The 4 team playoff is in effect through 2025, the same year Texas and Oklahoma become the 15th/16th members of the conference. The possibility of an SEC only or SEC invitational college playoff is being discussed. Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, Music City, Gator Bowl, and Citrus Bowl would be the likely semi-final sites.
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Greg Sankey currently sitting in the booth for the SEC baseball title game. When asked about the idea of the SEC holding its own football playoff, he says: "Well, we kind of did that in January didn't we?"
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Could the SEC stage its own college football playoff? It's all on the table at spring meetings and something “we should absolutely consider an option."
Is this for real or just using leverage to get what they want?
The SEC has never stood more powerful among its peers with three different teams winning the past three CFP Championships, including last season’s Georgia-Alabama CFP Championship Game showdown.
The SEC tied its own record (set last year) with 65 players selected in the 2022 NFL Draft -- Georgia setting a new mark with 15 coming off its CFP Championship team.
The SEC has had more players drafted than any other conference the past 16 years in a row
Recruits have taken note, and now with the NIL coming into play, the SEC would seem to once again be at an advantage.
The application of the NIL favors the sort of deeper-pocketed programs the SEC boasts, particularly when one considers how SEC athletic departments prioritize football.
FWAA President and ESPN CFP reporter Heather Dinich recently suggested talk of an SEC-only playoff is a bluff.
“This seems like posturing to me because Greg Sankey was mad when the College Football Playoff did not expand,” Dinich said on ESPN’s “Get Up” show. “Remember there was an 8-3 vote where the Pac 12, the ACC and the Big Ten voted against expansion at this time for different reasons.
“Greg Sankey is still mad about this, and to me this is a not-so-subtle message saying, ‘Hey, we’re not going to be as accommodating this time around when we talk about expansion again.’”
It could be posturing, or it could be another step toward the likelihood of a super conference.
Sixteen SEC teams may or may not be enough for the league to hold its own playoff. What if the ACC/Notre Dame agrees to send their top 4 teams?
Mod Edit - Moved to College Sports.
