Georgia Football's SEC title hopes partially relies on help from Alabama and Texas

Georgia football could really use some help from some of their SEC rivals to ensure they make it into the SEC Championship game.
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Things are beginning to take shape for Georgia football and their hopes to make the SEC Championship game.

This is the first season that the SEC no longer has divisions, and that means the two participants in the SEC Championship game are determined by the top two finishers in the conference standings at the end of the regular season. It's very unlikely for teams to not be tied at the top in any one season, so it can be difficult to understand what needs to happen for Georgia to ensure that they make it to Atlanta.

Even though Georgia currently sits atop the SEC standings at 5-1, they are still not a lock to make it to the SEC Championship game. There are four other teams in the SEC with one loss as well, so all five teams have a realistic chance to still make it to the SEC Championship game. Those four other teams are Texas, Tennessee, LSU and Texas A&M.

From Georgia's perspective, they only need to finish above three of these teams to make it to the title game. Some of these tiebreakers are easy to determine while others are a little more complex, so let's dive in one team at a time and see how many teams Kirby Smart's squad holds the tiebreaker over and what needs to happen to win the tiebreaker over the others.

Texas Longhorns

Texas is the easiest one loss team to discuss because Georgia already holds the tiebreaker over the Longhorns thanks to their 30-15 win from two weeks ago. So if Georgia and Texas are tied in the SEC standings at the end of the season, Georgia will have the edge and advance to the SEC Championship game ahead of Texas.

Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee is just as easy to determine as well. Along the same note as Texas, the winner of the Georgia vs. Tennessee game in two weeks will hold the tiebreaker between these two teams. The loser of this game probably doesn't stand a chance at making it to the SEC championship game either way because it will be their second loss, but in case it does get to that point Georgia will have the advantage if they beat Tennessee in two weeks.