CFP ratings aren't proof SEC lobbying worked - winning games was

Seconds struggled to meet the strength of its schedule, but six of its teams reached the CFP by winning awards and avoiding major losses.

Keep time.Keep time.Please stop what you are doing and pay attention to each other.That has been the mantra of coaches, game guides, commissioners and officials of the League for the past few years.

This call to arms after the top college football conference — self-reported but with justification — has three parts to the inaugurity football progoff.The lobbying first paid off with the approval of the CFP in August, one of its schedules to tweak the energy of the meter.It seemed to pay off though on Tuesday night, when the first CFP rankings of the season placed six teams in the Top 12.

Six!Half Domain!Ok, don't worry there will be only four, because AP AC, the group of 5 will come out of 14, and nine teams in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field in the last field.So all the lobing worked, don't you?

As good an angle as it may be, the reality is more boring: The SEC is in better shape for being better this year.

He has performed better in non-conference games.11-3 against power conference teams and Notre Dame (shout out to Texas A&M) compared to 10-7 at the same time last year.

And while the SEC may not have the standard national title favorite (preseason No. 1 Texas), its best teams are avoiding bad losses and staying in playoff contention.However, even in that regard, the improvement over last year is quite small.

The following is the ranking of the first TAC and TFP teams in recent years:

This year: 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 22, 25

Last year: 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 24

The only real difference is that there is one more team in the top seven.Or another one in the top six – however you want to place it.That's just one more ranked team (nine vs. eight last year), and a look at the position of teams ranked at the same time in 2024 is pretty similar.

A year ago, No. 3 Georgia, Texas and No. 7 Tennessee were all 7-1. Those three eventually made the field. There were six SEC teams with two losses, and unranked South Carolina had three.Then - No. 11 Alabama would make the field, but lost to Oklahoma, convincing.Then - No. 16 Ole Miss would make it, but lose to Florida.These two plus South Carolina finished the top three outside - across the field, not only among SEC teams - and the famous cause of the SEC people, who argued that the depth of the conference was not considered enough.

It should be noted that Greg Sankey is not one of those voices right after last year's election.He wasn't on ESPN complaining.But he was ahead when those in the conference pushed him.

"How would a 9-3 SEC team rate against others who might have one or two losses?"Sankey said at the SEC spring meetings in May.

And so Sankey handed out briefcases to members of the press — word sheets to those in the room — that contained data that the SEC had collectively listed in various computer arrays.In the end, the CFP accepted the proposal and changed its formula on the schedule.Selection Committee Chairman Mack Rhoades, Baylor's athletic director, summed it up Tuesday as putting "more emphasis on strong teams."

But the synopsis did not mean to imply that costs had other freedoms.Perhaps it will come up as an important meter.There are five weekly games.But for now, the committee seems to have an easy way out.However, this time it was better than the meeting because it could help because it would be better.

So the question is whether it will hold up.The answer is that if the teams that are doing well don't slip, the SEC should do well.

Remaining games between ranked teams

3. Texas A & M (8-0): Missouri, Titek Carolina, Samford, Texas

4.Alabama (7-1): Lsu, Oklahoma Eastern Illinois State, Auburn

5. Georgia (7-1): at Mississippi, Texas, Charlotte, Georgia Tech

6. Ole Miss (7-1): Florida at Mississippi Stadium

11. Texas (7-2): at Georgia, Arkansas, Texas A&M

12.kelolo: 7-2): Alabama, Missouri, lsu

16. Vinderbit (7-2): Apuburn, Kentucky and Tennessee

22. Missouri (6-2).Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Arkansas

25. OF Tennessee (6-3).O le New Mexico State, Florida, Vanderbilt

Only six of those games remain: Texas A&M at Texas, Texas at Georgia, Oklahoma at Alabama, Oklahoma at Missouri, Texas A&M at Missouri and Tennessee at Vanderbilt.But only two of those — Oklahoma-Missouri and Tennessee-Vanderbilt — match up with teams with at least two losses already.

The top four teams look pretty good, especially Texas A&M, Alabama and Ole Miss, considering their schedule.Georgia had some tough games but managed to get one loss.11 Although the lack of time is a good sign.

It also marks a difference in the SEC this year.Texas needed overtime to beat Kentucky and Mississippi State, but prevailed.Georgia had to come from behind in five wins, but still won.Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt and Missouri don't have a lot of room for error, but they can win and have a good chance.

Yes, the painting took the last nine months to complain and tear down.But this year it was expensive because of complaining, but not because she did two things because she won two things and won a bad loss.

But there is one more month.Random for bad damage.More meaningless games.Looking good for seconds now.But it's not much.