SEC leaders argue 9-3 record is good enough for expanded College Football Playoff; Do they have a point?
The 13-person selection committee has seldom been under such scrutiny before a season started
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And yes, they mean any, ANY other conference.
"If you played a tough schedule, a 9-3 team better be considered," Alabama AD Greg Byrne said. "I've heard we're pretty good in football in the Southeastern Conference."
"If all they [selection committee] look at is a shiny win-loss record at the expense of teams that have played good schedules, then people stop playing good non-conference games," said Florida AD Scott Stricklin, a member of the selection committee from 2018-20.
"There's a weight on the committee that's new … I want to see how the committee processes that," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said.
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"The interesting thing is the team [from another conference] that doesn't play a regular schedule that goes 11-1 or 12-0 and how that compares to a 9-3 team that plays eight top 25 teams," Stricklin said.
