Georgia Football: Three possible scenarios for UGA to win the SEC East
Scenario 3: UGA goes 6-2 in SEC play, including a win over Florida
Unless something wild happens, (which you can never count out in the SEC east) UGA can’t lose any more than two conference games and still have a shot to win the division. If the Dawgs were to drop two SEC games, they would need to beat Florida to stay in the race for the east, because if one of the two losses was to Florida, the Gators would have to lose three of their conference match-ups, which is not very likely.
So for scenario 3, let’s say UGA does beat Florida, but loses the game at Tennessee and the game at Auburn. In this case, Georgia would have the head-to-head advantage over Florida, which would mean the Gators would only have to lose one other conference game for UGA to have the edge.
Georgia would be right up there in the race to win the east if they drop two conference games, but only if one of those loses is not to Florida. There will be a lot riding on the Georgia-Florida game in 2017, as the fate of Georgia’s chances of returning to Atlanta for a shot at the conference title depend on the outcome.