On the surface asking if Auburn and Georgia can return to the SEC Championship game in 2018 is a fair question. Until you think about it for a moment. Yes, by losing the Iron Bowl, Alabama football lost a chance to win a fourth straight SEC Championship. Auburn and Georgia had the honors.
So looking at 2018 (way too early) it makes sense to ask if Georgia makes it back to the SEC title game. Asking the same question about Auburn is just foolishness. Unless Jimbo Fisher really is a sort of sorcerers’ apprentice and conjures magic in College Station, Alabama football will win the SEC West with relative ease.