Alabama’s 42-13 blitzkrieg at LSU coupled with Ole Miss’ 28-10 rout of Georgia has created fairly the muddled mess within the SEC. Not less than eight completely different groups may nonetheless attain the SEC Championship Recreation.
For the needs of this train, I’m projecting the Dawgs to beat Tennessee subsequent week and Texas to win at Texas A&M. Primarily based on my colleague Seth Emerson’s calculations, this is able to seemingly produce a Texas-Alabama matchup in Atlanta, and I just like the Tide in that one.
In the meantime, at this price, a minimum of one SEC staff goes to complete 10-2 and miss the Playoff. My guess is Tennessee, which might have only one Prime 25 win (in opposition to Alabama) and presumably solely three wins over groups that end .500 or higher. Until in fact the Vols edge out an 11-1 Indiana staff with no Prime 25 wins.
Elsewhere, Oregon has accomplished completely nothing improper, however I’m again to using Ohio State in the event that they meet in a Large Ten Championship Recreation rematch. Penn State has an underwhelming resume, however given the committee had them No. 6 final week, an 11-1 Nittany Lions staff would seemingly be seeded above 11-2 Texas and 10-2 Georgia.
Lastly, Colorado is my new projected Large 12 champ. The Buffs are rolling. It pains me to go away 9-0 BYU out of the sphere completely, however the Cougars’ luck goes to expire in some unspecified time in the future, presumably at Arizona State in a few weeks. A ten-2 Ole Miss staff with lopsided wins over Georgia and a doable 9-3 South Carolina staff will get my final at-large spot.
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