The bottom line will be who has the better resume.
Bama's ROAD loss to Auburn looks better than Oklahoma's HOME loss to a 7-5 Iowa State team.
Is Alabama one of the 4 best teams where they make the Final 4 CFP? Does the B1G get left out?
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The bottom line will be who has the better resume.
Bama's ROAD loss to Auburn looks better than Oklahoma's HOME loss to a 7-5 Iowa State team.
And OSU would get in. Look the top 8 teams probably won't change, now the order will. six of the eight play each other. The other two are OK and Bama. as long as TCU doesn't win (which then puts them in discussion with Bama for spot four) it actually pretty easy.
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Auburn is the 1st team to win 2 games against the No. 1 team in College Football Playoff rankings in the same season.
Meh. It's been around 4 years. Has any team even had two cracks at two different No. 1 in the same season?
Bama apparently had the 24th toughest schedule this year.
Iowa had the 7th?
Oklahoma had the toughest schedule in the country?
Source: https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
Iowa had the 7th?
Oklahoma had the toughest schedule in the country?
Source: https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
You've got to be trolling because nobody this freakishly ignorant can breathe unassisted. Oklahoma will have 3 wins better than Alabamas best win, and Alabama won't have a single top 15 win. Not to mention Oklahoma will have a conference title which is specifically part of the listed criteria. It's amazing how ignorant the average sports fan is. Literally ZERO chance Alabama gets in over Oklahoma if they beat TCU.
how did that conference championship help Penn State last year?
why the insults?
what was your previous handle before you were banned?
Edward AschoffESPN Staff Writer
Despite its loss, Alabama still has a 55 percent chance to reach the College Football Playoff according to FiveThirtyEight. That's currently higher than either participant in the SEC Championship Game (though the Auburn-Georgia winner will jump the Crimson Tide next week).
Edward AschoffESPN Staff Writer
Despite its loss, Alabama still has a 55 percent chance to reach the College Football Playoff according to FiveThirtyEight. That's currently higher than either participant in the SEC Championship Game (though the Auburn-Georgia winner will jump the Crimson Tide next week).
Bad tweet is bad.
Edward AschoffESPN Staff Writer
Despite its loss, Alabama still has a 55 percent chance to reach the College Football Playoff according to FiveThirtyEight. That's currently higher than either participant in the SEC Championship Game (though the Auburn-Georgia winner will jump the Crimson Tide next week).
Those 538 guys are really, really smart...
From what I've read on there, there's a really high probability of the Warriors picking up Trump to bring him off the bench.....
“For this reason alone, Trump has a better chance of cameoing in another “Home Alone” movie with Macaulay Culkin — or playing in the NBA Finals — than winning the Republican nomination.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-donald-trump-isnt-a-real-candidate-in-one-chart/
I actually joked about that at the time. Figured there was an unwritten rule about losing a home game to ISU = CFP
Committee has been fairly clear that who you beat matters more than who you lost to - much different than the way voters used to do it (ie 1993 Notre Dame vs FSU)
Alabama just lost their only test of the year. LSU still can't play offense. Mississippi St. seems to be about as bipolar as we are.
Bama has only one win over a Top 25 team, and no 13th game. Weak sauce there. Don't see them getting in.
Easy - 'Bama
Like it or not, right or wrong, they will be in if Okla or Wisky drop their respective CCG.
On a side note, I'm curious what qualifies as "heavily favored?" Early spreads show Ohio St -6 1/2, and Wisky is 8-4 ATS this year, while OSU is 5-7 ATS. Doesn't seem like a slam-dunk win to me.
Maybe they'll quit scheduling 3 non power 5 teams!
Auburn could end up like the selection committee did to penn st last year. This is not a good Alabama team though, and I think the selection committee realized Ohio st was a mistake last year. Taking a blue blood over a conference champion who beat them head to head will lead to a demise of the current system as conference championships were supposed to be a major factor. You play to win the game. Sometimes another team deserves to play in the championship when the more talented team doesn't show up during the season.
OSU’s biggest hurdle is still OU. As long as TCU doesn’t blow out OU I see no way 2 loss OSU passes 2 loss OU. Also, committee has history of rewarding CCG winners but not punishing the loser too much, at least relative to teams that didn’t play CCG.
Plus Guy90 is spot on. OSU over PSU last year would be more akin to if Bama got in over Auburn this year, not as the second SEC team
Plus Guy90 is spot on. OSU over PSU last year would be more akin to if Bama got in over Auburn this year, not as the second SEC team
Here's a break down of the Power 5 plus Notre Dame (don't you love that we have special rules for the Irish?).
I think we have 8 teams still in contention for 4 playoff slots:
I think the ACC Champion is in (12-1 Clemson or 11-1 Miami); the loser of this game is likely out of contention.
A 12-1 Oklahoma Big 12 Champ should be in; but if they lose to TCU, I don't think an 11-2 Oklahoma gets in
A 13-0 Wisky will get in; but would an 11-2 BIg 10 Champ Ohio State get in?
The SEC is where it gets interesting.
* You could have a 12-1 SEC Champion Georgia or
an 11-2 SEC Champion Auburn (the loser in this game is likely out of contention)
* What do you do with the 11-1 Alabama, which did not make their conference championship game?
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The Pac 12 Champ (10-3 Stanford or 11-2 USC) will have at least 2 losses and is out of consideration
Notre Dame with 3 losses, of course, is out of it.
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Would an 11-2 Big 10 Champ Ohio State pass up an 11-1 Alabama?
Lets say this happens:
The ACC Champion is in for sure (12-1 Clemson or 11-1 Miami)
A 12-1 SEC Champion Georgia or an 11-2 SEC Champion Auburn is in for sure
A 12-1 Oklahoma Big 12 Champ is in.
Who gets the final spot?
11-2 BIg 10 Champ Ohio State or
11-1 Alabama, which did not make their conference championship game?
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Regarding the other Power 5 conference and Notre Dame:
The Pac 12 Champ (10-3 Stanford or 11-2 USC) will have at least 2 losses and is out of consideration
Notre Dame with 3 losses, of course, is out of it.
I see Bama in the CFP if either Wiscy or Boomer Sooner loses. And I would agree with their selection if that happens.
Only because the disrespect they are receiving reminds me so much of the 2015 Hawkeyes. All they've done is win every game on their schedule, and done so, for the most part, convincingly. I also think they are the best team in the Big Ten and that they can compete with any team in the country.
i want to see how they do vs OSU; if they beat OSU, how does their D hold up vs a Clemson or Auburn?
Can Hornibrook avoid the pick 6?
Unfortunately, Iowa deserved the criticism they received in 2015. That loss to Stanford was atrocious and they weren't even in the CFP. I think UW is a better team than Iowa 2015, but I can't see their offense doing much at all against Auburn or Clemson. But a CFP blowout might be worth it for us if they fall apart like Michigan State did the year after they got destroyed in the CFP.
Stanford was the better team, but I really think that the loss to MSU killed a lot of the momentum our team had. We were a better team than the one that showed up (or didn't show up) in Pasadena
and look at the egg Mich State laid in the CFP; seems the B1G title game banged both clubs up a bit
please vote; i am on the selection committee and will use these results in determining the final 4! =)
When you put the 4th best team in a power 5 conf vs the best team in another.....that kind of result will happen a decent amount of the time.
Especially when one's playing across the country and the other across the state.
That is insane! Alabama has beat 2 power5 teams w/ more than 7 wins!
Last year OSU beat 4 power5 teams(i think) with 10+ wins....
Notable Sagarin SOS's:
Wisky at 61
Bama 54
Georgia 48
Ohio State at 42
Miami 40
Oklahoma at 36
Auburn 15
Clemson 11
Iowa 4
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I believe it will take either an Oklahoma or a Wisconsin loss next weekend for Bama to get into the CFP
I just can’t get over Wisconsin’s road schedule. They’ve done what they’ve had to do. I think they’re a good team, but it’s a travesty.
People forget in 2015 Iowa won road games at 10 win Wisconsin and 10 win Northwestern.
People forget in 2015 Iowa won road games at 10 win Wisconsin and 10 win Northwestern.
