With a 12 team playoff there is going to be the occasional year when a 9-3 non-conference champ and maybe even 2 of them, make the playoff. That certainly opens the door for State and Ole Miss to sneak in on a rare occasion.

For State- win your 4 non-conf. (3 when we go to 9 SEC), and get 5 in the year we have Arkansas, Kentucky, Vandy, Ole Miss, Auburn and South Carolina on our schedule.

The cream is always going to be Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Texas and to a degree Oklahoma and Florida. UT and Mizzou will come back down more often then not.