Russian, I think they rank the teams by their AP rank and not the SEC ranking. So descending order of teams could change slightly by giving LSU a leg up on UGA as the #5, and with a solid chance to land the Cotton if 2 SEC teams go to BCS games which could only be stopped if Mizzou and USCe lose this week and Auburn get blown out by Bama.

So we are pulling for both USCe and Mizzou this week.

The way I see it if all higher ranked teams win :

Bama to BCSCG
Mizzou to Sugar
Auburn to Cap one
USCe to Outback
LSU to Cotton
UGA to Gator
A&M to CFA
Ole Miss to Liberty

And of course things could get changed if there are upsets.

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Posted by LSURussian

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Posted on 11/26/13 at 8:50 am to Cracking

The BR paper this morning had some good info on the bowl commitments.
For example, this year the Cotton Bowl is the 'fail safe' bowl for the loser of the SECCG guaranteeing the loser will not fall below the Cotton if the Sugar, Outback and Capital One Bowls don't take the SECCG loser.

ETA: Here is that entire scenario:

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This year, the potential road block is the fact that the Cotton is contractually obligated to take the loser of the SEC Championship Game if it’s passed over as a BCS at-large team or the Capital One. Once every four years, the Cap One, Outback, Chick-fil-A and Cotton have to take turns as the “Safety Net Bowl.” And this year, it’s the Cotton’s turn, according to SEC and former LSU spokesman Herb Vincent.

No way that happens, you say. Well, how about this scenario: Missouri loses Saturday to Texas A&M, putting South Carolina in the SEC Championship Game at 9-3 despite a nonconference loss by the Gamecocks on Saturday to archrival Clemson. South Carolina then gets hammered by Alabama (assuming a win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl) in Atlanta.

Under that scenario, Alabama is 13-0 and BCS championship game-bound. Missouri and Auburn are both 10-2, with one likely headed to the Sugar Bowl and the other likely to the Cap One. The Outback could pick 9-4 South Carolina, but it prefers LSU or Texas A&M at 9-3. That leaves the Cotton to save a seat for the Gamecocks.

Such a scenario could put LSU back in the Chick-fil-A Bowl for the second straight year and the sixth time since 1996, which would be the most bowl appearances for LSU in any postseason game in that time span. Some national projections have that happening, but everyone intimately involved with the process seems to be aware of the lukewarm response LSU fans had to the Chick-fil-A last year. They might be downright cold to the idea if the opponent out of the ACC was Duke.

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This post was edited on 11/26/13 at 8:57 am

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