I agree with stech here...
History shows that winning a conference championship gives a huge advantage to being selected.
With the SEC move, OK now has to fight for one of two potential max spots with all the other SEC teams? I think OK is maybe the biggest loser here, as their chances of making a 4 team playoff has just been reduced significantly. Same with UT.
I doubt a 1 loss SEC Oklahoma or Texas (that doesn't win the conference championship) gets the nod over a 1 loss Ohio State who wins their conference. Same with a 1 loss Clemson, or a 1 loss Penn State or 1 loss USC. So, if you have two or three 1 loss teams that win their conference in the non-SEC, that means there still is just 1 or 2 slots for the SEC.
Everything was fine in a 12 team playoff, but if it remains 4 teams that's going to hurt them.
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Posted: 08/20/2021 at 3:55PM