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SEC champion determined by win %
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:46 am
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:46 am
The same way the nfl decides division championships. Do away with the money grab game in Atlanta and crown champions in the season finale.
This year would have been Georgia. No waste of time. Free up that week and start the CFP sooner.
Get all leagues to agree (highly unlikely I know). Then the CFP can say “top 3 teams in each league by win % are in. The top team overall in each league gets home field advantage” something along those lines. If not home field advantage, they get seeded and matched up vs the lowest win % team in the lowest win % conference.
There’s zero opinions and politics. It’s all numbers and decided on the field. The only kicker is that the conferences all need to agree that everyone gets equal rights. So the ACC gets 3 just like the SEC and so on.
For example Duke would have been paired with Indiana in this scenario
This year would have been Georgia. No waste of time. Free up that week and start the CFP sooner.
Get all leagues to agree (highly unlikely I know). Then the CFP can say “top 3 teams in each league by win % are in. The top team overall in each league gets home field advantage” something along those lines. If not home field advantage, they get seeded and matched up vs the lowest win % team in the lowest win % conference.
There’s zero opinions and politics. It’s all numbers and decided on the field. The only kicker is that the conferences all need to agree that everyone gets equal rights. So the ACC gets 3 just like the SEC and so on.
For example Duke would have been paired with Indiana in this scenario
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 9:47 am
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:49 am to turnpiketiger
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say “top 3 teams in each league by win % are in.
I was not opposed until I read this.
Top three of big12 and ACC is just as diluted as anything else.
Why not just take the top team from each league and skip conference champ games. Add the remaining 8 teams on a more competitive way.
Also the 3rd % of the ACC supplants the forth in SeC?
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 9:51 am
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:50 am to turnpiketiger
Then everyone's non conference games would consist of Florence Nightingale University
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:51 am to turnpiketiger
quote:That "waste of time" meant double-digit millions of dollars distributed to each SEC school.
No waste of time.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:54 am to Shaq4prez
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Then everyone's non conference games would consist of Florence Nightingale University
The last 3 NC winners didn’t play a single P4 team in the noncon. Maybe there’s a lesson there
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:59 am to Shaq4prez
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Then everyone's non conference games would consist of Florence Nightingale University
If you make the auto-seeds top 2 or top 1, then just use conference record. That may encourage better OOC games as prep for conference games.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:03 am to turnpiketiger
Agree with this. Back in the day a Super Bowl birth meant something for the program. Now not so much cause it’s a part of the playoff anyway. Wont happen though cause money.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:05 am to turnpiketiger
Conference championship games make money. The conferences and athletic departments are about making money.
The SEC is no different and certainly won’t willingly forego millions in revenue “just cuz”.
The SEC is no different and certainly won’t willingly forego millions in revenue “just cuz”.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:09 am to MrWalkingMan
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The last 3 NC winners didn’t play a single P4 team in the noncon. Maybe there’s a lesson there
agreed. LSU didnt fall into that bucket this year. 4-0 non conference but couldn't beat anyone with a pulse in conference. Another lesson would be, "stop sucking". I think we are on the right track finally
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:10 am to drizztiger
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Conference championship games make money. The conferences and athletic departments are about making money. The SEC is no different and certainly won’t willingly forego millions in revenue “just cuz”.
They will only do this if the extra CFP revenue (by adding more games) offsets the loss of conference championship game revenue.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:11 am to turnpiketiger
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This year would have been Georgia. No waste of time. Free up that week and start the CFP sooner.
look, another post asking to eliminate all the good games from the TV schedule.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:13 am to Nutriaitch
quote:replace it with a playoff game, so no net loss
another post asking to eliminate all the good games from the TV schedule.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:21 am to turnpiketiger
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SEC champion determined by win %
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The same way the nfl decides division championships
in the NFL, every teams plays it's division foes twice per year (once at home, once on the road).
plus they each play the same non-division opponents for 8 of the remaining 11 games on the schedule.
so outside of 3 games, their schedule are as close to "equal" as possible.
in the SEC, it's almost the polar opposite of that.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:23 am to theCAW
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replace it with a playoff game, so no net loss
the SEC championship game is a better game than most first round playoff games every year.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:26 am to Nutriaitch
quote:*was
the SEC championship game is a better game than most first round playoff games every year.
With more and more emphasis on playoff results moving forward the quality of the game will diminish
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:27 am to turnpiketiger
But, but mUh TV revenue....
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:29 am to Nutriaitch
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the SEC championship game is a better game than most first round playoff games every year.
Well up until the playoff expansion last year, in most seasons the SEC championship game was a de-facto playoff game. Winner was headed to the CFP, while the loser was headed to whichever NY6 bowl wasn't in the playoff rotation that year.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:38 am to Mickey Goldmill
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They will only do this if the extra CFP revenue (by adding more games) offsets the loss of conference championship game revenue.
What do the schools realize from the SEC championship game?
Does the winner get the biggest share or do both teams playing get the same? The others get how much?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:40 am to turnpiketiger
SEC Champ game isn't going anywhere.
Bigly money maker and awesome environment plus bragging rights.
Bigly money maker and awesome environment plus bragging rights.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:40 am to Nutriaitch
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in the SEC, it's almost the polar opposite of that.
This. The best teams in conference play last year were Ole Miss, Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M, Texas, and Oklahoma. How many of those teams played each other during the regular season?
The old division setup was great because it ensured that the "best" teams had no way to truly dodge all of the other "best" teams. If you were the best team in your division, you were going to play the best team in the other division that you likely didn't play in the regular season. Without Texas and Oklahoma, this system still worked. Ole Miss, A&M, and Alabama would have all played one another. While it's possible that there still could have been a three way tie, it's unlikely, and the winner would have faced Georgia in the title game.
The conferences are simply too large for the conferences to adequately decide who is the best team (or even 2 teams) via 8 conference games. 12 was perfect, but money go brr.
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