re: 1-7 scheduling model gaining momentum per SI’s Ross Dellinger

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do we all have to play the same number of SEC games?

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I'm not sure if the NCAA specifically mandates this (I have a feeling they might, somewhere deep inside the rulebook), but there's no way that the modern-day SEC is going to permit an imbalanced number of conference games given the headaches it would create for determining who goes to Atlanta.

I also hate the idea of playing conference opponents OOC, which I recognize happens in the Pac-12 and ACC fairly often but just completely sucks in practice. I can understand the teams with ACC/Big XII permanent rivals being apprehensive about a nine-game schedule, but that's all the more reason for the SEC to mandate schools playing one or two P5 OOC games every season.