Where do SEC coaches stand on the future of the College Football Playoff?

Ole Miss came up agonizingly short of a berth in the 12-team College Football Playoff a season ago, finishing 14th in the final CFP poll despite wins over two top-15 teams – including SEC champion Georgia. In addition to the introduction of revenue sharing, the CFP’s format moving forward was one of the main topics of conversation at SEC Media Days last week in Atlanta.

Three SEC teams made the 12-team field in 2024 (Georgia, Texas, Tennessee) with Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina sitting just outside looking in. The Big 10 received four bids – including eventual national champion Ohio State – the ACC had two, the Big 12 one, the Mountain West one and Notre Dame one as an independent. According to ESPN’s Football Power Index formula, the SEC had five of the top-12 rated teams in the nation last season.

Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin was asked last Monday when he “(got over) getting left out of the playoff.” After his brief reply on the matter – “That wasn't that difficult. I mean, I tend to do better with things when they're done. You can't do anything to change them.” – Kiffin offered his thoughts on the current CFP system and how it “doesn’t take into the scheduling properly” while also noting it wasn’t just about Ole Miss’ exclusion. The Rebels lost three games by a combined 13 points, with two of those coming to teams unranked at the time.

“Then you look at these other sports, basketball, baseball, you see teams that go on to win that weren't in the top because they played a really hard schedule and you lose some games. Like the basket goes in or out; in the end doesn't mean you're a dramatically different in that team. Just like you lose a game in overtime on the road,” Kiffin said at Media Days. “Or the NFL. Got the Super Bowl and here is the five seed in the Super Bowl….

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Publish date : 2025-07-23 01:05:00

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