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- Five of them are playing in the playoff for a chance at a national championship (though one of those team’s coaches decided he’d rather go to a 7-5 team in Louisiana and recruit all December and January) and six teams are bowling—of whom five are bowl eligible (5-7 Mississippi State, don’t get used to it!)Let’s see where everybody’s heading in these next few weeks:#3 Georgia (12-1)Next Game: CFP Quarterfinals (Sugar Bowl)The Georgia Bulldogs are the only SEC team getting a first round bye and will be awaiting the winner of Tulane and Ole Miss on January 1st.
- That gives them a lot of time to prepare as well as rest up.
- Oh, and of course, enjoy Christmas!AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement#6 Ole Miss (11-1)Next Game: CFP First Round (Home)The Rebels are CFP-bound, but as the whole sports world knows, Lane Kiffin abandoned ship right after the Egg Bowl.
- Regardless, their first-round game is at home and against the American champ: the Tulane Green Wave.
- Coincidentally, they played them back in September and blew them out 45-10 in Oxford.