re: How LSU wins the west: (Updated w/ link)

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just trust me. you can google the tiebreakers if you want

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Three-Team Tie (or more)
If three teams (or more) are tied for a division title, the following procedure will be used in the following order: (Note: If one of the procedures results in one team being eliminated and two remaining, the two-team tiebreaker procedure as stated in No. 1 above will be used):
A. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams
B. Record of the tied teams within the division
C. Head-to-head competition against the team within the division with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through the division (multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last and a tie for first place will be broken before a tie for fourth place)
D. Overall Conference record against non-divisional teams
E. Combined record against all common non-divisional teams
F. Record against the common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division; and
G. Changed: Combined SEC record of the team’s cross-divisional opponents


so:
A. All teams would have 2-2 records amongst the other tied teams
B. All tied teams would have equal division records
C. all teams would have the same conference record at 6-2
D. all teams would be perfect against the eastern divison
E. ditto
F. ditto
G. this is where things would get interesting. Right now as it stands
Alabama: 0-4 Tennessee and 2-3 Florida
Miss St: 2-3 Kentucky and 0-5 Vanderbilt
Ole Miss: 0-5 Vanderbilt and 0-4 Tennessee
LSU: 2-3 Kentucky and 2-3 Florida
Auburn: 2-4 South Carolina and 4-1 Georgia

So yes, you're right, Auburn, right now, would still win in a 5-way tie; however, a lot could change from now and then