The Big Ten has had more national title success over the last few years, but no league can replicate the SEC's depth when it comes to national title contention. Three SEC teams reached the 12-team College Football Playoff field a year ago—Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. All three of those programs are still in the mix to return, but they're far from alone in jockeying for playoff position as we hit the midway point of the season.
Ole Miss and Texas A&M remain undefeated at 6–0, while another seven SEC programs have taken just one loss. While we only have a single year of data to go off of at this point, SEC teams with just one or two losses should all be in pretty good shape to earn an at-large big. Last year, 9–3 SEC teams Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina were three of the first four teams left out of the field.
