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 totally different groups might 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. Primarily based on my colleague Seth Emerson’s calculations, this might probably produce a Texas-Alabama matchup in Atlanta, and I just like the Tide in that one.
In the meantime, at this charge, no less than one SEC workforce 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. Except in fact the Vols edge out an 11-1 Indiana workforce with no Prime 25 wins.
Elsewhere, Oregon has executed completely nothing mistaken, however I’m again to driving Ohio State in the event that they meet in a Massive 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 workforce would probably be seeded above 11-2 Texas and 10-2 Georgia.
Lastly, Colorado is my new projected Massive 12 champ. The Buffs are rolling. It pains me to go away 9-0 BYU out of the sphere solely, however the Cougars’ luck goes to expire sooner or later, probably at Arizona State in a few weeks. A ten-2 Ole Miss workforce with lopsided wins over Georgia and a doable 9-3 South Carolina workforce will get my final at-large spot.
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