College Football Playoff Rankings

Mavric

Mavric

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Initial Rankings came out today.

1) Clemson
2) LSU
3) Ohio State
4) Alabama
5) Notre Dame
6) Baylor
7) Michigan State
8) TCU
9) Iowa
10) Florida
11) Stanford
12) Utah
13) Memphis
14) Oklahoma State
15) Oklahoma
16) Florida State
17) Michigan
18) Ole Miss
19) Texas A&M
20) Mississippi State
21) Northwestern
22) Temple
23) UCLA
24) Toledo
25) Houston

 
TCU and Baylor better start scheduling a tougher non-conference if they want to be taken more serious. Overall, good job by the committee. A lot is going to change though

 
Northwestern is a massive surprise. No doubt getting a lot of credit still for the Stanford win.

But does the committee realize they're actually getting out scored in games against FBS opponents this year?

One note on the Big 12 and scheduling that needs to be stated: they play a true round robin, which accounts for one less non-conference game. A team like Alabama, whose higher ranked despite a loss, schedules one p5 team and then fillers (much like Nebraska and others do). Baylor actually has the same ratio of p5 to fillers, and TCU has a higher than average ratio.

TCU doesn't have much of an argument at this point, and I really don't have a problem with Baylor being out of the top 4 considering their schedule is so massively backloaded. But, if we're at a similar decision at the end of the season, the above should be considered.

 
Did I miss something with LSU being #2? I was thinking they might be the worst undefeated team left from the power five conference or possibly Oklahoma State. Notre Dame #5, no flippin' way!

 
deedsker said:
Did I miss something with LSU being #2? I was thinking they might be the worst undefeated team left from the power five conference or possibly Oklahoma State. Notre Dame #5, no flippin' way!
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A 6.5 point underdog this weekend and you're number 2. Doesn't sound funny at all.
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1995 Redux said:
Why the eff is A&M ranked?
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B/C it helps justify the SEC top dogs high rankings as the committee looks at wins vs other top 25 teams in the CFP rankings. A&M and Miss State have no signature wins or even good wins. SEC is set up to get 2 teams in. LSU/Bama/Miss - two of those teams are pretty much guaranteed to be top 7/8.

 
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1995 Redux said:
Why the eff is A&M ranked?
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Played really well against our last opponent with a true fish QB. Still 6-2. Only losses are to other teams in the rankings, and a good win over another team in the rankings. That's my guess. Offense has been an issue, and qb play specifically. Only reason we lost to Alabama is the QB threw 3 pick 6's. He's been benched and the new guy threw for 226 yards and ran for over 150 in the opener. 2 bad weeks, but defense has been playing well.

 
So what's Osborne's role on this SEC love, since he's 1 of 12 on the committee that put A&M higher than the AP or coaches' poll? Is he corrupt? Oblivious to what the rest of the committee (very few of whom have SEC or ESPN ties, btw) is doing? Or just content to give in so that he can watch football in a comfy chair with his buddy Barry?

I mean, really, if this was an SEC sham, would Osborne stay on the committee?

 
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