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SEC formally supports top four teams for NCAA football playoffs

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    HERSHEY, Pa. - seventh-ranked Columbus State shot a team score of 303 in the second round of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship on Tuesday at the Hershey Country Club East Course in Hershey,
    HERSHEY, Pa. - seventh-ranked Columbus State shot a team score of 303 in the second round of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship on Tuesday at the Hershey Country Club East Course in Hershey,

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    HOOVER, Ala. – Seventh-seeded Alabama scored three times in the eighth inning en route to a 6-3 win over the 10th-seeded Auburn Tigers in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
    HOOVER, Ala. – Seventh-seeded Alabama scored three times in the eighth inning en route to a 6-3 win over the 10th-seeded Auburn Tigers in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

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    HERSHEY, Pa. — No. 7 Columbus State fired a team score of 297 and are tied for seventh after the opening round of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship. The event is being held at the Hershey Country
    HERSHEY, Pa. — No. 7 Columbus State fired a team score of 297 and are tied for seventh after the opening round of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship. The event is being held at the Hershey Country
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DESTIN, Fla. (AP) - College football's most dominant conference has its wish list for a playoff.

The Southeastern Conference took an official stance on a proposed four-team playoff Friday when school presidents and athletic directors voted unanimously to support having the four best teams play for the national title. The league doesn't want a playoff to include ties to conference champions.

It makes sense that the powerhouse league, which has won six consecutive Bowl Championship Series titles, would want a best-four format. That gives the SEC the greatest chance to get two teams into the tournament every year.

The league also voted to keep its current football scheduling format, known as 6-1-1. Teams will play six division teams annually, have one permanent crossover rival and one game that rotates among the other six teams.

The basketball scheduling question was settled as well. Each team will have one permanent rival and four rotating teams played home-and-home, with the other eight teams played once per season.