Six SEC powerhouses ranked in the top 15 entered Saturday looking to boost their standing in the College Football Playoff race. Half of them fell flat on their faces.
With huge postseason implications on the line, No. 7 Alabama, No. 9 Ole Miss, and No. 15 Texas A&M all lost as heavy favorites.
Alabama mustered just a field goal in its 24-3 loss to Oklahoma, which had spectators clowning Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe. Ole Miss got literally and figuratively dunked on by Florida in a 24-17 affair. Texas A&M clawed its way back from a 21-0 hole, only to lose 43-41 on a brutal drop in quadruple overtime.
INCOMPLETE!!! AUBURN WINS IN QUADRUPLE OVERTIME!!! pic.twitter.com/ihSLMP6moR
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) November 24, 2024
Alabama, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M all came into Saturday with 8-2 records. Oklahoma, Florida, and Auburn had a combined 14-16 record before their string of upsets.
Some fans on X called out the SEC’s media machine for hyping up the conference, only for several of its top teams to falter during a critical point in the season.
SEC Media spent two full weeks bashing Indiana only to see three top-15 SEC teams lose to 5-5 Florida, 5-5 Oklahoma and 4-6 Auburn.
Winning is hard!
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) November 24, 2024
The SEC is much better at propaganda than they are at football
— Vishnu Parasuraman (@vrp2003) November 24, 2024
It is objectively funny that the SEC spent the week puffing out its chest and proceeded at have an all-timer of a pants soiling weekend.
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) November 24, 2024
Indiana made a loud statement today that they don’t belong in the playoff and the SEC spent the next eight hours saying “wanna bet?”
— Brandon Walker (@BFW) November 24, 2024
Before Saturday, the SEC looked poised to have the most number of representatives in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. But following the trio of letdowns from Alabama, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M, that may no longer be the case.
