If we win out and beat Tenner in the SECCG (hypothetical scenario)

Please please pump the breaks. We will be 8-4 and, if we really play well 9-3. That would be a fantastic spot from where we were last year. You are setting yourself up for disappointment.

stop

It was a little over a week ago that we got boat raced out of our stadium by TN, pump the damn brakes.

tRant: We suck. Play Nuss. Poor coaching, won't win another game.
also tRant: If we win out, will we go to the playoffs?

It all depends on other teams out there with 1 loss. The irony here is that a 1-loss Georgia or a 1-loss Tennessee, especially if that is a close game, might be more likely to get in. Here is the logic you will see, either Georgia barely lost to Tennessee. If it is Tennessee who we beat in the SEC championship they will say does anyone really think a 1 loss Georgia is not better than a 2 loss LSU team that was blown out by Tennessee? If we beat Georgia, the talking point will be how can you pick a 2-loss LSU who lost over the 1 loss Tennessee that blew them out in the regular season.

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beating OM at home

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I won't bet the farm on this happening. As confident as I was that we would beat Florida, that's how unsure I am that Ole Miss can be defeated. They're really good this year.

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Please please pump the breaks. We will be 8-4 and, if we really play well 9-3. That would be a fantastic spot from where we were last year. You are setting yourself up for disappointment.

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It's a discussion on a message board. It's not like fans having hypothetical discussions are going to impact the actual games in any way, shape, or form.

As to the OP, The SEC had earned the benefit of the doubt in the playoff selections. All one has to do is go back to 2017 for reference. Going into the SEC Championship game 10-2 Auburn was ranked #2 in the CFP polls....AHEAD of one-loss Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Miami, as well as undefeated Wisconsin. Had Auburn beaten UGA in the SECCG they would have been in the playoffs ahead of multiple 1 loss teams from other conferences. That includes 1 loss Alabama who didn't even reach the SECCG...because they lost to Auburn.

In this scenario, LSU would have avenged one of their only two losses, Tennessee, who would presumably be ranked #1 or #2 in that game. Fans from other parts of the nation would bitch about the "SEC-bias"...and they would be right. There IS a bias. But not because the pollsters just like the SEC because of cool uniforms. But because the SEC is FAR and away the toughest conference in the nation. You could make a strong argument that both the SEC East and West, individually, would be a stronger "conference" than almost every other conference in the US.

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I think we'd have a decent chance to sneak in with that resume. What say tRant?

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I think there is a much better chance that special teams and special teams alone will cost us another game.

With the Alabama Loss, I think we're more likely to see an SEC East Champion and a Playoff SEC East Runner Up and the West outside. Big 12 is finished, PAC-12 lost their hopes with USC's undefeated season ended by a whooping from Utah. The ACC is way to fragile as well.

So Summary:
Big 10 Champion & Big 10#2 (most likely a 1-loss team)
SEC Champion & SEC E#1/2 (1 loss team)

Alabama/Ole Miss the only title contenders from the west conference in my eyes, need to win out to make the playoffs. Tenn & Georgia are just that good this year.

Lets not forget Clemson either.