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Originally Posted by nickerjones
Their best win is a 4-4 Texas team. They almost choked games off to Kansas and Tulane. They aren't Alabama. Im an Oklahoma fan and understand the ranking. But if they win out they have to be in .... right?
I'm convinced they should just make a conference of the top 10 teams the media loves (Bama, GA, Clemson, OU, Oregon, Ohio State etc) and let them play a schedule against each other and for a National Title.
The other 100 or so schools then play for another lesser national title.
How Alabama is ranked in the Top 4 after losing to Texas A&M is beyond me. How Oregon is ranked below Ohio State after beating them is silly. I understand the NCAA is all about money and the money is in the Bama and Ohio States being in the playoffs. It sucks but what can ya do?
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Oregon is ranked #4, just above Ohio State. As an OU fan it hurts to see them at 8 but when I reflect it is probably about right. They can still take care of business and end up with a good shot by winning out. To me the three surprises were how low OU and Cincinnati are, and that Alabama is 2 - that's seems absurdly high. Now the debating can begin for real, but for the most part most teams in the top 8 still control their own destiny so it will probably shake out in the end with maybe a controversy over 4/5.
Georgia: they are in the SEC championship regardless. If they play Bama and lose I still think they have a good chance. If someone other than Bama makes it to the SEC championship and them beats Georgia I'm not sure they make it as a 1 loss team.
Alabama: win out and they are probably in. One more loss and they are done.
Michigan State: also win out and they are in. That means beating Ohio State which they will need to do anyhow to win the east division. Then don't lose to a bad West team in the Big10 championship
Oregon: I think they are out even if they win out. They will be a 1 loss team from a weak PAC12. Unless a bunch of other teams stumble too.
Ohio State: likely in if they win out. Lose one more and they are done.
Cincinnati: need to win out, blow out some teams along the way and get a lot of help from other teams losing. It's clear the Committee will do anything they can to keep a Power 5 team out of the playoffs.
Michigan: practically zero chance of making it. They won't make the Big10 championship without a lot of help.
Oklahoma: win out and they have a good chance. They have played a weak schedule but their best three opponents are their next three. Beat them all (one one of them twice) and the schedule strength looks better.
Wake Forest: Long shot but if they win out it makes for an interesting conversation. They would be undefeated and the winner of a Power 5 conference which would be hard to overlook. The argument that the ACC is weak (it is) doesn't hold water because Clemson was not held to that same standard the past few years. Would be hypocritical to not include Wake. But the likelihood they remain undefeated is small in my opinion.