re: ESPN's projections for playoffs and Winners

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I think there is a good chance no SEC teams make the playoffs. SEC could easily beat itself up this year leaving every team with at least 2 loses. While OU, FSU, Michigan St, and Oregon/UCLA all walk away from there conferences with 1 lose or undefeated.

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The only way I don't see the SEC champ making the playoffs is if it is a surprise champ like LSU in 2001. Even then, there is almost assuredly going to be a one-loss SEC team that would make it. S. Car is a possible choice because they're in the East. Bama has to be the top choice out of the SEC. Sorry, but when you have only lost more than 1 regular season game ONE time in the last 6 years, you get the benefit of the doubt.

FSU has the easiest road, but the favorite doesn't always live up the expectations. The Pac 12 is going to be tough (I like USC as a big surprise team). MSU is now the favorite in the Big 10, but the gap isn't that huge. For me OU and Bama are the surest bets, but they're by no means "slam dunks"