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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Auburn Fan
October 18th, 2010
1:27 pm
“When you are dumber than dirt, you really can’t throw stones…..”
That is an excellent description of yourself!
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:31 pm
Wow, id did’nt even realize that Auburn fans didn’t even have to wait to win something before talking smack.
They’re so good, the NCAA should cancel the rest of the season and hand awards over right now. LOL
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
1:31 pm
That is an excellent description of yourself! = I know you are but what am I?
I am beginning to think this Tech troll might be missing a day of 5th grade today.
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:32 pm
“id did’nt even realize that Auburn fans didn’t even have to wait to win something before talking smack.”
You were saying?
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:33 pm
“I am beginning to think this Tech troll might be missing a day of 5th grade today.”
Average UGA students are 5th graders.
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:34 pm
Man, where it the heck did alll of the Auburn fans come from?
Haven’t won anything since ‘04 and all of the sudden, they’re the juggernaught everyone should fear??
I think it’s funny you guys actually think you’re running the table, the way you all talk smack. Man, the tears you’ll shed when Saban whups your azzez again.
NTM – 4 out of 5
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
1:34 pm
Are you missing the big spelling bee today sonny?
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
1:37 pm
Average Highschool GPA amoung Freshamn admitted to UGA last year: 3.8
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:37 pm
UGA Preseason number one 2008 -
Ummmm ‘05 SEC champs, ‘097 Sugar Bowl champs – thats a lot more that what you guys have to show for…. ehemm.
Beat us, and everyone else, then thump your chest… pathetic trolls
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:38 pm
… that was ‘07 (Jan. 08) Sugar Bowl champs
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
1:39 pm
Oh I forgot to add: “You were saying…”
Because big boy posts that cut particularly deep always end with “You were saying…”
Does your mother know you missed the bus this morning?
fan of another team
October 18th, 2010
1:39 pm
Oh for crying out loud. Ok UGA people, if you want to get really technical here it is. Since 1892 AUBURN has Won MORE games against UGA but UGA has scored more points. Auburn 1,722 Georgia 1,778 AU 53-52-8 And…. in the last 30 years, its Auburn 15, UGA 14 and 1 Tie.
Its pretty much dead even. So shut the heck up already..
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:39 pm
But I guess shootouts in the Outback bowl with Big Bad Northwestern makes us kings of all Football!!!!
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
1:41 pm
Sorry “Freshman.” Typos. They happen…when you are engaging a moron online and working at the same time.
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:43 pm
“Ummmm ‘05 SEC champs, ‘097 Sugar Bowl champs – thats a lot more that what you guys have to show for…. ehemm.”
UGA 2010= 3-4
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:43 pm
“They happen…when you are engaging a moron online and working at the same time.”
Yeah, how do you type and deliver pizzas at the same time, dawg sh!t?
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:44 pm
fan of another team -
4 straight
6 of 8
UGA / AU
W31-24
W17-13
W45-20
W37-15
L30-31
L6-24
W26-7
L24-21
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:44 pm
“Man, where it the heck did alll of the Auburn fans come from?’
For one, this is a BCS topic.
Better question is: WHY THE HELL ARE UGA FANS ON A BCS BLOG WHEN UGA IS 3-4?
jtdawg
October 18th, 2010
1:45 pm
So trolls, “we’re 6-0!!! Everyone lay down…. Give Newton the Heisman now!!!! We’re the champs!!!!”
Win something….
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:45 pm
“But I guess shootouts in the Outback bowl with Big Bad Northwestern makes us kings of all Football!!!!”
Beats going to the Shreveport Bowl. Tampa is prettier than Shreveport.
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:46 pm
“Win something….”
Auburn has beaten 3 top 25 teams. Miss State, USC and Arkansas. All three of those teams beat UGA.
Tiger alum '74
October 18th, 2010
1:52 pm
Again everyone, WDE, UGA preseason and Auburn fan is the same person and has nothing whatsoever to do with Auburn. Thank you.
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:53 pm
Tiger alum ‘74 = Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
UGA Preseason number one 2008
October 18th, 2010
1:53 pm
bates = short bus
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
2:03 pm
I am not Tiger Alum ‘74 either. Keep trying though guy. There must be 300 other monikers people have used to post on this topic. I told you already which 2 were mine…although the second one changes as your name does.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
2:04 pm
Aren’t there cartoons that you are missing blogging?
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again. = LOSER
October 18th, 2010
2:05 pm
Get a life, loser.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
2:13 pm
Ahhh…yes…finally–the piece de resistance!!!
I have now been called a loser. Now that I no longer have my pride, a job better than delivering pizzas, or a life…I will leave this blog shadow of my former self.
You have really taught me a lesson today sir. I know that with enough patience and hard work, I can bring myself to blog again one day.
(Shoulders rolled forward head bowed in defeat, he shuffles defeatedly away form the keyboard…sniffling could be heard 3 cubicles away.)
Tiger alum '74
October 18th, 2010
2:41 pm
I am so glad this horrible human being is not really an Auburn fan. Thank goodness.
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
3:01 pm
Tiger Alum ‘74. Let’s give the kid a break. I really think he is 10 or 11 and is just practicing cutting and pasting from Wikipedia and other sources. Really not bad for a 5th grader. If he is older than that…we have bigger problems on our hands than a bad blogger.
Tiger alum '74
October 18th, 2010
3:20 pm
He must have skipped school today and has been playing on daddy’s computer all day long. How sad. Shame he doesn’t have any friends to spend the day with instead. It’s so beautiful out. Poor little guy…..
fan of another team
October 18th, 2010
3:26 pm
Oh jtdawg…. more proof of your idiocy. I count 5 of 8, not 6. Besides, anyone can go back in history and make it look as lopsided as they want.
Between 1983 and 2001 – Auburn 13, UGA 5, 1 Tie.
South Georgia Dawg
October 18th, 2010
3:34 pm
War Damn Eagle – You have a good offensive team but defense is what wins championships; therefore Auburn will not win any type of Championship this year…SEC or NC. I plan on going into your house on November 13th and seeing UGA win for the 5th consecutive year in a row and I hope that Auburn is still undefeated when we come calling b/c you are highly OVER RATED!!
Auburn Fan = UGA Alum 1945 = War Damn Eagle!!! = UGA Preseason number one 2008 = Tech Troll + WoW server down again.
October 18th, 2010
3:52 pm
Agreed Tiger!
fan of another team
October 18th, 2010
4:06 pm
Hopefully the warden will let them out of prison so they can play for UGA that day.
5150 P.O.A.D.
October 18th, 2010
4:40 pm
If UGA were to win the SEC that would say all than needs to be said about how STRONG the SEC is. A uga team with only 1 player and a freshman QB wins the SEC then Boise deserves to play for it all if they go unbeaten
Uuugh...
October 18th, 2010
4:46 pm
5150 P.O.A.D. It would say the exact same thing it said about the ACC last year when your championship game had teams with 5 losses (was it 6?) between them: The ACC and the SEC are just alike–except the SEC has good teams, coaches, and players.
And who is our 1 player? The guy with 100 yards rushing last weekend? The guy with 100 yards receiving? The guy that had a hand in 4 Td’s? The guy that had 60 yards receiving and 1 td?
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firedawg61
October 18th, 2010
5:31 pm
Who is this “WAR DAMN EAGLE” Douche??? Get a life man, nobody loves you.
Bullwinkle
October 18th, 2010
7:20 pm
If Auburn is winning they will soon be on probation again, the greatest tradition of the war eagle family is cheating not winning. Oh that and burning Eddie Macashan in effigy because black football players were not allowed to play at aweburn
Gator Growl
October 18th, 2010
10:30 pm
Too early to say who will be in BS BCS championship! Long way to go; got to play the games first!
AFDawg
October 18th, 2010
10:46 pm
UGA preseason number one 2008, Please don’t try and say you’re better than UGA because you went to the Outback and we went to Shreveport last year. UGA had a better record than you and beat you head to head last year. The only reason you guys went is because the Outback Bowl Committee thought Auburn would sell more tickets because they hadn’t been to a bowl of that caliber in a while — it was strictly a business decision. It was a business decision that will lose them a lot of UGA support in future years — I’ll never attend that bowl again. Now quit bragging about something your team’s performance on the field had absolutely nothing to do with.
MikeP
October 18th, 2010
11:26 pm
If either Auburn or LSU runs the table, they are in. There’s no doubt about that. If neither of them wins out the SEC won’t be represented, unless a bunch of odd upsets happen.
That’s ok. A team that isn’t unbeaten really has no gripe about getting left out. Unless, of course, Boise or TCU, who play a double-A schedule get in. Ain’t fair, but that’s how it is.
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SouthGaTiger
October 19th, 2010
7:41 am
Speaking of mascots….I thought UGA’s was the Trembling Chihauhas. I see it here on AJC all the time!! Or is it stiil that fat a$$ dog sitting on a bag of ice?
LSU Fan
October 19th, 2010
3:55 pm
Well I think both Auburn and LSU have a shot at a title run if they can somehow managwe to win out. It will be a challenge for both, but if either make it, they beyond question should be playing in the title game. By the way, have you heard the news? LSU kickoff game next year is against Oregon. Winning games outside of conference like that is what bumps you ahead of the pack when you look at strenght of schedule.
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Drew
October 20th, 2010
12:26 pm
Not so fast, if LSU remains undefeated you’ll prolly see another 07 ditto