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. A minimum of eight completely different groups may nonetheless attain the SEC Championship Sport.
For the needs of this train, I’m projecting the Dawgs to beat Tennessee subsequent week and Texas to win at Texas A&M. Based mostly on my colleague Seth Emerson’s calculations, this is able to possible produce a Texas-Alabama matchup in Atlanta, and I just like the Tide in that one.
In the meantime, at this price, at the least one SEC crew goes to complete 10-2 and miss the Playoff. My guess is Tennessee, which might have only one Prime 25 win (towards Alabama) and probably solely three wins over groups that end .500 or higher. Until after all the Vols edge out an 11-1 Indiana crew with no Prime 25 wins.
Elsewhere, Oregon has executed completely nothing fallacious, however I’m again to using Ohio State in the event that they meet in a Large Ten Championship Sport rematch. Penn State has an underwhelming resume, however given the committee had them No. 6 final week, an 11-1 Nittany Lions crew would possible 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 sector completely, however the Cougars’ luck goes to expire in some unspecified time in the future, probably at Arizona State in a few weeks. A ten-2 Ole Miss crew with lopsided wins over Georgia and a doable 9-3 South Carolina crew will get my final at-large spot.
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