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This theoretical scenario would cause CHAOS...

Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:49 am
Posted by TiggerPack5
Member since Feb 2022
64 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:49 am
This weekend is HUGE in determining the East and the West division in the SEC...but what if it leads to more chaos? If LSU beats Alabama this weekend, the West is ours to lose. However, if Bama beats LSU, Bama would hold the tiebreaker if they were to lose again. To make this scenario become as chaotic as possible, what if that loss is to Ole Miss??? This would mean that the SEC West would have a three-way tiebreaker for the top spot. LSU, Bama, and Ole Miss would all be 8-2 in conference play. However, do to the overall records LSU would be out of it, and then Ole Miss would have the tiebreaker against Bama. I obviously hope this doesn't happen, but its fun to think a three-way tie for the SEC West could happen.
Posted by jlbasm
Aledo, TX
Member since Oct 2010
4743 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:51 am to
6-2, but yeah the rest would be interesting
Posted by MrWalkingMan
Republic of West Florida
Member since Aug 2010
8076 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:54 am to
Isn’t divisional record the next tiebreaker after conference record? I dont think overall record comes into it
Posted by MrWalkingMan
Republic of West Florida
Member since Aug 2010
8076 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:55 am to
Also this scenario requires that ole miss lose again. We only play 8 conference games
Posted by EasterEgg
New Orleans Metro
Member since Sep 2018
5378 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 11:57 am to
Did Ole Miss lose another SEC game that I'm not aware of?
Posted by bayou85
Concordia
Member since Sep 2016
11031 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 12:00 pm to
Ole Miss would only have 1 Conference loss. They'd to go Atlanta.
Posted by MikeTheTiger71
Member since Dec 2021
4383 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 12:04 pm to
The only way it ends up a three way tie at 6-2 is if Ole Miss loses to someone else. That would give Ole Miss the worst division record, which would revert the tiebreaker back to the head-to-head winner between LSU and Bama (so Bama, in your scenario.)
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
12051 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 12:34 pm to
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this scenario requires that ole miss lose again

Basically guaranteed
Posted by Indiana Tiger
Member since Feb 2005
4135 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 12:48 pm to
First, as it has been pointed out, if OM wins out and AL beats LSU, then OM wins the west.

Second, if OM subsequently loses the egg bowl, then the tie breaking rules would give the title to AL. An orderly resolution of a three way tie is the opposite of Chaos.

Third, the closest to chaos would have been if the other OM loss was Kentucky. While unlikely because of subsequent tie-breakers, it might make it to a coin flipping contest. That would chaotic.
Posted by lsufb1912
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2021
5965 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 12:52 pm to
This is why CBS wants LSU/Ark at 11am. They can watch this scenario play out during their 2:30 game
Posted by JRtiger75
Member since Oct 2019
817 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 12:57 pm to
Here is the tie break process per sec LINK
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
107908 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 1:06 pm to
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Ole Miss would only have 1 Conference loss. They'd to go Atlanta.



This can't be allowed to happen.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43835 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 1:06 pm to
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However, do to the overall records LSU would be out of it, and then Ole Miss would have the tiebreaker against Bama. I obviously hope this doesn't happen, but its fun to think a three-way tie for the SEC West could happen.



Multiple questions arise here. Who else does Ole Miss lose to? Right now, if we lose to Alabama and Ole Miss beats Alabama, then Ole miss would need one more loss for a 3-way tie

If you want to assume another Ole miss loss to someone other than Alabama along the way. then it has o be to an SEC west team.

in a 3-way tie the first tiebreaker is head-to-head. But since that would not eliminate anyone, the next tiebreaker is the SEC West record. That would eliminate Ole Miss.

Then Bama would win head-to-head vs LSU.
Posted by MikeTheTiger71
Member since Dec 2021
4383 posts
Posted on 11/3/22 at 1:12 pm to
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Third, the closest to chaos would have been if the other OM loss was Kentucky. While unlikely because of subsequent tie-breakers, it might make it to a coin flipping contest. That would chaotic


Even in that scenario, Ole Miss would be eliminated because Kentucky has a worse conference record than Tennessee and then Bama would win on head-to-head vs LSU.
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