Georgia will get an opportunity to defend its SEC championship, and it may come towards the Bulldogs’ nemesis, Alabama. Alternatively, it may come towards Ole Miss, maybe delaying coach Lane Kiffin’s choice on whether or not to go away Oxford.
That’s the consequence of Texas’s win over Texas A&M on Friday evening, which additionally eradicated the beforehand unbeaten Aggies from the SEC race.
Georgia, which obtained a non-conference win over Georgia Tech on Friday, was already within the clubhouse with a 7-1 convention report. Ole Miss additionally obtained to 7-1 with a win at Mississippi State, whereas Texas A&M fell to 7-1 with the loss.
That creates the opportunity of a four-way tie for first place if Alabama (6-1) wins at Auburn on Saturday evening.
In that case, the SEC’s first three tiebreakers wouldn’t apply (head-to-head among the many tied groups if they’ve all performed one another, then information towards widespread opponents after which information towards groups all have confronted). The fourth tiebreaker is the mixed convention report of every group’s opponents, and Georgia and Alabama would win that, irrespective of Saturday’s outcomes.
These two groups performed in late September, with Alabama pulling out a 24-21 win in Athens. If the rematch occurs subsequent week, it will be the third time previously 5 years, and the fifth time since 2012, that the 2 groups have met within the SEC championship. Alabama has gained every time.
If Alabama loses at Auburn, nonetheless, leaving the SEC with a three-way tie, the choice would once more go to mixed opponents’ SEC report, and Ole Miss would have the sting over Texas A&M. Georgia and Ole Miss would even be a rematch, with the Bulldogs profitable that recreation 43-35 in Athens in October. Nonetheless, the larger intrigue can be Kiffin.
Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter mentioned an announcement is coming Saturday on Kiffin’s standing, as he mulls reported affords from LSU and Florida. That mentioned, the Gators seem to have moved on to different selections. Kiffin’s Ole Miss group is principally ensured a spot within the School Soccer Playoff, however reaching the SEC championship remains to be on the desk, additional complicating the timing of any announcement.
Georgia, in the meantime, will play within the SEC championship for the fifth straight yr, and eighth time within the final 9 years. This additionally ensures that, for the twelfth consecutive yr, both Georgia or Alabama will play in Atlanta — probably each, for what can be the fifth time since 2014 and the sixth since 2012.
The SEC championship recreation will probably be performed Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
