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Joel Klatt: ‘No way the SEC Champ doesn’t go’ to the CFP

Is there a chance the SEC Champion doesn’t make the College Football Playoff? Joel Klatt argues it’s not possible.

As the four-team era of the College Football Playoff comes to a close with the 12-team format taking over in 2024, there’s a chance history is made. Some experts predict scenarios that do not feature any SEC teams. This has never happened before and likely won’t happen under the evolving format.

If No. 1 Georgia wins the SEC Championship over No. 8 Alabama, then the Dawgs would likely hang on to the top spot in the rankings and ride that into the playoffs. However, if the Crimson Tide win in upset fashion, there’s belief that both teams could be left out.

Joel Klatt, however, recently argued on his podcast that “there is no way that the SEC champ doesn’t go [to the playoffs]. Alabama is in in that scenario.”

What Klatt is saying is that if Alabama gets the upset, then the Tide should not be a victim of the College Football Playoff Committee pleasing the masses by playing politics with head-to-head matchups and resumes. If they want the four best teams, a one-loss Alabama team with a win over No. 1 Georgia on a neutral field deserves to be in the playoff.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama football as the race to the College Football Playoff continues.

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2023 preseason SEC champion poll: Where is Georgia?

Georgia predicted to repeat as SEC champion…

The official 2023 preseason SEC champion poll as voted on by media members has been released following SEC Media Days in Nashville.

Not surprisingly, Georgia, the reigning SEC champion, led all teams with 181 first place votes to win the conference again.

Alabama and LSU finished behind the Bulldogs with 61 and 32 votes respectively.

Tennessee and, surprisingly Vanderbilt, each received five votes. Arkansas and Auburn both received two votes.

Texas A&M, Mississippi State and South Carolina each received one vote, while Ole Miss, Kentucky, Missouri and Florida received no votes.

Georgia was picked to win the East with 2011 points, including 265 first-place votes. Tennessee was second with 1682 points and 14 votes to win the division, while South Carolina was third with 1254 points.

Alabama was picked to win the West with 1899 total points, topping LSU with 1838 points and Texas A&M was third with 1144 points.

Taking the Bulldogs to repeat as champion is the easiest bet with how the SEC East has played against Georgia as of late. The West is more intriguing in terms of competition as LSU looks to hold of Alabama and Nick Saban.

 

SEC Football Basketball School Rankings: Hoops and Helmets 2019-2020

Which SEC schools had the best and worst years in the two major sports – football and men’s basketball?

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Which SEC schools had the best and worst years in the two major sports – football and men’s basketball? Which fan bases got the glory, and which ones didn’t have any fun?

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On the field and court – whose fans had the most fun?

Of course every school has sports outside of the big two that matter and generate revenue, but when it comes to what athletic departments need, it’s really all about college football and men’s basketball.

Which SEC schools had the best and worst seasons?

Here’s how these rankings work.

1) The top-ranked schools with teams that went to a bowl game and would’ve played in the NCAA Tournament.

2) The next group had stronger football seasons and were okay in basketball. The superstar basketball schools get credit, but football is football, especially in the SEC. Football is the bigger revenue generator.

3) One or the other. Usually there’s a disparity with one good season in one sport an a clunker in the other. It’s sort of a catch-all before …

4) The disasters. No bowl game, there wouldn’t have been a trip to the NCAA Tournament, no fun.

The worst-to-best SEC schools in 2019-2020 in college football and college basketball …

SEC Hoops and Helmets: Losers In Both Sports

These schools suffered the indignity of failing to come up with a winning season in either of the two major sports. The fans didn’t get to have any fun.

14. Vanderbilt

Football: 3-9 overall, 1-7 in conference, 7th in SEC East

Basketball: 11-21 overall, 3-15 in conference, 14th in SEC

How Were The Football/Basketball Seasons? The football team never got anything going. There was a close win over a sleepy Missouri team, and that was about it with no offense and blowout loss after blowout loss.

Football was bad, but basketball was worse. At least the Commodores didn’t finish dead last in the conference in football. The hoops side finally won two SEC game in the final three, but overall it lost 17 of its last 20 games.

13. Ole Miss

Football: 4-8 overall, 2-6 in conference, 6th in SEC West

Basketball: 15-17 overall, 6-12 in conference, 12th in SEC

How Were The Football/Basketball Seasons? The basketball team started out well and crashed badly. Just when there was a chance to pivot – at 13-11 on a three-game winning streak – it all went wrong with six losses in the final eight games.

While the bad football season led to landing Lane Kiffin, getting there was rough. Losing five games in the last six was rough enough, but the way it dropped the Egg Bowl at Mississippi State – the peeing dog antics and missed extra point – made it uglier.

NEXT: SEC Hoops and Helmets: Okay In One Sport, Not The Other

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