Who has IOWA projected to make the College Football Playoff?

[Franisdaman]

Here is a story from today, Aug 19, from Brett McMurphy of the Action Network. He has Iowa making the CFP in his early preseason projections.

He has Georgia (-5.5) vs Alabama in one semi-final and Oregon vs Ohio State (-1.5) in the other semi-final. He then has Georgia (-4) beating Oregon in the National Championship game.

The 5 highest-ranked conference champions — regardless of selection committee ranking — receive an automatic bid to the playoff with the final 7 spots going to the remaining 7 highest-ranked teams.

The 4 highest-ranked conference champions receive byes into the quarterfinals and will be seeded Nos. 1-4 regardless of their selection committee ranking (even if they're “ranked” No. 3, 5, 12 and 24).


CFP First Round
#11 IOWA at #6 Georgia
Dec 21, 2024
Athens, GA
Georgia: 18.5 pt favorite


12 Team Projected CFP field:

1 Oregon
2 Alabama
3 Miami
4 Utah
______________

5 Ohio State
6 Georgia
7 Ole Miss
8 LSU
9 Penn State
10 Virginia Tech
11 IOWA
12 Texas State


Conference Breakdown:
4 B1G Teams
4 SEC Teams

2 ACC Teams

1 Big 12
1 Group of 5
________________________
12 Total Teams
==================


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College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy's Predictions for Week 0

Brett McMurphy dishes out his college football bowl projections and predictions ahead of Week 0's games.

www.actionnetwork.com

 

[littlez]

Here is a story from today, Aug 19, from Brett McMurphy of the Action Network. He has Iowa making the CFP in his early preseason projection.

CFP First Round
#11 IOWA at #6 Georgia
Dec 21, 2024
Athens, GA
Georgia: 18.5 pt favorite


12 Team Projected CFP field:

1 Oregon
2 Alabama
3 Miami
4 Utah
______________

5 Ohio State
6 Georgia
7 Ole Miss
8 LSU
9 Penn State
10 Virginia Tech
11 IOWA
12 Texas State


Conference Breakdown:
4 B1G Teams
4 SEC Teams

2 ACC Teams

1 Big 12
1 Group of 5


The Full Story:

College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy's Predictions for Week 0

Brett McMurphy dishes out his college football bowl projections and predictions ahead of Week 0's games.

www.actionnetwork.com

Oh lord no.

 

[reedsposer22]

Here is a story from today, Aug 19, from Brett McMurphy of the Action Network. He has Iowa making the CFP in his early preseason projections.

He has Georgia (-5.5) vs Alabama in one semi-final and Oregon vs Ohio State (-1.5) in the other semi-final. He then has Georgia (-4) beating Oregon in the National Championship game.

The 5 highest-ranked conference champions — regardless of selection committee ranking — receive an automatic bid to the playoff with the final 7 spots going to the remaining 7 highest-ranked teams.

The 4 highest-ranked conference champions receive byes into the quarterfinals and will be seeded Nos. 1-4 regardless of their selection committee ranking (even if they're “ranked” No. 3, 5, 12 and 24).


CFP First Round
#11 IOWA at #6 Georgia
Dec 21, 2024
Athens, GA
Georgia: 18.5 pt favorite


12 Team Projected CFP field:

1 Oregon
2 Alabama
3 Miami
4 Utah
______________

5 Ohio State
6 Georgia
7 Ole Miss
8 LSU
9 Penn State
10 Virginia Tech
11 IOWA
12 Texas State


Conference Breakdown:
4 B1G Teams
4 SEC Teams

2 ACC Teams

1 Big 12
1 Group of 5
________________________
12 Total Teams
==================


The Full Story:

College Football Bowl Projections: Brett McMurphy's Predictions for Week 0

Brett McMurphy dishes out his college football bowl projections and predictions ahead of Week 0's games.

www.actionnetwork.com

this is amazing, GO HAWKS, are we keeping most of our defense?

 

[BonzoFury]

Texas State?

 

[rfgiowa]

Texas State?

The five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams will earn a spot in the 12-team bracket. There is no limit to how many teams from one conference can qualify. The rules also don't guarantee spots for certain conferences. The champions of the Big 12, SEC, ACC and Big Ten will almost certainly routinely qualify, though, along with the highest-ranked champion from the Mountain West, American Athletic Conference, Sun Belt, Mid-American Conference or Conference USA.

There is no minimum ranking requirement for the five highest-ranked conference champions. There could be a conference champion ranked No. 23, for example, that's the fifth highest-ranked league winner and earns a spot in the playoff -- at the expense of the committee's No. 12 team.

 

[BonzoFury]

The five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams will earn a spot in the 12-team bracket. There is no limit to how many teams from one conference can qualify. The rules also don't guarantee spots for certain conferences. The champions of the Big 12, SEC, ACC and Big Ten will almost certainly routinely qualify, though, along with the highest-ranked champion from the Mountain West, American Athletic Conference, Sun Belt, Mid-American Conference or Conference USA.

There is no minimum ranking requirement for the five highest-ranked conference champions. There could be a conference champion ranked No. 23, for example, that's the fifth highest-ranked league winner and earns a spot in the playoff -- at the expense of the committee's No. 12 team.

So there’s a guaranteed slot for one of the group of 5.

 

[HawksRule73]

So there’s a guaranteed slot for one of the group of 5.

Yes, that was part of the new agreement. There will be 5 conference champions given bids. The 4 from the power conferences (B12, B10, ACC, SEC) and then the highest ranked Group of 5 conference champion. The next 7 bids are given to the highest ranked remaining schools. The 4 power conference champions get auto byes and since ND isn't in a conference, they can never get a bye, but can get in if they are one of the next 7 highest ranked teams.