IU beats Buckeyes we play them or Oregon in CCG. Without divisions what criteria are used to pick the two finalists?
Football PSU ranked No. 4 in latest CFP rankjngs
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If that happens, IU and Oregon would play for the Big 10 Championship.
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I hate what if threads because no one knows how it all plays out. A lot of football to play yet. All I know is I want an EPIC!!! home playoff game,
I meant that if IU beats OSU, they would play Oregon in the Big 10 Championship Game.
It's a moot issue, because PSU has basically no shot to make the Big 10 Championship game.
After I typed that, I was going to correct it, but you were too fast.
If we made the CCG (realistically, we won't, but just for argument's sake), a loss in the CCG won't keep us out. A 2nd loss during the regular season could keep us out (but outcomes this past weekend made that less likely to happen), but a loss in the CCG won't. They're different.
But, yes, a 5th or 6th seed is optimal, from the fan perspective. You get a home game against a beatable opponent in the 1st round. Then you likely get a very winnable game against the ACC or Big 12 champ in the 2nd round. After that, you're playing with house money ... anything can happen.
Epecially with a Neutral, non-corrupt-b2g, Officiating Crew.
Let's hope if it's a Big10 Team winning it all it's PSU, IU or Oregon and not OSU.
no real surprise.
The most interesting question I have would be what happens to Miami-FL if they win out but lose the conference championship game. I feel like the CFP committee will want to avoid not penalizing teams for playing/losing in a CCG but they would be so borderline at that point....
The most interesting question I have would be what happens to Miami-FL if they win out but lose the conference championship game. I feel like the CFP committee will want to avoid not penalizing teams for playing/losing in a CCG but they would be so borderline at that point....
I think the loser of that game is out even if both win out.
BYU is the one who is sitting better now, but one slip up and they are probably 15th.
Georgia being first team out is crazy. That said, it will all sort itself out.
They're out--SMU/Miami/Clemson are fighting for one spot.
If Georgia beats Tennessee we'll get a good idea where Miami really stands
1 Oregon
2 Ohio State (5 seed)
3 Texas (2 seed)
4 Penn State (6 seed)
5 Indiana (7 seed)
6 BYU (3 seed)
7 Tennessee (8 seed)
8 Notre Dame (9 seed)
9 Miami (4 seed)
10 Alabama
11 Ole Miss
12 Georgia (1st team out)
13 Boise State (AQ--12 seed)
14 SMU
15 A&M
2 Ohio State (5 seed)
3 Texas (2 seed)
4 Penn State (6 seed)
5 Indiana (7 seed)
6 BYU (3 seed)
7 Tennessee (8 seed)
8 Notre Dame (9 seed)
9 Miami (4 seed)
10 Alabama
11 Ole Miss
12 Georgia (1st team out)
13 Boise State (AQ--12 seed)
14 SMU
15 A&M
So, in theory A&M and Mizzou are also in the mix there--that would take a lot of tiebreakers to work through. Good question, but that's messy.
Didn't miss it--Iowa State and Pitt were the two teams that dropped out (replaced by Tulane and USCe)
K-State beat Colorado so that make sense for now. Colorado controls their own destiny though as they only have one conference lost. K-State needs to win out and Colorado to stumble.
Whatcha thinking?
KState beat Colorado by 3 earlier in the year.
Iowa State has dropped 2 in a row and yes, unranked.
Depends on how they look at it - It could be that none of those three teams would be ahead of the various and assorted SEC teams and all would be out without a CCG to give one of them another quality win and an auto bid.
Potential for a lot of Big12 chaos in the next several weeks. ASU at 7-2 unranked and plays both K-State and BYU in the next two weeks.
CU is one of the mega conference scheduling beneficiaries. They do not play BYU, and will only play 1 of the 4 B12 teams currently with 2 losses.
BYU could cause invite issues if they win out the regular season and then lose CCG.
On the opposite side of thinking, any way they snag the #2 spot if the SEC has two 2-loss teams square off in the CCG? There is the potential of a win over a 1-loss ACC champ still possible.
Splitting hairs, but don't confuse rankings with seeds. You're right that PSU is very unlikely to be seeded 1-4 and get a bye, but if I was going to put money on rankings after the regular season, I'd put PSU in the top 4. Oregon, OSU, and PSU shouldn't lose so it would take the media/committee doing mental gymnastics to elevate another team. If it was a 4 team playoff, that would 100% happen. With the 12 team playoff and conf champs getting 1-4, it's not relevant, so they won't be motivated to make their brains hurt.
They are a very good team, and probably the most talented and complete team in the SEC (how did they ever lose at home to UK?). However, how would they play if they had come North and play perhaps at Beaver Stadium in December when the temperature could be in the 20s with some type of snow when a lot of their players probably never have played in those conditions?
For me, Ole Miss is the last team of the contenders that I'd like to face. They are way up there in the talent/underrated category. In other words, it would take a lot to beat them and you won't get the credit you would if you beat a GA, AL, TX or ND.
