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The only way it is a factor is if a team is in the running for a BCS bowl. UK has a long way to go to get to that point. As far as the Peach, Outback, etc., the SOS means nothing. Finishing higher in the conference does. The bowl tie-ins start picking in order of conference finish after the teams qualify for the BCS bowls. If the top two teams are in a BCS bowl, then the Sugar Bowl gets the SEC number 3, the next bowl gets the SEC number 4, and it goes down the line until the toilet bowl gets UK, or UT, or Georgia.

SG, The bowls do use the SOS to build their match-ups and make offers to teams. Prior to the Cotton Bowl, the CB Committee chair discussed this in great length about how the Bowl process works. Tie-ins are certainly a key, but even as the gentleman said, tie-ins went out the window with the BCS, and now the Bowls are all looking to build the most intriguing games. Unless this guys was making it up, then I'm sticking to what I heard word-of-mouth.