Yes to be to get that higher ranking, they actually have to win the big 12 first. They haven’t done that and I imagine the playoff committee is going to drop them about 10+ spots for losing to a 3-6 team. At home. The committee doesn’t rank teams based on them “potentially” winning their conference championship game. They base them on what they have done so far.
The committee doesn’t give a **** on where a team was going into the season. That’s like saying Clemson should get a push for beating Florida State. They only care about where the team is at the moment they beat them or lost to them. I’m an Irish fan first and a begrudgingly Bama fan second as my wife’s family had a relative play for bear bryant many eons ago.
Well yes. Even at 11-1(USC should beat them to end the year though), I don’t think the Irish deserve to get in either. Big 12 only deserves 1 team and the same with the ACC. You could make a case as to why PSU shouldn’t be in it as they haven’t proven much either. We do know that the committee does respect all of the various computer metrics, so those will also be taken into account. (Saragin, FPI, RPI, etc)
Yes they are definitely winging it, it seems. Problem with IU is their SOS victory is around 100 in the country. I imagine they get in if they keep it close at Columbus next week. If they get blown out, it just might be all she wrote.
Also, with NIL and the portal, every year is going to be filled with surprises. Parity is finally here in college football and many, many preseason Top 10teams will fall on their face and many in preseason unranked teams will be in the playoff at the end of the year. Winning the recruiting wars will mean little if teams don’t keep their talent for 3years. TAMU apparently had one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time in 22(?) and most of those players have already left campus.
Indiana is certainly fools gold. They are the oldest team in the B1G and avoided playing Oregon, Ohio State, and Penn State. They also didn’t play Iowa, Illinois, or Minnesota who round out the top 7 in the Big Ten. Next year they will get smoked. They’re only this good now because their new head coach brought at least 10 of James Madison University’s best players. Plus, that team is littered with 5 year seniors from the Covid season. Thus, being the oldest team. I actually expect Texas A&M to get in easily. I expect the Aggies will win at home against Texas. There are some great games down the stretch. Nobody really knows yet and that is the fun of it.
Right, because beating Michigan and Washington has gone from Herculean task to kind of a pedestrian distinction.
Yes I don’t disagree with where they end up if they win their conference. I’m looking at the rankings when they come out Tuesday. I can’t even guess on what the final rankings will be because the SEC, Big 12 & ACC are all giant clusterfucks right now. Big 10 should be resolved if OSU handles IU(likely result).
They should do away with CCG’s and just make it a 16 team playoff. South Carolina is playing some damn good football right now but they won’t have a chance to get in. Don’t overlook the possibility of GaTech upsetting UGA in Athens to end the year. Georgia isn’t great at stopping the run and if Beck starts throwing picks again, they could pull it off albeit it isn’t likely to happen. BYU/KSU/ISU all choking basically guarantees only 1 entry into the playoff for the Big 12, and it just might be Colorado that makes it in.
Yeah forgot Miami is ACC so the guaranteed conferences that likely have a winner finish ahead of Tenn are Big Ten, SEC, and ACC as if Clemson or SMU win the ACC they probably jump into top 12.
I believe the SEC is likely going to be the winner of Texas/TAMU vs Alabama. Ole Miss shouldn’t overlook Florida because Napier seems to be figuring things out and DJ Lagway is like a much superior version of Anthony Richardson. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see Florida pull that one off but it’s likely going to be a higher scoring affair.
Wouldn't sleep on Kansas for what? The Motor City Bowl? They have six losses. If they lose to Colorado they won't even make a bowl.
I think he meant they have avoided them so far. Obviously that changes this next week.
