Redux Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Looking like we can wrap this one up with the way rivalry week shook out. 1-Clemson (should handle North Carolina in the ACC title game) 2-Alabama (will slaughter a hapless Florida who scored a measely 2 points on on defense against FSU) 3-Oklahoma (Could score 80 on Okie State before the Bedlam game ends tonight) 4-Iowa or Michigan State (Winner gets in no matter what at this point) The rest on the bubble, my guess 5-Ohio State 6-Stanford (could move up with win over USC) 7-Florida State Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Looking like we can wrap this one up with the way rivalry week shook out. 1-Clemson (should handle North Carolina in the ACC title game) 2-Alabama (will slaughter a hapless Florida who scored a measely 2 points on on defense against FSU) 3-Oklahoma (Could score 80 on Okie State before the Bedlam game ends tonight) 4-Iowa or Michigan State (Winner gets in no matter what at this point) The rest on the bubble, my guess 5-Ohio State 6-Stanford (could move up with win over USC) 7-Florida State That's probably the scenario. Ohio State made a good case to be the next in line. Clemson and Alabama still have to win, though. Alabama is probably a ten point favorite. Clemson is more interesting. Hard to gauge how good UNC really is, but they're the wild card. If they did win decisively, are they in above others on that list? I can see the possibility, though I have no idea of how likely, of Ohio State replacing Bama (in the event they lost) and UNC replacing Clemson (in the event UNC won). Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 If UNC beat Clemson convincingly, I still don't know if the committee shows them too much love. I mean it is possible for sure, just kinda crazy they are even in the hunt. Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 If UNC beat Clemson convincingly, I still don't know if the committee shows them too much love. I mean it is possible for sure, just kinda crazy they are even in the hunt. On the one hand, they have a ridiculously weak schedule. On the other, they'd be a conference champ. Which message would the committee like to emphasize more? Interesting scenario. Quote Link to comment
Creed Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Really the only possible chaos is Clemson losing. Alabama is a 17 favorite over a terrible Florida team. OU and B1G winner are locks. If UNC beats Clemson how would the committee choose between UNC, OSU and maybe Stanford? UNC - + win over #1 Clemson, ACC champ - 2 FCS wins, loss to 3-9 SCar team OSU + win over ranked Mich, no FCS, close loss to playoff team MSU (assuming they beat Iowa) in terrible weather, subjective "eye test" over UNC & Stanford - would be easily favored by Vegas - only 1 quality win, loss is late in season, not a conference champ, would committee put two teams from same conf in and leave 2 conf out? Stanford (assuming they beat USC) + wins over ranked teams - USC(?), ND, any others?, PAC Champ - 2 LOSSES, loss to middle B1G team The committee's job is to put the best 4 teams in and are they comfortable saying UNC or Stanford is better than OSU? Would they want Alabama playing UNC or OSU in round 1? Bama beats UNC by 21+. I think they would take the easy road and put in the conf champ from ACC or PAC. Things fell into place for OSU last year and just not sure it will happen again this year. It would be something tho if the same thing happened and OSU snuck in and won it again. 1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Really the only possible chaos is Clemson losing. Alabama is a 17 favorite over a terrible Florida team. OU and B1G winner are locks. If UNC beats Clemson how would the committee choose between UNC, OSU and maybe Stanford? UNC - + win over #1 Clemson, ACC champ - 2 FCS wins, loss to 3-9 SCar team It just isn't that chaotic to me. You have to go with the team that just beat the #1 team in the country. I don't care if the ACC sucks. If NC sucks, they'll lose in the first round. They deserve a chance to prove themselves worthy after beating Clemson and having only 1 loss. We already know what happens when OSU plays MSU. If the loss had been in the first few weeks of the season I'd say let them in and try to do it again, but it was last week. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 1) Clemson 2) Alabama 3) Oklahoma 4) Iowa 5) Michigan State 6) Ohio State 7) Stanford 8) Notre Dame 9) Florida State 10) North Carolina 11) TCU 12) Baylor 13) Ole Miss 14) Northwestern 15) Michigan 16) Oregon 17) Oklahoma State 18) Florida 19) Houston 20) USC 21) LSU 22) Temple 23) Navy 24) Utah 25) Tennessee Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Don't look now but three of the top six teams are in the B1G Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Rankings on DEC 1Plus the movement since the Initial Rankings on NOV 3 (shown in parenthesis) 1) Clemson2) Alabama (moved up from 4)3) Oklahoma (up from 15)4) Iowa (up from 9)5) Michigan State (up from 7)6) Ohio State (down from 3)7) Stanford (up from 11)8) Notre Dame (down from 5)9) Florida State (up from 16)10) North Carolina (up from unranked)11) TCU (down from 8)12) Baylor (down from 6)13) Ole Miss (up from 18)14) Northwestern (up from 21)15) Michigan (up from 17)16) Oregon (up from unranked)17) Oklahoma State (down from 14)18) Florida (down from 10)19) Houston (up from 25)20) USC (up from unranked)21) LSU (hahaha from #2. Suck it)22) Temple (remained here)23) Navy (up from the unranks)24) Utah (down from 12)25) Tennessee (up from the unranks) OUT:Memphis (out from 13)Texas A&M (out from 19)Mississippi State (out from 20)Northwestern (out from 21)UCLA (out from 23)Toledo (out from 24) 1 Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I don't have major qualms with the top 4, but I wish the order of the top 4 was changed. I really think Alabama and OU are the two best teams at the moment. If we're going to the effort of seeding, I'd rather see them play in the championship. Maybe the committee just really likes Clemson, but I feel their record is affecting the order too much. I'm not sure they're even better than Ohio St, but that's a close argument either way. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 If Nebraska isn't in the top 4, I don't really care who competes for the championship. So long as no team from the SEC wins it. 1 Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 If Nebraska isn't in the top 4, I don't really care who competes for the championship. So long as no team from the SEC wins it. How sweet would it be if Florida beat Bama and no SEC teams got in? That would be a f'ing awesome Christmas present 2 Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 If Nebraska isn't in the top 4, I don't really care who competes for the championship. So long as no team from the SEC wins it. How sweet would it be if Florida beat Bama and no SEC teams got in? That would be a f'ing awesome Christmas present I would totally be okay with this. On a side note: I was listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning on the way into work. Greenberg said that while the SEC isn't as dominant this year as in years past, they are still the best conference. What a joke. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 This is a good point. And I agree. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Have to think it'll be 1 - Clemson 4 - Michigan State 2 - Alabama 3 - Oklahoma Think MSU has a great shot against Clemson Quote Link to comment
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