[Farm93]

The CFP committee has become very comfortable leaving the PAC-12 out of the CFP.  It will be very hard for many PAC-12 member schools to stay competitive in football and the Olympic sports without that revenue. 

The CFP committee is very comfortable leaving two-loss teams out of the CFP.  I don't think there has ever been a 2-loss team in the CFP, as the committee has shown its willingness to prioritize a one-loss non-conference champion over a two-loss conference champion.  I also don't think a 12 win conference champion has ever been left out (in the first year of the playoffs, the CFP left out two 11-1 Big12 teams that shared a conference title; they did not play a playoff game back then).

It would have been interesting to see who got in between a one-loss Oregon and a one-loss Oklahoma, but alas, Oregon laid an egg against ASU, as it would have forced the committee to chose between two one-loss conference champions.

BC

LSU won the SEC West, but imagine they lost a few times.  If Auburn won the SEC by going 11-2 with a loss to Oregon and a loss to some SEC school do you really think they would not be in the CFP?

I can hear it now...Oh, Oregon was the first game of the year...things are different now...they meet the eye test...to go 7-1 in the SEC is almost impossible....they beat the amazing SEC East winner... They have to be in the CFP.

BTW - If both Big12 and Pac12 champs had two losses?   Georgia would have gone.   That's for sure as they were #5 and Oregon was #6.   So we already know a 2 loss SEC runner-up can get in before a two loss Pac-12 champion.

The SEC does so much to make sure their conference has a number of teams with 0 losses or 1 loss. 
4 OOCs at home by most
FCS weekend before Rivalry weekend
Each team getting a specific "cross-division rival".  (Sorry Tennessee)

So we may never know, but I really doubt a 2 loss SEC champ would need to worry about the committee finding them a spot as long as no other SEC team had only 1 loss.

[Farm93]

The CFP committee has become very comfortable leaving the PAC-12 out of the CFP.  It will be very hard for many PAC-12 member schools to stay competitive in football and the Olympic sports without that revenue. 

The CFP committee is very comfortable leaving two-loss teams out of the CFP.  I don't think there has ever been a 2-loss team in the CFP, as the committee has shown its willingness to prioritize a one-loss non-conference champion over a two-loss conference champion.  I also don't think a 12 win conference champion has ever been left out (in the first year of the playoffs, the CFP left out two 11-1 Big12 teams that shared a conference title; they did not play a playoff game back then).

It would have been interesting to see who got in between a one-loss Oregon and a one-loss Oklahoma, but alas, Oregon laid an egg against ASU, as it would have forced the committee to chose between two one-loss conference champions.

BC

LSU won the SEC West, but imagine they lost a few times.  If Auburn won the SEC by going 11-2 with a loss to Oregon and a loss to some SEC school do you really think they would not be in the CFP?

I can hear it now...Oh, Oregon was the first game of the year...things are different now...they meet the eye test...to go 7-1 in the SEC is almost impossible....they beat the amazing SEC East winner... They have to be in the CFP.

BTW - If both Big12 and Pac12 champs had two losses?   Georgia would have gone.   That's for sure as they were #5 and Oregon was #6.   So we already know a 2 loss SEC runner-up can get in before a two loss Pac-12 champion.

The SEC does so much to make sure their conference has a number of teams with 0 losses or 1 loss. 
4 OOCs at home by most
FCS weekend before Rivalry weekend
Each team getting a specific "cross-division rival".  (Sorry Tennessee)

So we may never know, but I really doubt a 2 loss SEC champ would need to worry about the committee finding them a spot as long as no other SEC team had only 1 loss.