It is conceivable that in the 2025-26 college football playoff, the SEC will deserve to have six teams in the field. It could certainly happen if the selection process were about choosing the 12 best college football teams. But that is not the process. Even if in a preponderance of credible computer rankings, the SEC were to have seven of the top 12 teams, six would not make the Playoff field.
Matt Hayes, writing for USA Today, offers a counter opinion that has some truth: "... it’s time to accept a world where six SEC teams are selected to the CFP .