Eight teams still in contention for the SEC Championship
Greetings, BBN!
There are no more unbeaten teams in league play. All 16 teams have taken at least one L with four weeks’ worth of regular season still to play. That’s not usually the case—typically Alabama or Georgia will run the table, but the Bulldogs, Tide, and Longhorns have all sort of cannibalized each other, cracking the door open for teams like Texas A&M, LSU, and Tennessee. The only problem is they’ve been cannibalizing each other too! Five teams with one loss, a few more very dangerous and elite ones with two, and four weeks left to play. It’ll be a wild ride.
Here are the rest of the SEC standings entering Week 11:
SEC Standings Week 11
Notes:
- Mathematically eight teams are still in contention for a top-2 conference finish that would send them to Atlanta for the SEC championship game. Of those eight, Georgia, Texas A&M, Tennessee, and Texas completely control their destiny and can guarantee berths by winning out due to head-to-head deciding factors such as Georgia’s upcoming game against Tennessee, Texas A&M vs Texas, and others.
- Yes, Vanderbilt is in contention for the SEC championship game entering Week 11. While their odds are very slim, it’s still unfathomable that they exist with only four games left. They have to win out (which includes winning at LSU and at home against Tennessee), and hope a lot of other teams above them drop games down the stretch.
- Looking at the remaining conference schedules for the four contenders trying to run the table from easiest to hardest, we have Texas, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Georgia. While Georgia might be in the first place now and be the best team, they play Ole Miss in Oxford this Saturday and, just a week later, host the Vols. If they win both of those a spot will be just about locked up, but I’m not sure if they’re going to get out of that two-game stretch unharmed.
- If LSU wins at home against Alabama this weekend, while a berth won’t be guaranteed by winning out due to tiebreakers, it’ll all be downhill from there—just taking care of Florida, Vandy, and Oklahoma.