would risk dropping out of the Top 25 even, if it meant we had a shot to win the SECCG, no matter how unfavorable the odds are. I play a lot of poker, I take calculated risks based on odds all the time. I would put us as a 5-1 underdog to lose to Bama in that SECCG, but I've been beat by enough runner-runner's on the turn and river to know that stranger things have happened.

even if those teams get upset they only have one loss...would doubt Bama drops more than a spot or two if they get upset

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So we should get a Sugar Bowl birth by being 2nd highest in SEC, right?

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If we win the SECCG, most likely no SEC team will go to the BCSCG.

If we lose the SECCG, the SECw (probably Bama) will go to the BCSCG and we will be a 3 loss team. If Aub only has 2 losses, they will probably go to the Sugar and we'll end up at the Cap One or Outback. If Mizzou loses 2 more games, we'll go to the Cap One.

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Man, the SECr (and the rest of the sports world as well) would flip if Alabama lost the SECCG to an east team with one or two losses and then went to the NCG with everyone else losing as well... The butt hurt would be palpable!! I kind of want to see that happen now.

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If there isn't more than 1 undefeated team, it could happen. Back in '10 they said that Auburn could lose to USC in the SECCG and still have a shot at the BCSCG.

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Missouri falling behind us and USC getting a Sugar Bowl birth out of default such as Florida did last year?

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Anyone know the ranking required to get an automatic at large birth in the BCS? Florida got one at 3 but I think the cutoff is 4 so I doubt we swing that.

I highly doubt that we get to the Sugar Bowl without winning in ATL and there would have to be some crazy things to happen for us to be in the top 5 heading into ATL

I wouldn't mind if we earn our way into the Sugar the hard way and win the SEC. I would gladly sacrifice a SEC National Championship for a USC SEC Championship any day.

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I wouldn't mind if we earn our way into the Sugar the hard way and win the SEC. I would gladly sacrifice a SEC National Championship for a USC SEC Championship any day.

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