After beating Texas in the SEC Championship game on Saturday, Georgia football quickly learned their fate in the College Football Playoff. And to no one's surprise, they earned the 2-seed in the 12-team CFP bracket, falling behind No. 1 Oregon.
And while the goal each season is to earn the top seed, it turns out that earning the 2-seed in this year's College Football Playoff may have been better than the 1-seed.
Georgia's path in the CFP is very favorable
Georgia's first opponent will be the winner of the first round matchup between 7-seed Notre Dame and 10-seed Indiana. These teams are very interesting because they are both extremely unproven. Indiana only played one good team all season (Ohio State) which they lost 38-15.
Notre Dame on the other hand does not have a very good victory on their resume either. Arguably their best win was their road win against Texas A&M week one, but other than that they have not beaten any team that great, and even lost to Northern Illinois at home. So out of all the teams Georgia could have been matched up with, these two should really excite Georgia fans.
And to keep the excitment going, Georgia's potential semifinal opponents are easier matchups than these two. If Georgia advances to the semifinals, they will play 3-seed Boise State, 6-seed Penn State or 11-seed SMU. None of those teams should scare Georgia and should be fairly easy wins for the Bulldogs.
Obviously at that point Georgia would be playing in the National Championship game which would be against an elite opponent, but thankfully UGA wouldn't have to play those teams until that point. Looking at the other half of the bracket you will find 1-seed Oregon, 5-seed Texas, 8-seed Ohio State and 9-seed Tennessee. Those four teams would all be more difficult than any potential opponent mentioned for Georgia, so the Bulldogs got a very favorable draw in the playoff this season.
At the end of the day, Kirby Smart and Georgia still have to win these games, which won't be an easy task. But all things considered, UGA's path to the College Football Playoff National Championship is much easier than any other team in the field.