re: Could the SEC be left out of the Playoffs?

The only way Bama gets in is if they win and TX/FSU lose.
Michigan is going skull drag Iowa.= in
Washington/Oregon winner is in

It is not necessarily anti SEC bias but simply the way it is. The Big 8/ACC champions are going to be in if they are TX and FSU.

That leaves Bama out.

Now if Georgia wins, Michigan wins, FSU wins, TX wins and either WA wins , then who gets left out will be interesting to say the least. In that case I think TX will get left out
but there will be some howling out of Austin.
If OR wins then I think they get in over TX.
Either way the Shorthorns are out unless FSU loses.