Lets just say Tennessee beats Georgia, and the good guys beat Texas.

Tennessee vs A&M in Atlanta. Will the loser miss out on the playoffs? and replaced by Ole Miss/Bama. Playing another game against a top 10 opponent, but also by playing another game, you run the risk of Loss #2 or #3.

cmsaggie12 said:

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Lets just say Tennessee beats Georgia, and the good guys beat Texas.

Tennessee vs A&M in Atlanta. Will the loser miss out on the playoffs? and replaced by Ole Miss/Bama. Playing another game against a top 10 opponent, but also by playing another game, you run the risk of Loss #2 or #3.

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Define punished in a world where the committee tends to revenue matchups…

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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a 3 loss sec team isn't making the playoffs

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Not true. In 2022 two three loss CCG runners up were in top 12.

this isn't 2023

NyAggie said:

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ahou614 said:

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If its us, then yes. If its TEX, the answer is a resounding NO.

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Well, to be fair Texas would only be a 1 loss team and then a 2 loss team after the title game

If either Texas or Tennessee get here with 1 loss and lose, they will stay in

If we get there with 2 losses. I think we'd be out if we lost

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This is the accurate, unbiased truth.

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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a 3 loss sec team isn't making the playoffs

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Heather Dinich, member of the CFP committee, said on the Pat McAfee show the other day not to be surprised when a three loss SEC team makes the playoffs

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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a 3 loss sec team isn't making the playoffs

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You think they'd keep tu out with 3 losses? Don't forget this is politics and network driven, not the 12 best teams

People who think the SEC runner-up is going to be left out of the playoffs are just crybaby conspiracy theorists who think everything is rigged

if Texas losses 3 games, yes they are out

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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if Texas losses 3 games, yes they are out

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No. though if there are two losses by them to us then probably true.

if Texas losses to Arkansas, they fall to 8-10… they then lose to us, they are outside the top 12 with 3 losses and head to the Alamo Bowl

if Texas losses 1 more regular season (they go to 8-10)… if they by chance made the sec champ with those 2 losses and lose in championship, they fall out of top 12….

there is no way to really say until we see the rankings the week before CCG

3 losses yes.
2 losses probably not.

cmsaggie12 said:

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Lets just say Tennessee beats Georgia, and the good guys beat Texas.

Tennessee vs A&M in Atlanta. Will the loser miss out on the playoffs? and replaced by Ole Miss/Bama. Playing another game against a top 10 opponent, but also by playing another game, you run the risk of Loss #2 or #3.

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Let's see, hypothetically...

If A&M goes 10-2 beating Texas. Then loses in the SEC title game to finish 10-3.

Now you got a 10-2 Texas that lost the head-to-head literally a week earlier to A&M versus a 10-3 A&M.

Who gets the priority to be in? Hilariously, I think it would be A&M. Which would be hilarious.

Depends on the resume….

Take Bama for instance. They are currently 4-1 against top 25 teams. I don't think any other team in conversation can come close to that outside TAMU. The difference there would be with a loss, they are 4-2. We would be 3-3 with a loss in CCG.

The danger in saying that today is does anyone think it is crazy to see Vandy beat LSU and SC and Ark beating Mizzou. In 3 weeks, Bama resume may look completely different against ranked teams. It could go from 4-1 to 2-2. Ags could go from 3-2 to 1-2. Horns could go from 0-2 to 1-2.

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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if Texas losses 3 games, yes they are out

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You say that, yet there they sit at #2 with zero top 25 wins and a resounding home loss to the only team they've played with a pulse. While Georgia has two top 10 road losses and a road win vs tu and is on the verge of being on the outside looking in

It sounds ridiculous in a vacuum but the powers that be are going to do everything they can to get sip in. Yes that's the BAS in me speaking

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bulverdeaggie93 said:

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if Texas losses 3 games, yes they are out

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You say that, yet there they sit at #2 with zero top 25 wins and a resounding home loss to the only team they've played with a pulse

It sounds ridiculous in a vacuum but the powers that be are going to do everything they can to get sip in. Yes that's the BAS in me speaking

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Georgia fell 9 spots after they lost to ole Miss

Texas could fall from 3 to 10 with a loss to A&M and A&M could move up from say 13 or 14 or even 15 to 9 with a win over sip

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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a 3 loss sec team isn't making the playoffs

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lmao. If it's a team forced to play a 13th game then they will.

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Georgia fell 9 spots after they lost to ole Miss

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because the committee looks at the schedule and will move them right back up to being safely in if they beat UT

BMX Bandit said:

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Georgia fell 9 spots after they lost to ole Miss

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because the committee looks at the schedule and will move them right back up to being safely in if they beat UT

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Correct

Strategic ranking of a team

Loser of UGA/tenn is out, winner is in

cmsaggie12 said:

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Lets just say Tennessee beats Georgia, and the good guys beat Texas.

Tennessee vs A&M in Atlanta. Will the loser miss out on the playoffs? and replaced by Ole Miss/Bama. Playing another game against a top 10 opponent, but also by playing another game, you run the risk of Loss #2 or #3.

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It already happened with TCU and Oklahoma a few years back

If A&M and Texas both go 10-2, we beat them and go to the SEC title game, it would set a horrible precedent to leave A&M out due to a title game loss and put in the 10-2 Texas team who lost to A&M and missed out on the title game.

You are then punishing teams for making it to the conference championship game.

That being said I certainly could see the committee screwing A&M like that and putting Texas in.

If it did happen, would it be infuriating? Yes. Would I take as a consolation beating Texas in their first year in the conference to go to the SEC Championship game and keep them out? Also Yes.

QUIT OVERLOOKING NMSU!

Won't happen. They will have no good wins. If anything it would be Bama or Ole Miss getting in over us.

The Marksman said:

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People who think the SEC runner-up is going to be left out of the playoffs are just crybaby conspiracy theorists who think everything is rigged

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Last year they left out the undefeated ACC champion.

bulverdeaggie93 said:

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a 3 loss sec team isn't making the playoffs

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Unless it's Alabama or the sips. In which case they will get a first and a second-round bye.

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The Marksman said:

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People who think the SEC runner-up is going to be left out of the playoffs are just crybaby conspiracy theorists who think everything is rigged

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Last year they left out the undefeated ACC champion.

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1. Last year was a 4 team playoff, not a 12 team playoff. You know that just as well as I do, but choose to ignore it.
2. Since when were the SEC and ACC comparable football leagues?
3. Don't forget the Jordan Travis injury. It wasn't fair to FSU that the injury made a difference, but that was a unique circumstance.