Let's be clear: Nothing would be more surprising than to see the SEC left out of the College Football Playoff.
The SEC has been the most represented conference in the CFP with 11 appearances during the playoff's nine seasons. Alabama (and Ohio State) are the only programs that have been ranked by the committee in all 54 rankings, and no team has had more playoff appearances than the Crimson Tide with seven. Alabama, though, already has one loss and entering Week 5 wasn't in the Associated Press Top 10. LSU now has two losses following Saturday night's last-second thriller against Ole Miss, and undefeated Georgia is still a mystery following a close win at Auburn.