I knew this coming, but maybe not this soon. SEC to abandon SECCG ?

Harvard Gamecock · Thursday at 2:26 PM

One really did not need to be a savant to see this adjustment developing in the very near future.

Alabama AD says the SEC championship game has 'run its course'

Alabama AD says the SEC championship game has 'run its course'

If and when the College Football Playoff expands to 16 teams, conference title games could easily be cut from the schedule.

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KingWard · Thursday at 3:27 PM

The coming unfortunate expansion of the playoff, the financial and prestigious need to get as many teams in as possible, and adding the ninth conference game all combine to make this seem sadly inevitable.

Evilchicken · Thursday at 3:38 PM

Good. Tired of seeing Alabama and Georgia almost every ******* year

bayrooster · Thursday at 3:39 PM

The ACC championship game is certainly pointless. I would prefer multiple conferences (like all the P5) agree to ditch their championship games the same year, if that's what the SEC wants to do.

Psycock · Thursday at 3:43 PM

It just makes sense

Harvard Gamecock · Thursday at 4:04 PM

Evilchicken said:
Good. Tired of seeing Alabama and Georgia almost every ******* year

You can add OSU, Michigan, Clemson to that list

Uscg1984 · Thursday at 5:15 PM

This is unfortunate, but also inevitable with the expanded playoff.

I remember folks saying a conference title, especially in the SEC, would always be important, but that simply isn't the case when making the CFP is the ultimate goal of every team. When you throw in the fact that an SEC championship just earns you a first round bye, which is clearly a detriment, there is no good reason to maintain the game.

Blues man · Thursday at 7:29 PM

Inevitable. Just a matter of time and which conference would start the dominoes falling.

92Pony · Friday at 8:16 AM

Does this mean auto-bids (conf. champs) for the CFP can also go away?!??

Harvard Gamecock · Friday at 8:53 AM

92Pony said:
Does this mean auto-bids (conf. champs) for the CFP can also go away?!??

Both B1G and SEC are adamant concerning automatic qualifiers, how a conference champion would be determined is anyones guess at this point.

Lurker123 · Friday at 9:11 AM

Harvard Gamecock said:
Both B1G and SEC are adamant concerning automatic qualifiers, how a conference champion would be determined is anyones guess at this point.

Yeah, some conferences depend heavily on that. I can see them fighting to keep it.

Blues man · Friday at 11:24 AM

92Pony said:
Does this mean auto-bids (conf. champs) for the CFP can also go away?!??

As much as I dont really like the free births, especally with byes, I doubt that would change. At least there would be little chance of a three loss team getting a bid though. Still a long way from perfect but imo it would be an improvement.

SouthernBelly · Friday at 2:46 PM

Not like this matters for the Gamecocks

KingWard · Saturday at 11:02 AM

Harvard Gamecock said:
Both B1G and SEC are adamant concerning automatic qualifiers, how a conference champion would be determined is anyones guess at this point.

Point system with tiebreakers.

gamecox4982 · Saturday at 12:57 PM

If Carolina was barely in the playoff picture and they lost in the SECCG they would leave them out. You can bet on that

atl-cock · Saturday at 10:01 PM

bayrooster said:
The ACC championship game is certainly pointless. I would prefer multiple conferences (like all the P5) agree to ditch their championship games the same year, if that's what the SEC wants to do.

The ACC's poaching of the Big East 20 years ago to create a championship game in football never really had the desired result, and the league is just a watered-down version of its old self.

atl-cock · Saturday at 10:03 PM

Are there any FCS, D-II, or D-III conferences which stage championship games?

Lurker123 · 2026-04-05T07:08:52-0500

atl-cock said:
The ACC's poaching of the Big East 20 years ago to create a championship game in football never really had the desired result, and the league is just a watered-down version of its old self.

I think they had dreams of Miami/FSU being a perennial matchup of title contenders. And they both fizzled.

atl-cock · 2026-04-05T08:03:26-0500

Lurker123 said:
I think they had dreams of Miami/FSU being a perennial matchup of title contenders. And they both fizzled.

Yes, and that's how the Canes and Noles ended up in different ACC divisions.

Miami was a perrenial baseball power until they joined the ACC.

As I often play the what if / alternate history of how USC athletics would have fared if we had stayed in the ACC, I wonder how ACC baseketball would have faired had the league not expanded past admitting F$U. Even though the ACC was founded back in 1953 with football in mind (all other sports being an afterthought), hoops ended up being their golden goose, and I think they killed it with Big East poaching. Other than the UnCarolina/Dook bluebloods, everybody else is now an also-ran.

Harvard Gamecock · 2026-04-05T09:37:18-0500

atl-cock said:
Yes, and that's how the Canes and Noles ended up in different ACC divisions.

Miami was a perrenial baseball power until they joined the ACC.

As I often play the what if / alternate history of how USC athletics would have fared if we had stayed in the ACC, I wonder how ACC baseketball would have faired had the league not expanded past admitting F$U. Even though the ACC was founded back in 1953 with football in mind (all other sports being an afterthought), hoops ended up being their golden goose, and I think they killed it with Big East poaching. Other than the UnCarolina/Dook bluebloods, everybody else is now an also-ran.

After Miami joined the ACC in 2004, (but began play in 2005), they were in 3 College World Series, 2 Super Regionals, and 5 Regionals, under Jim Morris

2019-2023 they made Regionals every year. (2020 season. cancelled due to Covid)
2025 they made Super Regionals

GCJerryUSC · 2026-04-05T13:59:31-0500

atl-cock said:
The ACC's poaching of the Big East 20 years ago to create a championship game in football never really had the desired result, and the league is just a watered-down version of its old self.

ACC just became a bigger version of the Big East with that move. Watered conference down.

Lurker123 · 2026-04-05T14:55:49-0500

GCJerryUSC said:
ACC just became a bigger version of the Big East with that move. Watered conference down.

Agreed, but I wonder about the move. At the time it was made, was there a better option for them?

Miami looked like a slam dunk with BC being meh, and maybe not sucking.

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