New SEC Projections

East

1. Florida 12-0, 8-0
Sugar


2. Georgia 7-5, 5-3
Outback


3. Tennessee 7-5, 4-4
Chick-Fil-A


4. South Carolina 6-6, 3-5
Papajohns.com


5. Kentucky 6-6, 2-6
Independence


6. Vandy 2-10, 0-8
None


West

1. Alabama 12-0, 8-0
National Championship


2. LSU 10-2, 6-2
Capital One


3. Ole Miss 8-4, 4-4
Cotton


4(t). Arkansas 7-5, 3-5
Liberty


4(t). Auburn 7-5, 3-5
Music City


6. Mississippi State 4-8, 2-6
Out of the soup

Lot of guesswork on the slotting this week. If it shakes out like this, the Outback Bowl will choose between Georgia, UT, Auburn and Arkansas, with everything falling from there. Some interesting games coming up this weekend. LSU and Ole Miss will square off in a likely Capital One Bowl play-in game. Mississippi State is down to its dieing breath heading to Arkansas.


As for the Cats, we once again find ourselves at season's end with a chance to move up. It is a virtual certainty that a 7-5 SEC team will play in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl and a very good chance that one will play on New Years as well. We've managed to avoid the Shreveport hole for the last three years, but 6-6 will almost assuredly land us there or further down (Papajohns.com has the dead last pick) this year.

Chip Cosby and KSR have now made a point I hadn't thought of. Both the Pizza Web Site and Liberty conflict with the UK-U of L basketball game. This may impact our chance at the Liberty. It won't impact the Papajohns.com Bowl unless Mississippi State gets bowl eligible, the only scenario under which that committee gets a choice. Frankly, I see a lot more Cats fans making the trip to Birmingham than Shreveport, big basketball game or no. I've mentioned several times, but it bears repeating, a trip to the Shreve is almost impossible to justify on the homefront.

So hey, lets get some wins, boys.