re: Play-Off Senerio...

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Well I can name one off the top of my head. Back in 2007 or 8 I think was the year everyone said you had to win your conference in order to go to the national championship. That allowed another SEC team to jump us in the polls that year

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1) We were jumped by a conference champ
2) No undefeated major conference champs were left out

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Well wasn't it BAMA that played in the NC even after they did not play in the conference championship game.

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Yes in 2011. LSU was an automatic so there was a debate between 3 other 1 loss teams as to who would get in.


None of those scenarios would be crazier than a 13-0 major conference champ not even being in the final 4.

Alabama seems to be in almost no matter what (whether they lose this week or the SECCG).

According to this Georgia still has a decent shot if we somehow lose to GT as long as we win the SECCG. Only gives us a 25% chance to win the SEC though...

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Well I can name one off the top of my head. Back in 2007 or 8 I think was the year everyone said you had to win your conference in order to go to the national championship. That allowed another SEC team to jump us in the polls that year. Well wasn't it BAMA that played in the NC even after they did not play in the conference championship game. My memory sucks and I could be wrong.

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That wasn't strange at all. The other sec team had a much better resume and rightfully went ahead of us

The more interesting scenario would be 2 loss teams winning their conference championships.
As it stands now:
1. Clemson or Miami are in as the ACC champion.
2. 1 loss Oklahoma is in if they win the Big 12 championship. But what if OU losses?
3. Wisconsin with no losses is in if they win the Big 10 championship but what if 2 loss OSU wins? Are they selected over a 1 loss non-conference champion Alabama?
4. Likewise, what if 2 loss Auburn wins?
5. 2 loss ND is likely out of the picture since they aren't in a conference championship but they have played a very strong schedule.

It's conceivable that two 2 loss teams could get in the playoffs. It's also possible that 2 SEC teams could get in if for instance there is an upset in the Big 12 conference championship. I mean how far should Bama drop if for instance they lose in a close game vs Georgia in the SECCG?

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Bama non champ 1 loss does not get in over the following....

1 loss champs , UGA, daU, Clemson, OU

May get in over
1 loss champs, Wisky

Will get in over All 2 loss teams or 1 loss non champs

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Nope. Bama will not get in over 2 loss SECC conference champion, Auburn. But you probably meant to qualify that contingency. And as unlikely as it might seem, if Bama gets blown out by Auburn, it's possible that other 2 loss conference champions would get in over Alabama. There's no doubt in my mind that the committee is going to have strong bias against selecting 2 teams from the same conference.

Penn state had 2 losses