Generic hypothetical - chances of two SEC teams playing for the MNC?

This popped into my head towards the end of last year, when there was a real possibility that two Big Ten teams (Ohio State and Michigan) playing in the BCS championship game, until Florida leaped over Michigan of course.

With the SEC championship game, it would be much more unlikely for two SEC teams to finish #1 and #2, but it's got to be possible, right?

I was thinking... one team from one division (let's say SEC West) goes undefeated in the regular season. In the other division, really early in the season, two teams play a really tight game, with one team barely beating the other. Then those two teams both go undefeated, looking awesome along the way. The SEC West team is the only undefeated team in the country, beats the SEC East representative in the SECCG, and the other SEC East team, with only one loss very early in the season, winds up ranked #2.

Too far-fetched?

 

The SEC Championship is too soon to the NC. Nobody would want to see the same game played twice in a row.

 

That's the only scenario it could happen on, but it's pretty far-fetched. It could only happen if the one lose was an SEC loss, and it was to another team that went otherwise unbeaten or with one loss in conference.

 

No, I wasn't clear I guess... two teams in the SEC East play early, both teams look great, one wins (obviously) but it's a really close game. Then they both win the rest of their games, looking great along the way. So at the SECCG, the undefeated SEC West teams faces the undefeated SEC East team, and the SEC West team wins the SECCG. The one-loss SEC East team that did NOT play in the SECCG is then ranked #2.

 

I think what he means is this. (Hypothetically, because it's already been eliminated this year). UGA beats Tenn early in the year in a tight ball game.
Neither team loses the rest of the year. LSU goes unbeaten in the west.
LSU beats UGA in the SEC CG, and is the only unbeaten team in the country. Tenn jumps to number 2 with the UGA loss.

 

If Michigan AND Ohio State had lost in the last couple of weeks of the year last year, it would have been plausible for LSU AND Florida to make it to the game.

The final polls had:

1. Ohio State
2. Florida
3. Michigan
4. LSU

A buddy of mine and I had this discussion toward the end of last year. It isnt impossible, but probably damn near.

 

That's what I was thinking of as well. Pretty unique set of circumstances, but it will be interesting to ponder later in the year...unless Rock em Sock em Tebow gets himself killed before then.

 

It could happen, but there are some caveats (and being a big tenner, I'm pretty well-rounded in the "could _______ happen?" dept.)

1. The SEC Champion must appear, and be undefeated, period.
2. The Champion of the division other than that of the SEC Champion must have 2 or more losses.
3. The runner-up in the SEC Champion's division must have one loss to the SEC Champion.
4. The Big Ten, Pac 10, Big 12, ACC, and Big East Champions must each have 2 losses or more.
5. The MWC and WAC champion must have 1 loss (if no significant teams played) or 2 (if at least 2 significant teams played)
6. No magic stuff from the other mid-major champions.

 

Not necessarily. The possibility has already been eliminated this year, but we don't play either UGA or Tenn. this year.
If the winner of that game had gone un-beaten, and the loser lost ONLY that game, it would be possible for the East runner up to "sneak" into the MNC game (assuming we win the west, and SEC CG), with winners of each of the other conferences having only 1 loss, depending on how late they lost, and who they lost to.

Completely unlikely, but possible. The problem with the NCAA, is they never prepare for the un-likely.

 

I don't think this would ever happen. The AP voters would revolt against one of the teams and award their poll to that team just the way they did in 2003 to USC. You take the BSC formula out of the process and the AP votes with the coaches poll.