Ryan21467 said:
I am unclear on how the SEC east winner is decided. The SEC east winner will obviously play Alabama, right? But how did Florida's win over Georgia and Tennessee's loss to South Carolina affect everything? And what will happen if Florida loses to LSU?
Alabama control their own destiny at 5-0 but the West has 3 one-loss teams (Auburn, LSU, A&M). If the Tide lose one game (can't think of them losing 2 games) it would likely create a 3-way tie among these teams. Even in such case, the Tide still have tie-breaker advantage (thanks to Kentucky great record) It's pretty safe to assume the Tide will win the West. The least desirable loss for the Tide is to LSU... unfortunately it maybe the most likely one.
In the East, the Gators also control their own destiny sitting at 4-1 and head-to-head advantage over Kentucky at 4-2. It's still possible (unlikely though) to have multiple teams tied at the top but the Gators have a clear path to win the East again.
For now it looks like a rematch of LY championship game between the Tide and Gators.
Below is a copy of SEC tie-breaker rules:
Three-Team Tie (or more)
If three teams (or more) are tied for a division title, the following procedure will be used in the following order: (Note: If one of the procedures results in one team being eliminated and two remaining, the two-team tiebreaker procedure as stated in No. 1 above will be used):
A. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams
B. Record of the tied teams within the division
C. Head-to-head competition against the team within the division with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through the division (multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last and a tie for first place will be broken before a tie for fourth place)
D. Overall Conference record against non-divisional teams
E. Combined record against all common non-divisional teams
F. Record against the common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division; and
G. Combined SEC record of the team’s cross-divisional opponents