There is a significant non-zero chance that we will have played four teams that, at game time, will be/have been Top Ten in the AP (ND, Mizzou, LSU, tu). We have already lost to ND. To get to ten wins, we will need to beat at least two of those remaining three. That would be enough to get us at least a twelve-seed with 10-2, unless we got motorboated by Ewers and Manning in the last regular-season game. 11-2 (lose to Georgia or Bama in the title game) is likely enough for a six-seed.
I am not seeing it. Mizzou, maybe. The team we saw yesterday would not prevail against the others. The team that beat Florida likely beats LSU, and assuming they don't drop a stupid one elsewhere, ends 10-2. I'll take a playoff seed as building to something better.
Curious thought: assume 10-2 (ND, tu), assume tu loses the SECCG. Do they seed a rematch in the first round?
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Hayek. Reagan. Bison.