CFP: Number of 3 Loss Teams?

[Ron G]

I cringed every time I heard the ABC/ESPN announcers say that Georgia was in with a win vs Tech & a loss in the SEC Championship Game (or, vice-versa). Even though I am an SEC fan, I did not want a 3-loss team representing the conference in the playoffs. I guess it still might have happened if Georgia lost to Tech & went on to beat Texas, since Clemson was able to get in with 3 losses. You couldn't have a 3-loss Clemson team in and leave out the team that crushed them head-to-head.

I'm just glad things worked out the way they did (except I wish SMU had beaten Clemson so that a more deserving team would be in the mix).

Speculation is always fun. Let's Georgia only had one loss going into the SEC Championship and then lost to Texas. In this case, Georgia would only have 2 losses but not be the conference winner. Would they be bounced in favor of Alabama because Carson Beck got hurt. There is precedent, heck they bounced and undefeated team because it lost its starting QB.