Overview
- After other SEC results on Saturday, Alabama would reach Atlanta by beating Auburn, with conference opponent winning percentage breaking ties in its favor.
- Texas A&M, the league’s lone unbeaten in SEC play, clinches a title-game spot with a win over Texas and likely falls behind Georgia if it loses due to the common-opponents tiebreaker.
- Georgia has completed its SEC schedule and needs either Texas to defeat Texas A&M or Auburn to upset Alabama to gain entry under the league’s procedures.
- Ole Miss remains a long shot, needing a win over Mississippi State plus Texas over Texas A&M and Auburn over Alabama, or help in a three-way tie decided by opponent winning percentage.
- The SEC resolves ties in order by head-to-head, record versus common opponents, record versus highest-placed common opponent, cumulative opponent conference winning percentage, capped scoring margin from SportSource Analytics, then random draw, which can override single head-to-head results in three-team ties.