The margin for error is thin.
Just look at last season: If Alabama lost to Auburn on the final week of the regular season, then the Tide wouldn’t have played for the national championship. Thanks to a head-to-head tie-breaker, Ole Miss would have represented the West in the SEC title game, and there’s a chance that no one from the conference would have reached the playoff.
You see, sometimes it comes down to one game.
Predicting that must-win game isn’t easy, but that’s what we’re attempting to do this week on the SEC blog. Up next: South Carolina.