The wheels are greased, and 9-3 SEC teams received runway clearance to soar into the College Football Playoff .

The announcement came subtly , buried in the third paragraph of a midweek news release. The playoff selection committee, beginning this season, will weight strength of schedule metrics in an evolved way that should tend to more greatly benefit SEC teams.

The tweaks won’t ensure playoff bids for three-loss SEC teams, and nothing technically prevented them from qualifying in the past, but this adjustment increases their qualifying chances. This pivot comes after the committee rejected three 9-3 bubble teams from the SEC last season in favor of Indiana and SMU – teams with superior records but inferior strength of schedule.

Here’s what’s changing in the committee’s strength o

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