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[QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 1216963, member: 362"]
Honestly, they should. It would create absolute e OOC games but all the conferences should follow suit. SEC is blessed with so many surrounding cupcakes and can't really fault them for taking advantage BUT don't trumpet having the toughest league without playing anyone to prove it.

Here's the loophole:
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[*]Principles. The committee will select the teams using a process that distinguishes among otherwise comparable teams by considering:
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[*]Conference championships won,
[*][B][U]Strength of schedule,[/U][/B]
[*]Head-to-head competition,
[*]Comparative outcomes of common opponents (without incenting margin of victory), and,
[*]Other relevant factors such as key injuries that may have affected a team’s performance during the season or likely will affect its postseason performance.
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[url]http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/selection-committee-protocol[/url]

[I][B]The NCAA method uses winning percentage of opponents[/B], but now excludes records of FCS teams, FBS Transitional teams, and bowl games. The data below includes these three items.[/I]

[url]http://www.fbschedules.com/2014/04/2014-college-football-strength-of-schedule-ncaa-method/[/url]

So the trick is to find low level teams with gaudy records. The Sunbelt, ConUSA, and AAC offer up a bevvy of Southern options where the SEC can outbid and buy the games they want. FSU's SOS would be better had they played 8-3 Georgia Southern last week rather than 6-4 Florida. Does anyone actually believe Ga Southern are better than Florida? The SOS metric does. In lieu of head to head, that metric carries a lot of weight.
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