In new College Football Playoff format, winning SEC becomes even more important for Georgia football

Georgia will tell you that winning the SEC is important every year. It’s one of the team’s stated goals.

But with the four-team playoff, it hasn’t been a requirement to win the national championship. Neither Georgia in 2021 or Alabama in 2017 needed an SEC title to win the national championship. And that’s not just true of the SEC, as Ohio State got into last year’s College Football Playoff despite not winning its conference.

Winning the SEC means a lot, as evidenced by Georgia’s celebration after hammering LSU this past season. But with the new 12-team playoff, and more importantly the schedule setup, winning the league title is going to just mean more.

The College Football Playoff revealed the dates for the 2024 and 2025 College Football Playoff games. In 2024, the first College Football Playoff game is set for Friday, Dec. 20.

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