Today proves that the SEC deserves at least 6 teams in the 2026 CFP

[uihawk82]

Right now Iowa is on the outside looking in.

4 SEC teams
3 B1G teams
3 Big 12 teams
1 ACC team
1 Independent (ND)


1. Miami (ACC Champ)
2. Ohio State (B1G Champ)
3. BYU (Big 12 Champ)
4. Notre Dame
5. Indiana
6. Georgia
7. Ole Miss
8. UCLA
9. Kentucky
10. Tennessee
11. Utah
12. Texas Tech

Projecting the College Football Playoff top 12 at midseason

We assess how the selection committee could stack the top teams in the country at midseason.

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Kentucky has two tough road games and Florida at home plus Louisville so they can drop as Kentucky usually does. All this depends on Iowa being 10-2 at the worst which they can do with a lot of great play and good bounces. Indiana has one of the best FG kickers but it didnt work yesterday, stuff happens.

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

Last week #6 Alabama lost at home to #2 Georgia by three points and AP kept Bama at #6 the following week.

This week #5 Indiana lost at home to #4 Ohio St. by four points.

Do we think AP will keep Indiana at #5?

 

[Driftless_Hawk]

I know us B1G fans don't like to admin it, but the SEC is loaded outside of Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

 

[TrojanHawkeye]

Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Ole Miss
Florida
Texas
Auburn
LSU

Who do you leave out?

Iowa might not be favored over any of them

 

[Jonesy5960]

I know us B1G fans don't like to admin it, but the SEC is loaded outside of Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

This year I'd have to agree and it's as much the Big10 being down as the SEC having a lot more depth. We can argue til we're blue in the face but the Big10 has a lot of bad and mediocre teams this year.

 

[Jonesy5960]

Iowa might not be favored over any of them

They would NOT be favored over any of these teams on a neutral field except perhaps Auburn and you might even throw Kentucky in the mix while you're at it.

 

[Doctor Hawktagonapus]

I know us B1G fans don't like to admin it, but the SEC is loaded outside of Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

Watch less ESPN

 

[KuwaitHawk]

Right now Iowa is on the outside looking in.

4 SEC teams
3 B1G teams
3 Big 12 teams
1 ACC team
1 Independent (ND)


1. Miami (ACC Champ)
2. Ohio State (B1G Champ)
3. BYU (Big 12 Champ)
4. Notre Dame
5. Indiana
6. Georgia
7. Ole Miss
8. UCLA
9. Kentucky
10. Tennessee
11. Utah
12. Texas Tech

Projecting the College Football Playoff top 12 at midseason

We assess how the selection committee could stack the top teams in the country at midseason.

www.espn.com

You are missing the G6 team

 

[Jonesy5960]

Watch less ESPN

So tell us. Aside from Auburn, who would Iowa be favored over today on a neutral field. Sagarin says none of them. Are they a shill for ESPN too?

 

[AFM22]

Last week #6 Alabama lost at home to #2 Georgia by three points and AP kept Bama at #6 the following week.

This week #5 Indiana lost at home to #4 Ohio St. by four points.

Do we think AP will keep Indiana at #5?

Indiana 6 in coaches.

 

[Doctor Hawktagonapus]

So tell us. Aside from Auburn, who would Iowa be favored over today on a neutral field. Sagarin says none of them. Are they a shill for ESPN too?

If only the SEC were as good in actual games as they are in hypothetical games that will never be played.

 

[Jonesy5960]

If only the SEC were as good in actual games as they are in hypothetical games that will never be played.

So you can't answer a simple question.

 

[Doctor Hawktagonapus]

So you can't answer a simple question.
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No, it's just irrelevant how many teams Vegas would wrongly favor.

 

[Jonesy5960]

No, it's just irrelevant how many teams Vegas would wrongly favor.

So is your opinion but I still asked for it.

 

[oldxbbc]

So tell us. Aside from Auburn, who would Iowa be favored over today on a neutral field. Sagarin says none of them. Are they a shill for ESPN too?

ESPN might say Vandy-lol

 

[Jonesy5960]

ESPN might say Vandy-lol

Vandy sucks this year. They might beat Rutgers, Maryland, and MSU though.

 

[RuggieC]

Bama and LSU playing in two weeks. Basically an elimination game. Tennessee and Kentucky in two weeks as well. Lots of moving parts in the SEC coming up. Just keep winning Hawks.

 

[Hawkangler]

Bama and LSU playing in two weeks. Basically an elimination game. Tennessee and Kentucky in two weeks as well. Lots of moving parts in the SEC coming up. Just keep winning Hawks.

You are right, a lot of football left to be played.

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

Indiana 6 in coaches.

AP bumped them down a spot.

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

I know us B1G fans don't like to admin it, but the SEC is loaded outside of Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

Lol, no. That's what ESPN wants us to think. That mythical middle tier is not any better than the B1G's middle tier. And our top is better than theirs.

 

[HawkBot]

Here's a really tough question. What is the only conference that has teams with two losses [5] in the AP top 25?

 

[o_Terrykohawk]

Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Ole Miss
Florida
Texas
Auburn
LSU

Who do you leave out?

LSU just on general Lane Kiffin principles!

 

[AFM22]

AP bumped them down a spot.

They prob would have stayed put if BYU didn’t jump everyone with their big win.

 

[Doctor Hawktagonapus]

Here's a really tough question. What is the only conference that has teams with two losses [5] in the AP top 25?

There's no SEC bias, of course though

 

[HawkBall23]

Thoughts?

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

They prob would have stayed put if BYU didn’t jump everyone with their big win.

Which is a little weird. BYU wins in the last second at home against #2 team and jumps 6 spots. Ohio St. wins on the road in the last second against #5 team and moves up 1. Miami needed double OT to beat an unranked FSU at home and they moved up more spots than OSU did for beating the #5 team on the road.

 

[AFM22]

OSU would be up there if they were undefeated. Texas loss isn’t looking so quality anymore.

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

OSU would be up there if they were undefeated. Texas loss isn’t looking so quality anymore.

I get it but at the same time Ohio St.'s strength of schedule per Sagarin is way higher than Miami's and a good bit higher than BYU's. They've only played 2 top-30 teams between the two of them, Ohio St. has played 3.

 

[Madman_1]

How many 3-loss sec teams get in?

All of them.

 

[eyesofhawk]

I know us B1G fans don't like to admin it, but the SEC is loaded outside of Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

Not so sure about this.

The SEC has been top heavy for a few years. Not great depth.

I'm thinking this year is more that their top teams aren't great, than it is teams that have been 2nd tier becoming anything special.

That being said, I don't think the big ten is that great this season either

 

[ItsinourTNA]

All of them.

ESPN to that question

 

[Herky T Hawk]

Exactly what I thought earlier today. She has to "earn the respect of the vets." You know that aint happening.

I know us B1G fans don't like to admin it, but the SEC is loaded outside of Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

The loaded SEC? The conference with a 2-8 record against the Big Ten in bowl games the past two seasons combined? Even if you take out OSU and Indiana, the record is 2-5.