What are the chances the SEC moves to pod scheduling?

Zero in a bazillion in the next 5 years. 1 in a bazillion after that.

Zero. AU/UA/UGA/UT will need to schedule their rivalry games an OOC. It isnt really conducive with 14 teams to construct a conference around those teams.

As long as Big 12 teams routinely make the playoffs with one loss, I don’t think the SEC should change anything. The current setup allows us to get two teams in.

If the rest of college football wasn’t so shitty relative to the SEC, and the committee was willing to rank a two loss SEC team over a one less team from another conference, I’d be for the three permanent opponents and then rotating 5 other model.

This topic is 1 of the most talked about on this board.

Honestly, there's not a good format that works with 14 teams & the required rivalry CONF. games.

- You can't switch divisions because that'll make 1 side either too heavy OR possibly eliminate 1 (or more) rivalries.
- SEC WON'T play these rivalry games as non-conf. games.
- There is NO FAIR format that allows some teams to keep c-d games & others not.
- The link you posted won't work unless you switch some of the teams around.
- Non-division requires numerous tie-breakers to compare every team to each other due to lack of common opponents.
- 9 conf. games creates the dreaded 4H/5A & 4A/5H issue...which, as I've pointed out before, hurts schools (like UGA) who have an in-state OOC rival & requires 7H/season. (10 conf. games makes that even worse.)
- How do you determine who should be in the CG from whatever plan you decide upon?

As I've stated in the past, the SEC SHOULD HAVE looked @ scheduling WHEN they decided to increase the conf. members. Unfortunately, the easier paths in scheduling require adding 2 or removing 2 teams. &, just my take, I feel like the P5 will be the P4 & everybody gaining new members in the new future.

Can someone please explain to me why there needs to be a change? It seems like it's working just fine as it is.

Thanks,

Reigning SEC Champions

LSU fans think this is a fair system because they would be the only Big 6 school not to have two other Big 6 schools in their pod