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If Georgia is to play big non-conference games, CFP committee will need to do its job
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If Georgia is to play big non-conference games, CFP committee will need to do its job
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I wouldn't play any hard teams outside my conference. SEC has enough.
Agreed Connor. However, the SEC landscape has changed, and the Dawgs are not in the toughest conference overall right now. The B1G definitely has a slight edge. In fact, Georgia has a pretty manageable schedule for 2026 with at Ole Miss and Bama being its toughest games on paper. Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss might have the toughest conference schedules for 2026. If SOS comes into play next year in determining whether or not the Dawgs make the playoffs, we might end up on the short end of the stick if these rankings are anywhere close to accurate. Let's not forget the SEC ended up with a 4-10 25'-26' Bowl record and hasn't been in the Finals of the CFP the last (3) seasons. Say all you want about how tough it is playing road games in the SEC, that argument doesn't hold water any longer when you look at the results that REALLY matter on the field at the end of the day.
If you look at most any Way-Too-Early 2026 College Football rankings, the B1G has 6-7 teams in the Top 25 and the SEC 6-8. BUT, the B1G has more higher ranked teams of those Top 25 teams than the SEC. And I think it's valid right now. Add in the fact that the B1G end up traveling many more miles to play road games than the SEC does, and it adds another layer of toughness to the B1G.
As it stands today, Ohio State will actually be playing (6) Top 25 teams in 2026, including an early September game against Texas. As tough or tougher schedule than most SEC teams will face.
The article's title says, "The CFP committee will need to do its job." The problem is nobody, including them, knows exactly what the job is. That's not a shot at the CFP committee, but a realization that, by nature, a decision made by a committee will be subjective, and each person on the committee will have a different idea of which teams "deserve" to be in the playoffs. There's no way to create a metric or formula that can account for 136 FBS schools, most of which don't play against each other, and rank those schools 1-12, 16, or 24. There's also the fact that a team of 18-, 19-, or 20-year-olds will change over the course of a season, and the best team in September will not be the best team in January. I enjoy college football for what it is and understand that the CFP gives me good match-ups in January and something to talk about until August.
I don’t know about that, depends on the value of playing a ND vs Elon…if there is more value in losing a tight one on the road to Notre Dame versus beating Elon at home by 75 points, as a fan I know which game I’ll invite my friends over to tailgate and watch. I’m sure as an elite player my competitive nature would rather be to get hyped up to play ND vs going thru the motions over the prospect of playing a hapless 1-10 Elon, yes?
Good !! Maybe this is the beginning of BIG beating the heck out of each other all season long. Then trying to mount a successful playoff run. Maybe True parity will shine through and then we’ll see just how “tough” BIG really is. Three years is a waaaay too small sampling compared to the SEC. If they play allot of pretty decent to very good teams year after year and Still manage to go deep into the playoffs for more than just a three year sample size I’ll revise my thinking Then. Course I might not be around then, but remember what I said !! Send my crow care of special delivery to Heaven !! 🤣
I'm less interested than ever in defending the SEC in the name of any sort of "conference pride." That said, I think you overstate your case with some questionable arguments.
I have to agree that the SEC's dominance over the sport has dropped off, and there is little to no gap between the SEC and the other top conference. But I wouldn't say the Big 10 has clearly surpassed it either.
@E_Roc…Agree, and I did say a "slight" edge, but it definitely is an edge for the B1G. The games that I was referring to that REALLY matter to me are the playoffs - not the regular season. Get me to and in the playoffs - that is all that matters. We could, and probably will at some point, get rid of the SEC Championship games and all the other CC games. If we get to 24 teams - which is at least 50-50 - then I'd say those conference games are gone. And that is fine with me. Those CC games may even be done away with at 16 teams, which is almost a given at this point. It's simply a matter of when they pull the trigger on expanding the playoffs again.
The SEC overall was the weakest I've witnessed in decades last season. All the conferences have gotten better, and the SEC has taken a step back.
Sure, Ohio State plays those teams, but they also play Oregon, at Texas, at Indiana, at USC, at Iowa, and Michigan who are all ranked in the Top 20 pre-season.