Is the BCS championship party finally over for SEC?
Will an SEC team get its hands on BCS "Coaches' Trophy" this year?
The BCS championship game was designed to determine the best college football team in the land. What it mostly has done is reaffirm the best conference in the land.
SEC teams have won the last four titles and the most overall (six) since the BCS championship began in 1998.
The conference standings of BCS games look like Godzilla vs. Bambi.
Ready? Listed in order of wins: SEC 6-0, Big 12 2-5, ACC 1-2, Big East 1-2, Big Ten 1-2, Pacific 10 1-1 (and USC’s win has been detonated by NCAA probation).
With that as a backdrop, here’s what the SEC is looking at today: The possible end of the party. The first BCS rankings came out Sunday night and there are three teams — Oklahoma, Oregon and Boise State — before you get to the first entry from the SEC (Auburn). A lot can happen in the next seven weeks (conference championship games included). But right now odds are against an SEC team making it into the BCS national title game.
Here is how things lay out for the three SEC teams with a title game shot (including their BCS ranking):
4. Auburn (7-0): If the Tigers win out, they almost certainly will make it into the game because of their strength of schedule. But that means defeating LSU, Alabama (road), Mississippi and Georgia. What are the odds of that?
6. LSU (7-0): LSU also has the strength of schedule thing going for it. But Les Miles has walked on hot coals all season and his luck may be running out: The Tigers’ next two games are at Auburn and against Alabama. The regular season’s final game on the schedule: at Arkansas. It’s not going to be easy.
8. Alabama (6-1): The Tide was upset by South Carolina two weeks ago. In addition to the aforementioned meetings against Auburn and at LSU, a meeting with Mississippi State suddenly doesn’t look like a gimme. (Oh, there’s also that game against Georgia State.)
Here’s where we get back to the argument: Is a one-loss SEC team more deserving to get into a title game than an undefeated team from the WAC or Mountain West?
Compare Auburn’s, LSU’s and Alabama’s remaining schedules with other schools near the top of the BCS rankings:
1. Oklahoma (6-0): The Sooners already have beaten Florida State and Texas and have only two difficult games remaining: at Missouri this week and against Oklahoma State at the end of the year, as well as the potential Big 12 title game.
2. Oregon (6-0): The Ducks’ biggest win has been over No. 9 Stanford. It has only one currently ranked opponent left on the schedule (Arizona at home), although road games at USC and at rival Oregon State at the end of the year won’t be easy.
3. Boise State (6-0): This is stacked for the Broncos. Their remaining schedule is like Cupcake Heaven: Louisiana Tech, Hawaii, Idaho, Fresno State, Nevada, Utah State — Nevada (6-1) being the only good team.
5. TCU (7-0): The Horned Frogs also have only one tough opponent left: at Utah (which is No. 9 on the BCS list).
7. Michigan State (7-0): If the Spartans already have beaten Wisconsin and Michigan and don’t play Ohio State. can win at Iowa in two weeks, there’s not another threat on their schedule.
So there it is. Do you agree things look tough for the SEC? And let’s get back to the annual debate: Should a one-loss SEC school get into the title game over an undefeated school from a lesser conference?
The entire BCS rankings:
| Team | BCS Average | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | .9215 |
| 2 | Oregon | .8921 |
| 3 | Boise State | .8898 |
| 4 | Auburn | .8641 |
| 5 | TCU | .8573 |
| 6 | LSU | .8245 |
| 7 | Michigan State | .7628 |
| 8 | Alabama | .6654 |
| 9 | Utah | .6540 |
| 10 | Ohio State | .5726 |
| 11 | Missouri | .5491 |
| 12 | Stanford | .5374 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | .5335 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | .5261 |
| 15 | Iowa | .4824 |
| 16 | Nebraska | .4295 |
| 17 | Florida State | .4267 |
| 18 | Arizona | .3807 |
| 19 | Texas | .2214 |
| 20 | West Virginia | .1812 |
| 21 | South Carolina | .1555 |
| 22 | Kansas State | .1422 |
| 23 | Arkansas | .1302 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | .1253 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | .0658 |
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WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:41 pm
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
I find it amazing that you can poke fun at Auburn when your team is 3-4 and at the bottom of the SEC.
jarvis
October 17th, 2010
9:42 pm
Nope. We havne’t owned those schools like we own you.
You graduated an entire class of kids last year that never beat the Dawgs.
Never gonna be able to tell their grandchildren about the time they took UGA down. They don’t have that story. They never won. Never. All they can talk about is how they came close once.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:42 pm
“Auburn has 3 losses without him but that doesn’t matter because they HAVE HIM.”
Yep.
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
9:43 pm
So you’ve never mispelled anything on a blog before…..go ahead and cast the first stone…..moron. you’re claiming 6 and can’t even name the years. Furthermore, if ESPN is your only reference point, you have greater issues.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:43 pm
jarvis
What the hell are you talking about?
Jesus Shuttlesworth
October 17th, 2010
9:43 pm
Auburn University…. Every kids back up school since 1856
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:44 pm
“So you’ve never mispelled anything on a blog before”
Nope, and it’s MISSPELLED, moron.
“you’re claiming 6 and can’t even name the years.”
Huh??????????????
“if ESPN is your only reference point, you have greater issues.”
LOL, whatever you say 3-4.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:44 pm
“Auburn University…. Every kids back up school since 1856″
UGAY and Auburn are pretty much the same school, retard. We just have less people get arrested.
jarvis
October 17th, 2010
9:45 pm
Tech like Georgia and Auburn have not won a relevant National Championship. 20+ years for all three. No one can brag about any of that.
Minnesota has won four MNC’s. Think they have a claim to dominance.
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:46 pm
ERIC RAMSEY
BRENT FULLWOOD-never attended classes
JOE CRIBBS- Illiterate College SENIOR at Auburn.
Wow the list goes on and on…..
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:46 pm
Q: Four Georgia players are in a car, who’s driving?
A: The police.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:46 pm
The University of Ga team has adopted a new Honor System:
‘Yes,your Honor; No, your Honor’.
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
9:47 pm
Hey, I have no problem with the Auburn football team, when did I poke fun at them? I poked fun at the fact that your institution can’t decide on 1 mascot. I am a proud UGA fan and understand that we can’t win all the time. Am I happy about this season…..no, but as a fan, I remain optimistic that the future won’t yield this year’s results on a consistent basis. You were the one who displayed sensitivity and brought the football team record into the discussion.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:47 pm
Q: How did the Dogs spend the first week of Spring Training?
A: Studying their Miranda Rights
WDEBO
October 17th, 2010
9:47 pm
Hmmm… let’s see:
Auburn defeats MSU. MSU defeats Georgia.
Auburn defeats USC. USC destroys Georgia.
Georgia’s won 4 striaght. Auburn leads the series 53-52-8.
I can’t wait to see your undisciplined sham of a team try to take on Auburn this year. You can beat up on weak TN teams, but you can’t run with the west. This should be fun.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:47 pm
“I poked fun at the fact that your institution can’t decide on 1 mascot.”
If that’s all you have, you really are a moron.
“You were the one who displayed sensitivity and brought the football team record into the discussion.”
Go sell stupid somewhere else, crybaby.
jim
October 17th, 2010
9:50 pm
wow…aubie fan spending over half an hour on this page talking trash based on the results of a bunch of teenagers who have no idea that he even exists. get a life…
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:51 pm
How do you get an AUBURN GRADUATE OFF YOUR PORCH?
Pay for the Pizza!
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:52 pm
“wow…aubie fan spending over half an hour on this page talking trash based on the results of a bunch of teenagers who have no idea that he even exists. get a life…”
jim, not to call you retarded, but you’re a retard. You totally ignore the dawg trash talking smack to me but you call me out?
Hypocrisy, thy name is jim.
jim
October 17th, 2010
9:53 pm
and…you are still here. point made
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
9:53 pm
WDE for Grammar Police!! I guarantee you, my vocabulary and spelling effeciency is much greater than yours and have papers to back it up. If you’re so pathetic as to critique me based on a simple blog where none of that matters, then good for you Simple Joe Schmo.
3-4, yes we are, but do you really want to compare records, for say the last 10 years? Oh, wait, you have a new coach so things are better now….my bad. Without Cam Newton (who I happen to think is a great player), you are 3-4 at best.
Big UGA Fan
October 17th, 2010
9:54 pm
Did any of you know that The first Georgia vs. Auburn football game was held on February 20, 1892 in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:54 pm
“I guarantee you, my vocabulary and spelling effeciency is much greater than yours and have papers to back it up.”
LOL!!!!!!! You misspelled “efficiency.” LOLOLOLOL Of course you have the papers to back it up. It’s called ROLLING PAPERS, DOPE HEAD!!!!!! LOL
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
“3-4, yes we are, but do you really want to compare records, for say the last 10 years? ”
UGA = 0 national titles in the past 10 years
Auburn = 0 national titles in the past 10 years
Yep, looks about even to me.
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
What is the difference between a roll of toilet paper and a degree from AUBURN?
The Cardboard Cylinder…
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
Auburn has a sudden revival and there fans get the notion that they can jump on other school blogs to talk trash….amazing!! Where were you morons last year and the year before and the year before, and so on!!
jarvis
October 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
What the hell am I talking about?
You see, since you are from Auburn, I will spell this out for you slowly.
There are four years of eligibility in college football. Georgia has won the last four games that Georgia and Auburn have played. That means that any Auburn players who played their first game against Georgia in 2006, played their last game against Georgia in 2009 (if you are confused see my first statement in this paragraph about eligibility 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
The conclusion would be that since Georgia won all of the games between the two schools for the last four years, those players left Auburn having never beaten Georgia.
Please let me know if you are still confused. I tried to dumb this down as much as I could, but I do realize I was still forced to use some big words like “eligibility” and “paragraph”. If you need further help, I’ll see if I can get one of my children to write more detail on your level.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
“Without Cam Newton (who I happen to think is a great player), you are 3-4 at best.”
But guess what!!!!!????? WE HAVE HIM AND WE ARE 7-0.
Big UGA Fan
October 17th, 2010
9:56 pm
http://www.philsteele.com/Pdf/Last_xx_years/2010/SEC_10_L13Y/georgia/georgiavsauburn.pdf
And as I told my neighbor/friend who is a big AUBURN fan. Beat us and then you can talk smack! 4 in a row and last year was a DOWN year.
GO DAWGS!
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
9:56 pm
*their*
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:56 pm
“Auburn has a sudden revival and there fans get the notion that they can jump on other school blogs to talk trash….amazing!!”
Well, ma’am, the title of this blog is about the BCS, and your team isn’t ranked. Auburn is mentioned in Jeff’s column.
Nuff said.
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:56 pm
How can you tell your getting close to Auburn?
–If you stop to take a leak the Cows will back up to the fence!
Jeff Schultz
October 17th, 2010
9:56 pm
Dawgpound — With four losses, including one to Colorado? No way does Georgia get into BCS title game. But SEC winner automatically goes to Sugar Bowl (which is a BCS bowl).
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:57 pm
Why did they cancel the Christmas play on the Awbun campus last year?
–They couldn’t find three wise men or a virgin
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:58 pm
What is the difference between Jordan-Hare Stadium and a porcupine?
–A porcupine has 85,000 ****** on the outside!
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
9:58 pm
jarvis
Let me speak as slowly as I can so that your low IQ can understand.
NO ONE GIVES A RATS A$$ ABOUT THE LAST 4 YEARS. THIS IS 2010. WE ARE RANKED IN THE TOP TEN AND HAVE THE BEST QB IN THE SEC.
WDEBO
October 17th, 2010
9:59 pm
I hope everyone remembers me. For the past few weeks, my handle was WDE (not the same guy who’s been posting today, I’ve added two letters). I’ve been alive and active on the ajc blogs for two years, and for that time I’ve been telling you that Auburn is on the rise and Georgia is on the decline. All anyone could come back with was our head-to-head 4-game losing streak. Look where that’s gotten you…
Jeff Schultz
October 17th, 2010
9:59 pm
WDEBO — I’m impressed with Auburn. Never thought they were as good as they obviously are. Just not sure they can win out with that schedule. Also don’t think they’ll beat Alabama. But if they do, no doubt deserving of title game.
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
9:59 pm
A Tennessee fan, a Georgia fan, an Alabama fan and an Auburn fan we’re hiking up a mountain together and the whole way up they were arguing about who was a more rabid fan for their respective team. When they got to the top the UT fan said “I’ll settle this. I’ll jump off this mountain and fall to my death to show my love for the Vols. So he did, the whole time yelling “Rocky Top!” The UGA fan says “I can do that too.” And he jumps while yelling “Hunker down hairy dawgs!” That leaves that Alabama fan and the Auburn fan. So the Alabama fan looks at the Auburn fan and pushes him off the mountain saying “Fly you stupid war eagle, fly!”
Big UGA Fan
October 17th, 2010
9:59 pm
War Damn Eagle..have some pride CAM FOR HEISMAN geesh
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
10:00 pm
Guess I type too fast and had too much to drink watching the game today, you win this round. But don’t hide when your team goes down. Come back and talk trash.
TXDawg (The Real TXDawg)
October 17th, 2010
10:01 pm
WDEBO….duly noted.
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
10:01 pm
There were six barners riding down the road in a beaten up old pickup. They ran off the road and into the creek. The three in the cab climbed out the windows and swam to shore. The three in the back, however, drowned. They couldn’t get the tailgate down
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
10:02 pm
“Guess I type too fast and had too much to drink watching the game today, you win this round.”
I’m sure drinking is what got you your degree in pottery making.
The ANTI-EAGLE
October 17th, 2010
10:02 pm
Do you know the difference between a catfish and an Auburn cheerleader?
-One has wiskers and stinks, the other one is a catfish…!!
tdawg8
October 17th, 2010
10:02 pm
Prediction is Cam Newton has a big game. Dude’s a freak. Plus we’re still learning a 3-4. Pretty sad when your record is the same as your defense. Anyway, I think if we can somehow (big somehow, about 6 foot 6 to be exact) contain Cam’s running ability and make him beat us throwing it, I think we have a good chance. Auburn’s D is still giving up points to Arky’s backup.
Big UGA Fan
October 17th, 2010
10:03 pm
tdawg8—– AGREE! Have Rambo spy him and put a hit on him like he did last year… WOW what a hit it was!
jarvis
October 17th, 2010
10:04 pm
Really? You brought up your three national titles. I think that was a bit longer ago than four years.
And speak slowly? You’re on a computer genius. Who are you f’ing Stephen Hawking?
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
10:04 pm
“I’m impressed with Auburn. Never thought they were as good as they obviously are. Just not sure they can win out with that schedule. Also don’t think they’ll beat Alabama. But if they do, no doubt deserving of title game.”
No one knows what’s going to happen. UGA fans run their mouths off every year proclaiming that they’ll beat Florida but they never do.
Auburn has to get their defense in order and if they do they’ll win out. Bama is tough but Bama is very very beatable. LSU and Auburn will be a great game this weekend. If Auburn can just score and score and score, there will be no way for LSU to keep up.
Their defense vs. our offense = awesome game.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2010
10:05 pm
“Really? You brought up your three national titles. I think that was a bit longer ago than four years.”
No retard, a dawg fan brought up 3 national titles.
“You’re on a computer genius. Who are you f’ing Stephen Hawking?”
No, I’m not in a wheelchair, ma’am.