SEC Tie-Breaker and Championship

[dpattersonbham]

Well here are the SEC rules

In the event of a tie between teams competing for a place in the Conference championship game, the following procedures will be used in descending order until the tie is broken:

1. Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
2. Record versus all common Conference opponents among the tied teams
3. Record against highest (best) placed common Conference opponent in the Conference standings, and proceeding through the Conference standings among the tied teams
4. Cumulative Conference winning percentage of all Conference opponents among the tied teams
5. Capped relative total scoring margin versus all Conference opponents among the tied teams
6. Random draw of the tied teams

If the regular season standings determine a clear Conference champion and two or more teams are tied for second place, the Conference champion will be the home team in the Championship Game and the tiebreaking procedures will be used to determine its opponent.

So say UGA, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas AM, Ole Miss, LSU all end with two losses (most likely result) with Texas in as only one loss team.

On #1
UGA 1-1
Tennessee 1-1
Alabama 2-1
LSU 1-1
TAMU 1-1
Ole Miss 1-1

** Does this mean Bama wins on #1 as best record in group or only COMMON across ALL the teams count as they had three games? Bet committee didnt think of this and expect an outcry but this SHOULD be the case as otherwise TAMU gets a huge break with its crap schedule (no UGA, Tenn, Ole Miss, Alabama). Ole Miss not much harder with toughest game UGA at home. If not then...

On #2
There are no common opponents across ALL teams in #1

On #3
UGA best win Texas. They win this tie-breaker

So, comes down to this...does Bama win on #1 because otherwise, UGA gets it. Honestly, rather NOT play in conference championship as not much to gain winning and losing could kick you out of playoffs. Better being #3