In most years of the four-team College Football Playoff era, debates about the SEC focus on whether the powerhouse conference can get multiple teams into the field. Alabama and Georgia both made the Playoff—and reached the national championship—at the end of the 2017–18 and 2021–22 seasons.
That may very well happen again, with both teams sitting at 12–1 ahead of Sunday’s selection show after the Crimson Tide’s 27–24 win over the previously undefeated Bulldogs.
However, this final year of the four-team Playoff system is primed to bring more debate than ever before. Pac-12 champion Washington (13–0) has more or less punched its ticket, with a Friday night win over Oregon.
