Two weeks from today, the official 12-team College Football Playoff bracket will be unveiled on ESPN.
This weekend featured some wild results that shook up the playoff projections, including Oklahoma blowing out Alabama 24-3 and Florida shocking Ole Miss. The Crimson Tide and Rebels now have three losses on the season and have all but been officially eliminated from CFP contention.
However, that doesn’t mean every three-loss SEC team would be done for. ESPN’s Heather Dinich, who has brought up the possibility of a three-loss SEC program cracking the field before, mentioned it again on X/Twitter this morning.
In particular, Dinich sees a pathway for Georgia to get in with three defeats if the last one comes in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 7.
“So here we are. Back to what I said to @PatMcAfeeShow about a 3-loss SEC team possibly getting in,” Dinich said. “UGA is playing in the SEC title game. You mean to tell me if they lose to Texas – a team they beat during the regular season in a true road game – they aren’t getting consideration?”
Surely, everyone on social media is reacting to Dinich’s idea of a possible three-loss SEC playoff participant with level heads.
Georgia is 9-2 after yesterday’s non-conference romp over UMass with a rivalry matchup with Georgia Tech still to come to close out the regular season. The Bulldogs’ two losses came at Ole Miss and Alabama, but they have a road win over Texas, a potential opponent in the SEC title game.
The winner of Saturday’s Texas-Texas A&M game will take on Georgia in Atlanta in two weeks.
“Yeah, I’m worried about Georgia Tech,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said of looking ahead. “That’s all I’m thinking about. I could care less about anybody else in the world but my team and how we get ready in six days for Georgia Tech.”
The next installment of College Football Playoff rankings will be released Tuesday night on ESPN.
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