Not as much as it seems. Sporting News left the Bulldogs and Volunteers in the CFP in our Week 9 bowl projections knowing that the two schools meet Nov. 5. A two-SEC-team playoff scenario isn’t all that far-fetched, even if No. 5 Clemson does not lose.
It would require a loss for No. 7 TCU and the Pac-12 to cannibalize itself out of the playoff with a series of two-loss teams. The committee also would have to leave out the loser of the other huge divisional game that is coming in November between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan. This scenario also has the Bulldogs-Vols winner beating No. 7 Alabama in the SEC championship game. All of that is possible, and that is why for now we have Georgia and Tennessee in the CFP for now.
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In our latest bowl projections, UCLA dropped out and USC moved back in.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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