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Chaos Pending

What will the race for playoff spots end up looking like in the SEC?          In College Football and College Basketball, the race for a couple of bids to play in the national championship tournament annually becomes a weekly discussion.  Its presence brings controversy and constant analysis of play-in scenarios throughout the final weeks of the season.  However, College Football's selection committee is under much tighter scrutiny because more people pay attention to the numbers 3-10 best college football teams than a team at the bottom of a field of eight that resides in the lower 60 of the tournament.  The casual fan also pays much closer attention because those bidding for the final College Football Playoff (CFP) spots have a legitimate chance of winning the title.  In the first eight editions of the playoff, 3 of the 8 winners have been either the two or three seed.  Ohio State won the initial playoff to take the 2014 title, Alabama...