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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Uuugh...
October 18th, 2010
10:16 am
Mike Bobo 17 INT…SEC DOES NOT NEED STYLE POINTS!
I agree that 8 or 16 team playoff would be the best solution…for the SEC anyway. The other conferences do not want this to happen because, if the brackets are seeded appropriately, you could end up with a 75% SEC Final 4 and an all SEC final.
The Pac 10 and Big 10 would lose their $hit if that ever happened!
UGA Preseason number one 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:16 am
WE’Z NUMBER ONE, WE’Z NUMBER ONE! WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!!!!!!!!
Tiger alum '74
October 18th, 2010
10:17 am
Everyone, “War Damn Eagle” does not represent the Auburn fan base, as you all well know. This clown is a troll flamer, plain and simple. Auburn fans, real Auburn fans, think of UGA as our cousin and pull for them whenever we are not facing them. This is the one rival we have in the conference that is purely civil.
So please excuse this troll and do not by any means confuse this moron with a real Auburn fan.
Have a terrific day.
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
10:18 am
WTF am I talking about IDIOT? Look up the SEC titles. GT has more than AUB and they aren’t in the SEC anymore. AUB is Bama’s bitch, just admit, it. That’s how much your team sucks. You don’t think SC was overconfident, believe me I have SC friends and they were already making plans for Atlanta.
UGA Preseason number one 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:18 am
Tiger alum ‘74 = UGA fan pretending to be an Auburn grad.
Guess the UGA fans will do anything to divert attention from their horrendous record.
WOOF WOOF
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
10:18 am
Tiger alum—-class.
james
October 18th, 2010
10:19 am
JL,
I seem to remember Boise playing 3 or 4 SEC games the past decade, while still being undefeated and a media darling, and getting hammered in each of them. Please, stop the myth of “no one wants to play Boise.”
Sam
October 18th, 2010
10:20 am
@ Tiger alum
I second Atticus’ post. Class act. Shame “WDE” is trying very hard to bring down your great fan base. I think you nailed him though, a complete child indeed.
UGA Preseason number one 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:20 am
“WTF am I talking about IDIOT?”
Do you always talk to yourself?
“AUB is Bama’s bitch, just admit, it.
UGA is Florida’s b!tch. ADMIT IT!!!!
“You don’t think SC was overconfident’
No, but UGA fans are overconfident from day one!!!!!
WOOF WOOF
UGA Preseason number one 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:20 am
“I second Atticus’ post. Class act. Shame “WDE” is trying very hard to bring down your great fan base. I think you nailed him though, a complete child indeed.”
Gotta love it when UGA fans pretend to be Auburn grads.
Sam
October 18th, 2010
10:21 am
WDE is now under the handle of “UGA Preseason number one 2008.” Since he was pantsed, spanked and humiliated by a REAL Auburn fan, he has been shamed into changing nicks.
Pretty pathetic, but oh so hilarious!!!
WDE!! Please be quiet
October 18th, 2010
10:21 am
You do not represent the Auburn Family. Chizik made the players learn the Auburn Creed maybe it’s time you do so as well.
Currently Auburn has losing streaks to LSU, UGA and Bama. Hopefully this will change soon but do not run your mouth in the mean time. We are NOT Bama and don’t need to drop to their level.
War Eagle
fan of another team
October 18th, 2010
10:22 am
I remember when everyone said that Hawaii was a powerhouse the year they went undefeated until they came to the SEC and played in a real conference and got their @$$ handed to them by Georgia. I’m an Auburn fan through and through and give credit when credit is due. If Auburn goes undefeated in what is quite aruguably the toughest conf. and gets denied the big game again, then something is quite wrong.
Yes, Auburn’s strength does rest on the shoulders of one INCREDIBLE player, but so did Florida when they had their INCREDIBLE quarterback and nobody disrepected Florida like they are doing Auburn.
Fact is, Auburn has a legitimate chance of going undefeated. I think that if they played Oklahoma, Boise State or Oregan next week, they could beat any of them. Period.
Auburn’s defense is lacking, but does it really matter when their offense scores more points than their opposing team? After all, it’s about who has the most points at the end of the game that matters right?
UGA Alum 1945
October 18th, 2010
10:22 am
As a UGA grad of 1945, I just have to say that all of these UGA fans are very disrespectful of the game. Calling other fans names like “bitch” and “idiot” really does hurt UGA. I just wish that most of these UGA fans would head back to their pizza delivery jobs and quit bothering everyone else.
Good day, 1945
trey bliz
October 18th, 2010
10:22 am
Great post alum ‘74. Every school has their bad apples, but it appears that war damn eagle/UGA preseason is doing enough damage to make up for 100 trolls. What a sad individual.
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
10:23 am
Any AUB fan just answer me ONE question? How many SEC titles does AUB have? How many does GT have? Look it up.
Donnan of a new era
October 18th, 2010
10:23 am
Sam is now under the new handle Tiger alum ‘74. We should all ignore Sam.
Answer
October 18th, 2010
10:24 am
“How many SEC titles does AUB have?”
9
WDE/UGA preason number one
October 18th, 2010
10:24 am
This headcase is not an Auburn fan. If I had to guess, I’d say he’s a closet homosexual/yech fan just trying to flame UGA fans. No way does this skidmark have any association with Auburn.
RxDawg
October 18th, 2010
10:24 am
“Should a one-loss SEC school get into the title game over an undefeated school from a lesser conference?”
Yes they should, but they won’t. Do not underestimate the animosity (from SEC dominence in the BCS game) the rest of the country has. The “other” media voters will lean towards anyone but the SEC. It’s a shame really and I think the SEC champ should be in till someone knocks us off. I would LOVE to see Boise St play the SEC champ for the BCS.
Answer
October 18th, 2010
10:25 am
fan of another team
Agreed, it’s a shame that so many Bama and UGA fans want Cam to get hurt. UGA is the new Miss State.
the REAL answer
October 18th, 2010
10:25 am
“How man SEC titles does UGA have?”
12
UGA = 11 arrests so far
October 18th, 2010
10:26 am
“This headcase is not an Auburn fan. If I had to guess, I’d say he’s a closet homosexual/yech fan just trying to flame UGA fans. No way does this skidmark have any association with Auburn.”
Low IQ’s are common among UGA fans.
hahahaha!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:27 am
It appears that WDE/UGA preseason has been shamed into creating even another handle for himself. This clown is better than target practice!!!!
UGA = 11 arrests so far
October 18th, 2010
10:27 am
“How man SEC titles does UGA have?”
Whats UGA’s record this season?
3-4
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 18th, 2010
10:27 am
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!!
Dude, get some help.
UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:27 am
How many days to DragonCon? What are you dressing up as this year? You going as a Storm-trooper again this year? Is it easier to pick up guys in that costume or your life-size teddybear costume.
Just askin…
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 18th, 2010
10:28 am
SEC titles don’t count, only national championships, which should quiet a few folks on this blog, but I doubt it.
lolololololol!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:28 am
t appears that atticus/mike bobo has been shamed into creating even another handle for himself. This clown is better than target practice!!!!
Daniel
October 18th, 2010
10:28 am
its true. WDE/UGA preseason # 1 is a bug fan. He’s too ashamed to talk trash about UGA as a pathetic Jackette fan, so in typical Yech fashion, he just pretends to be a fan of the current highest ranked SEC team. Very predictable.
lolololololol!!!!!!!!!!
October 18th, 2010
10:29 am
“SEC titles don’t count, only national championships, which should quiet a few folks on this blog”
Titles claimed or won? Bama fans are confused.
toots
October 18th, 2010
10:30 am
@ WDE/UGA preseason # 1
What happened to that Heisman campaign you trolls were trying to conduct? Who was it for again? I can’t even remember…….
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
10:30 am
GT has 5 SEC titles, AUB has 4. Nice. Bama’s bitch.
UGA can't beat Florida
October 18th, 2010
10:31 am
“He’s too ashamed to talk trash about UGA as a pathetic Jackette fan”
UGA is 3-4. The trash is on your team.
mark
October 18th, 2010
10:31 am
Classy post Tiger alum. I’m sure this buffoon isn’t a fan, nor alum, of Auburn University. Just a typical faceless coward troll on an internet blog. No worries.
Atticus Flinched
October 18th, 2010
10:33 am
“GT has 5 SEC titles, AUB has 4. ”
Auburn has 6 SEC titles, retard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_football
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 18th, 2010
10:34 am
Well it is quite clear that sports writing and research needs to be left to the professionals, because there is not true logical debate on this blog, only alot of rhetoric and hate.
Come on folks, be reasonable and debate like professionals. We can agree to disagree, otherwise, put your money where your mouth is.
toots
October 18th, 2010
10:35 am
But UGA sure has beaten Auburn as of late
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:35 am
Cameron Newton helps his Heisman talk
The bang-bang nature of it was kind of eerie. Moments after CBS put up the graphic that Auburn’s Cameron Newton had 143 rushing yards in first half, and a whopping 57 of them after contact against Arkansas, Michigan QB Denard Robinson burst up-field for a 12-yard gain on the rugged Iowa defense. The wiry 195-pound sophomore, however, was drilled, taking a helmet in his upper right (throwing) arm. The Wolverines star had eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark on the play, but stayed down on the field for a few minutes before being helped to the sidelines. His day was done.
Meanwhile, back down at Auburn, the 6-foot-6, 250-pound Newton kept rolling on. Newton finished the day with 188 yards on the ground and 140 more passing. You could practically see the Heisman scales tipping one dual-threat QB up while the other side of the scale sank mid-afternoon Saturday. Newton ran for three TDs of 5, 1 and 3 yards, distances that usually indicate “hard” yards as the Tigers overwhelmed the 12th-ranked Hogs, 65-43. In the past two games, Newton has carried the ball 53 times, putting the Tigers’ offense on his back, and he only seems to be getting stronger.
“Even when you have guys there, he breaks the tackles,” said Hogs coach Bobby Petrino. “He’s also fast and big and can really run the ball. He’s just a really good player.”
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog?name=feldman_bruce&id=5696134&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2fblog%3fname%3dfeldman_bruce%26id%3d5696134
Carter
October 18th, 2010
10:35 am
@ MIke Bobo,
Who is your team of choice? You have never answered this question.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:36 am
“But UGA sure has beaten Auburn as of late”
Florida has owned UGA for two decades.
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:37 am
SEC Power Rankings: Week 8
1. Auburn: It’s hard to get much better than seven straight wins, and it’s hard to get much better than junior quarterback Cam Newton is playing right now. Here’s the other thing: The Tigers (7-0, 4-0 SEC) have owned the fourth quarter this season. Still, if they’re going to stay unbeaten, they will have to get better on defense, especially when it comes to stopping the pass.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec
Atticus
October 18th, 2010
10:37 am
AUB-1957, 1983, 1988, 2004. From the SEC website not Auburn’s. Elaborate for me. By the way GA has 12. Sorry. Go home Bamas bitch.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:38 am
Well which is it? Storm-trooper or Teddy-Bear?
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:40 am
Auburn SEC Champs
1957 – Auburn
1983 – Auburn
1987 – Auburn
1988 – Auburn
1989- Auburn
2004 – Auburn
Carter
October 18th, 2010
10:41 am
Awww!!!! The poor Auburn fans sound like nerd fans more and more every day!!! Needing to hide behind UF since they can’t handle their own business!!!
LOL!!!! I love it!!!
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
10:41 am
Well “Auburn Fan”?
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:41 am
“By the way GA has 12″
12 arrests, that is. They do lead the SEC in criminal activity.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 18th, 2010
10:42 am
Jacksonville State
Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
10:42 am
“The poor Auburn fans sound like nerd fans more and more every day!!! ”
7-0 Chris. 7-0.
Can’t say the same for the puppy dawgs these days. But hey, you guys do have more criminals than we do.