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 seemingly produce a Texas-Alabama matchup in Atlanta, and I just like the Tide in that one.
In the meantime, at this charge, at the very least one SEC crew goes to complete 10-2 and miss the Playoff. My guess is Tennessee, which might have only one High 25 win (in opposition to Alabama) and presumably solely three wins over groups that end .500 or higher. Except in fact the Vols edge out an 11-1 Indiana crew with no High 25 wins.
Elsewhere, Oregon has completed completely nothing improper, however I’m again to driving Ohio State in the event that they meet in a Huge 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 seemingly be seeded above 11-2 Texas and 10-2 Georgia.
Lastly, Colorado is my new projected Huge 12 champ. The Buffs are rolling. It pains me to depart 9-0 BYU out of the sphere solely, 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 crew with lopsided wins over Georgia and a doable 9-3 South Carolina crew will get my final at-large spot.
(Photograph: Patrick Mulligan / Getty Pictures)
