re: SEC leaning towards 1 division

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It will be A&M, Arkansas and ole miss or state.

Won’t be Bama 100%

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Don't agree 100% it will be Ole Miss, Aggie and either MSU or Arkansas. Preferably I hope it is MSU. Some rumbling that Aggie does not care to play Texas every year and would be comfortable in a 3-6 format playing them every other year.

NOT! Teams performances vary yearly unlike the NFL! LDU and Tenn were bottom feeders last year!

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That might be true, but there is no way Alabama is playing Auburn, TENN and LSU.

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If they consider Tennessee #9 behind A&M, they would. They probably will need to do so to have geographic balance.

Then it will be Florida.

You think they’ll give Bama:

Auburn, Tennessee AND LSU?

for real? why is this "breaking" he said this on air At SEC media days.

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More than likely they put A&M there to balance LSU and Texas. LSU is still going to get one of the others as well, probably Bama or Florida.

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We are absolutely going to get Texas A&M. Even if it was going to be a 1-7 rotation, our 1 would be Texas A&M, so they can maintain Oklahoma/Texas. The league has made it clear they want an LSU/Texas A&M rivalry.

The problem with us getting Florida is that they have to get Georgia and it's going to be just too tempting to give them Tennessee. I don't see them giving Florida to us in that scenario.

Bama? Your joking right? If your whole argument is that the SEC will screw LSU (a legit argument), then it relies on them giving Bama a break. But, Bama is definitely tied to Auburn and Tennessee, then adding a tough game like LSU has no chance. Bama is getting State.

Yes, my LSU lineup is one of the more weak ones. However, both Ole Miss and Arkansas are trophy games (as little as we give a crap about the trophies). I tend to think that is something the SEC will consider. (The real sign of whether the SEC cares about trophy games is if they maintain the Texas A&M - South Carolina " Bonham Trophy" game.)

JMHO.

I think that’s the play here. Don’t play the extra game and position as many SEC teams as possible to make the 12 man playoff.

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I think with a 12 team playoff you are going to eventually see conference championship games go by the wayside

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This is the most likely situation. The SEC Champion would probably just be awarded to the team with the best record at the end of the season.

This should be the outcome with a 12 team playoff, but I could see the SEC not wanting to miss out on that $

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Bama? Your joking right? If your whole argument is that the SEC will screw LSU (a legit argument), then it relies on them giving Bama a break. But, Bama is definitely tied to Auburn and Tennessee, then adding a tough game like LSU has no chance. Bama is getting State.

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No, I don’t think they are “screwing” LSU in this scenario nor would it be unfair to Bama. In truth, there isn’t a clear cut top half and bottom half. What there is is an obvious Top 6. There are going to try to make sure each of those 6 plays at least one of the others. They have Texas-Oklahoma and Florida-Georgia. If they don’t pair LSU-Alabama, then those teams are advantaged relative to the other top programs. From there, they want to find 2 teams to play two of those top teams, so that they only need one pair of top 6 teams to play a second top 6. Auburn is obvious as one of those both from a historical strength perspective and rivalry perspective. They get Alabama and Georgia. That leaves 3 teams in the West plus Florida needing another top tier opponent. That’s not a good fit for Tennessee. It is a good fit for A&M. They get Texas and LSU. That leaves Florida and Oklahoma needing another top opponent, which is likely each other.

At that point, Alabama can choose to hold onto their rivalry with Tennessee or they can choose an easier 3rd opponent. I’m sure they would choose Tennessee. The same holds true for either Georgia or Florida. They would probably give Tennessee the choice of rivals. It probably makes more sense to be Georgia since Florida ended up with 2 Top 6 matchups. In no way does Bama get Auburn and Tennessee as their “tough” opponents and even less so does LSU get A&M and Ole Miss. They have to face each other to balance the top, then they can have the other two as well. It won’t be perfectly equal that way, but it’s far closer than if they don’t face each other.

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Top 6

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You’re pulling this top 6 requirement out of your arse