AI-assisted summary
The SEC has as many as 10 teams in contention for the 12-team College Football Playoff.
Key games include No. 10 LSU at No. 18 Vanderbilt and No. 5 Mississippi at No. 7 Georgia.
Rivalry games like Texas A&M at Texas and the Iron Bowl could have major playoff implications.
There is no shortage of high-impact SEC games involving every College Football Playoff contender occurring every weekend from now through the end of the regular season.
But that’s life in college football’s meatgrinder.
While the Big Ten might have five or six teams in the playoff mix, the list of candidates in the SEC goes as many as 10 deep, matching the number of teams the league has in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll .
It’s easy to identify which teams are contending for the 12-team