SEC Power Rankings Week 12: What-ifs - The Vanderbilt Hustler

In Week 11, some programs saw their playoff hopes come back to life, and others watched theirs die in their arms.

Harmony Wang

Diego Pavia being tackled against South Carolina, as photographed on Nov. 9, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Harmony Wang)

By Vincent Xu, Deputy Sports Editor

The highs and lows of college football were put on full display in Week 10, with climactic matchups across the SEC making the wider College Football Playoff picture clearer. It is at this point in the season — when the fates of some are sealed and others are teetering on the edge of elimination — that regrets and “what-ifs” abound. The Hustler daydreams about what could have been by examining each team’s biggest “what-if” in this week’s rankings.

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