7-3 South Carolina is unlikely to make the SEC Championship, but is increasingly likely to become the first 3-loss team ever in the College Football Playoff.

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 17, 2024

At this rate, if Army manages to beat Notre Dame, the possibility of the Big 12 champ being the 6th highest ranked conference champ becomes a serious possibility…2014 all over again for the conference.

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 17, 2024

The main impetus for the 12-team CFP is that it was the same brands every year.

Next week, the three biggest games in the country involve Indiana, Army, BYU and Arizona State.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 17, 2024

None of those teams are in the SEC! Only 1 from the Big 10.

boognish_bear said:

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The main impetus for the 12-team CFP is that it was the same brands every year.

Next week, the three biggest games in the country involve Indiana, Army, BYU and Arizona State.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 17, 2024

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A cynic might say we're not talking about whether Penn St, Ohio St, Texas, Ole Miss, Georgia, or Alabama will be left out because they're all getting in. Most years the Big 12 got one team in. This year there's one less major conference and the Big 12 will still get one team in. It's the 3rd place teams from the SEC/Big 10 that get added to the picture. And maybe Army or Boise St.

Adds to the discussion that with these mega conferences the "luck of the draw" on schedule can be a big factor. UT really drew a favorable schedule this year.

Illinois re-entered the AP Top 25 today. Among 3-loss teams, the Illini actually have an interesting CFP profile because of quality losses.

Of the nine 3-loss teams to finish in top-12 of final CFP standings, Illinois is currently second in record of the opponents it lost to. pic.twitter.com/vHMWe17YzW

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) November 18, 2024

4 Teams from the Big 10
Notre Dame
Big 12 Champ
ACC Champ
Group of 5 Team

That's 8 spots.....

4 Teams from this list.

Georgia
Alabama
Ole Miss
Texas
Texas A&M
Tennessee
South Carolina

— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) November 17, 2024

The blatant disrespect and bias against the Big12 conference is so obvious that they are openly admitting it.

If that was a game between two 2-Loss SEC teams with conference championship implications, they wouldn’t dare say anything like this. Disgusting. pic.twitter.com/IUZPyGincR

— Barstool Big12 (@BarstoolBig12) November 18, 2024

Very real chance that there will be 4 autobids for the following 5 teams, no idea how it would shake out if it’s the case.
• 12-0 Army
• 12-1 Boise State
• 12-1 ACC Champ
• 11-2 Big 12 Champ
• 10-3 SEC Champ

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 17, 2024

I can already tell one of the ESPN storylines Tuesday night is going to be Boise State ahead of the Big 12 champ.

That's probably not going to last. Whoever wins the Big 12 is going to add one, possibly two Top 25 wins. Also, Boise's one Top 25 win, Wazzu, may fall out Tuesday.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 17, 2024

Bring back conferences where everyone plays everyone

— Curtis Wendling (@chili_wendling) November 18, 2024

Oklahoma State is 0-7 in Big 12
BEAT Arkansas

USC is 3-5 in Big Ten
BEAT LSU

Cal is 1-5 in ACC
BEAT Auburn

Georgia State is 0-6 in Sun Belt
BEAT Vanderbilt

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) November 18, 2024

Lane Kiffin revealed some coaches don't want to play in SEC Championship due to College Football Playoff:

“I’ve talked to other coaches... The reward to get a bye [in the CFP] versus the risk to get knocked out completely... that’s a really big risk.”https://t.co/BJFxiGNDgq pic.twitter.com/MAYRUM6gna

— On3 (@On3sports) November 18, 2024

The SEC is the best league in the country and should get a bunch of CFP spots

Not liking it doesn’t make it untrue pic.twitter.com/OyBfR6StUm

— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) November 18, 2024

No 3 loss team from any conference should get into the cfp with so many 1 loss teams. Those teams have better records on the field. The only exception that would be at all acceptable would be a conference champion from winning the title game.

Of course the ESPN Blue Blood Invitational will include multiple SEC & Big 10 teams with poorer records: too many losses and not enough quality wins. Wins over P2 teams ard not automatically quality wins. Most of the teams in those conferences are mediocre at best with records no better than Big 12 or ACC teams.

boognish_bear said:

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The SEC is the best league in the country and should get a bunch of CFP spots

Not liking it doesn’t make it untrue pic.twitter.com/OyBfR6StUm

— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) November 18, 2024

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We hear this argument every year and yet during bowl season we consistently see this is not true. The SEC has two or 3 teams every year at the top of college football and the rest are constantly shown to be average.

We beat the 3rd best team in the SEC decisively in a bowl game and everyone ignored it.

College Football is a magical sport in which you play for 60 minutes, and then 72 hours later a committee determines through a series of tiebreakers whether it's mathematically impossible for you to finish outside the top 2 in your 18-team conference. https://t.co/fkwd08oMuu

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 19, 2024

cowboycwr said:

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boognish_bear said:

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The SEC is the best league in the country and should get a bunch of CFP spots

Not liking it doesn’t make it untrue pic.twitter.com/OyBfR6StUm

— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) November 18, 2024

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We beat the 3rd best team in the SEC decisively in a bowl game and everyone ignored it.

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The frustrating thing is there no way to beat an SEC team in bowls other than the CFP.

If they win a bowl game it shows their superiority to other conferences. If they lose a bowl game it's because half their team is sitting out for the NFL draft or because the team didn't care about the game because it was beneath them.

It's a win-win scenario.

Penn State as everybody argues over Indiana and Texas resumes pic.twitter.com/85MyiXXAMK

— Stuckey (@Stuckey2) November 19, 2024

Here's the 12-team bracket as it currently stands with the CFP rankings: pic.twitter.com/W0QqsF3VAp

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 20, 2024

Arizona State has entered the chat

Full CFP Top 25, week 13: pic.twitter.com/AaXpRNq0xA

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 20, 2024

BYU plummets from No. 6 to No. 14 in this week's committee rankings.

One spot below an SMU team they beat on the road.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 20, 2024

We are well aware head to head does not matter

BYU: 9-1 (1 ranked win)
SMU: 9-1 (0 ranked wins)
BYU beat SMU

Committee:
#13 SMU
#14 BYU

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) November 20, 2024

Boise State is ranked ahead of all the Big 12 teams in tonight's @CFBPlayoff rankings

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 20, 2024

To maintain its current ranking, Texas will have to win at Kyle Field and win the SEC Championship.

To maintain its current ranking, Penn State has to beat Minnesota and Maryland. https://t.co/XghhRgOer0

— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) November 20, 2024

Hopefully next year we will find ourselves in a position to be more personally upset by all this

7-3 Kansas State with wins over #16 Colorado and #20 Tulane can’t be ranked.

But Illinois (zero ranked wins) and Missouri (zero ranked wins) get to be pawns that make the SEC & B1G résumés look stronger. Unbelievable.

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 20, 2024

It is not at all farfetched that:
• Oregon wins the Big Ten
• Texas wins the SEC
• SMU wins the ACC
• Colorado wins the Big 12
• Army wins the AAC

None of these teams were in those conferences last year.

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 20, 2024

I look forward to watching the ACC championship game. As it stands now SMU will be in it. None of the top teams in the ACC have even played another one. So that title game will be interesting. Again things can change but it appears it will be SMU v however they pick the tie breaker between Clemson and Miami. The first game of the season between two ACC teams with really good records.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

THOSE ARE THE KEY WINS? pic.twitter.com/4VyZjEjsA8

— Tim England (@tengland_150) November 20, 2024

Can already guarantee two things that will change in the CFB Playoff for 2026.

They will go to 14 teams

They will get rid of the top 4 conferences getting a bye, too confusing for fans to follow.

Let the top 4 be the top 4 regardless of what conference they play in.

— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) November 20, 2024

This is 1st week that I've cared about the CFB Playoff rankings as the group think starts to get baked in with the "committee".

With that said, I'm not sure why any SEC team should schedule a decent out of conference game if the committee just allows weak schedules to skate.

— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) November 20, 2024

B12 fans should root for ND this weekend. If Army and Boise win out there's a fat chance the B12 misses the playoffs entirely and that would be utterly embarrassing

I really want PSU to get a terrible draw like an angry UGA and get beat 50-6. Same with ND if they make it.

Indiana has the 106th SOS let that sink in.. they're going to get into the playoffs and their best win will be Washington.
PSU is similar. Illinois is ranked to prop PSU up. Neither has beaten anyone. Same can be said for Miami

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B12 fans should root for ND this weekend. If Army and Boise win out there's a fat chance the B12 misses the playoffs entirely and that would be utterly embarrassing

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That, and (1) for neither BYU nor Colorado to lose prior to the Big 12 title game, which is seemingly an increasingly large ask and (2) even if Army loses to ND, for it to also beat Tulane for the AAC title.