🏈 With the PAC and B1G out, do you see the SEC with two in the playoffs?

[SoCalPatrick]

Thoughts?

 

[252BAMA]

More likely to see Clemson and Notre Dame with their easy ACC schedules and the extra game. SEC is going to be a bloodbath.

 

[mando]

It should absolutely be however to keep conferences committed to continuing to play there could be politics at play to make sure Big 12 gets in.

 

[TerryP]

Notre Dame with their easy ACC schedules

O/U 8.5?

 

[OldPlayer]

One conference is likely to have two in the playoffs. Naturally, it will depend on who gets to the conference championship for each conference, but the group of five might slip one in.

 

[TerryP]

, but the group of give might slip one in.

You mean the group of take?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I hope we get to a Playoff...n we have 1 in .....
I would love to have ND again..... and definitely Clemson..
Do both in one year....

 

[252BAMA]

ACC might not be as easy this season as past years. I don't ever remember a conference having five teams with units with double digit returning starters. GT, FSU, and VPI return 10 on defense. UNC and NCSU return 10 on offense including the QBs.

SEC, for comparison has one. Vandy returns all 11 on defense. Problem there is they played for Vandy last year. And ranked 95th in Scoring Defense allowing 31.8 PPG.

Edit: ACC also has two 9s and six 8s. GT returns 9 including the QB on offense to go along with their 10 on defense. Louisville returns 8 on both sides of the ball. FWIW, Clemson returns 6* on offense and 5 on defense. Big asterisk on offense.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

ACC might not be as easy this season as past years. I don't ever remember a conference having five teams with units with double digit returning starters. GT, FSU, and VPI return 10 on defense. UNC and NCSU return 10 on offense including the QBs.

SEC, for comparison has one. Vandy returns all 11 on defense. Problem there is they played for Vandy last year. And ranked 95th in Scoring Defense allowing 31.8 PPG.

Edit: ACC also has two 9s and six 8s. GT returns 9 including the QB on offense to go along with their 10 on defense. Louisville returns 8 on both sides of the ball. FWIW, Clemson returns 6* on offense and 5 on defense. Big asterisk on offense.

And none of those 5 mentioned would finish in top haLf of SECw...
ACC is a cakewalk for clemson

 

[252BAMA]

And none of those 5 mentioned would finish in top haLf of SECw...
ACC is a cakewalk for clemson

I could see Clemson losing a close game at ND, winning a close game against them in the ACCCG, and both getting in with 11-1 records. The only thing I see that would spoil that is ND losing at UNC. Which, IMO, is a very real possibility. Would not eliminate ND from the CG, but would eliminate them from the CFP with a 10-2 record.

 

[TerryP]

I could see Clemson losing a close game at ND, winning a close game against them in the ACCCG, and both getting in with 11-1 records. The only thing I see that would spoil that is ND losing at UNC. Which, IMO, is a very real possibility.

I could see the same with Oklahoma State although I doubt it'll happen. OU is their biggest game on the road with TCU and Baylor following the Sooners. I can see the Cowboys getting by both and splitting with OU.

 

[252BAMA]

I could see the same with Oklahoma State although I doubt it'll happen. OU is their biggest game on the road with TCU and Baylor following the Sooners. I can see the Cowboys getting by both and splitting with OU.

OSU has TTU at home and TCU on the road after OU. OSU is at Baylor on 10/17 but I don't see Baylor as a factor this year returning only 2 starters on defense. Agree that OSU and OU could both wind up 10-1.

 

[252BAMA]

I believe the SEC has hurt itself by starting late. Need those weeks between games, not before the games. All of the Big 12 teams have 3 byes. Baylor and WVU are the only teams that play more than 4 consecutive games. Most of them have 1-3-3-3 schedules.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Kinda didn't understand late start either.

 

[252BAMA]

Kinda didn't understand late start either.

Brutal schedule(s) compared to the Big 12. SEC has only four teams that do not play six consecutive games. Either 6-4 or 4-6.

https://fbschedules.com/helmets/fbs/2020-sec-helmet-schedule-v2.pdf