I may need to look at the rules on it again, but i'm pretty sure it don't matter if two SEC teams are one and 3 at the end of the year, only one SEC team would make it in. its that rule of confrence champion and then highest rated. so if Big 10 has #2 spot and won there confrence and big 12, Pac 12 have conf champs, that Number 3 SEC team is out.
im just saying i don't think its going to be a plus for the SEC.
You may be right now that I think about it. I was basing my analysis of the top 4 BCS teams from before we had the rules. I don't think I have actually read the rules since they came out.
I haven't read the rules either but this is from the Mike Slive interview that CP posted a link to...
For the conference that has claimed the last seven BCS titles, making sure the teams weren't restricted to conference champions was a big factor. It helped spark a push for change when Alabama and LSU met in the championship game two years ago in an SEC Western Division rematch.
If two SEC teams are deemed among the top four in the new system, both will get their shot.
"It was an important piece," Slive said. "It took us about a year to put all this together, and one of the foundational pieces of it was that there wouldn't be a limit. We're looking for the best teams to play in the playoff. We didn't want to create artificial limit. That was basically an artificial limit in the old system."
If I understand correctly what he's saying then two (or even more) SEC teams could be selected for the playoff.