Your Top 10

• Ironman92

  

  Mine:
  
  1. OSU
  2. Bama
  3. Clemson
  4. Michigan
  5. Houston
  6. Washington
  7. A&M
  8. Louisville
  9. Tennessee
  10. Baylor
• dwccrew

  

  1. Alabama (I'll leave the defending champs at the top spot even though I think the Buckeyes are better, just because last year we were all crying about defending champ OSU getting bumped from #1)
  2. Ohio State
  3. Michigan
  4. Clemson
  5. Houston
  6. Washington
  7. Louisville
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Baylor
  10. Miami (FL)
• mcburg93

  

  1. Alabama
  2. OSU
  3. Clemson
  4. Michigan
  5. Houston
  6. Washington
  7. Texas A&M
  8. Louisville
  9. Tennessee
  10. Baylor
  
  I want to put the Bucks Number 1 but I have to agree with Dwc I have a hard time bumping the reigning NC from the number one spot.
• Benny The Jet

  

  1. OSU
  2. Alabama
  3. Clemson
  4. Texas A&M
  5. Louisville
  6. Michigan
  7. Houston
  8. Washington
  9. Miami
  10. Baylor
  
  I think Texas A&M is REALLY good. Even with the loss...as an OSU fan, I'd probably least want to play Louisville after watching them. Michigan seems really good on defense...but their offense isn't scaring anyone. Butt's dangerous in the red-zone...but they have to get there first.
• j_crazy

  

  1. OSU
  2. Alabama
  3. Clemson
  4. Washington
  5. Louisville
  6. Michigan
  7. Houston
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Wisconsin
  10. Oklahoma (I know, but having seen the rest of the Big XII I can say with high confidence that this is the best team in the conference)
• Ironman92

  

  Now It gets interesting....
  
  1. Bama
  2. OSU
  3. Louisville
  4. Clemson
  5. Michigan
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Penn St
  8. Washington
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Colorado
  
  Rankings guess
• ironman02

  Ironman92;1824196 wrote:Now It gets interesting....
  
  1. Bama
  2. OSU
  3. Louisville
  4. Clemson
  5. Michigan
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Penn St
  8. Washington
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Colorado
  
  Rankings guess

  I have no idea what they'll do with Clemson. Wouldn't they have to be ahead of Louisville since they beat them head-to-head? I would probably flip those two and then agree with everything else you have.
• Fly4Fun

  

  1. Bama
  2. OSU
  3. Clemson
  4. Louisville
  5. Washington
  6. Michigan
  7. Wisconsin
  8. Oklahoma
  9. PSU
  10. Colorado
  
  I think this is what we'll see. I personally am not sold on either Clemson or Louisville.
• Ironman92

  

  ironman02;1824197 wrote:I have no idea what they'll do with Clemson. Wouldn't they have to be ahead of Louisville since they beat them head-to-head? I would probably flip those two and then agree with everything else you have.

  Louisville's shellacking of FSU and game was super tight at Clemson.
  
  Hard for Clemson to lose to a meh Pittsburgh team in Death Valley and only drop 1.
• Ironman92

  

  I guess Clemson beat Auburn can be added. I had Clemson close enough that if win championship game they are above Louisville and in
• slingshot4ever

  How in the hell do any of you actually think OSU is better than Bama right now?
• ironman02

  Check the dates of the posts where people have OSU ahead of Bama.
• slingshot4ever

  oh wow....i clearly over looked that.....
• vball10set

  my guess...
  
  1. Alabama
  2. OSU
  3. Clemson
  4. Louisville
  5. Wisky
  6. Michigan
  7. Washington
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Penn State
  10. Colorado
• SportsAndLady

  

  slingshot4ever;1824208 wrote:How in the hell do any of you actually think OSU is better than Bama right now?

  ^^Omg what an idiot look everyone this guy made a mistake!!!
• Ironman92

  

  vball10set;1824219 wrote:my guess...
  
  1. Alabama
  2. OSU
  3. Clemson
  4. Louisville
  5. Wisky
  6. Michigan
  7. Washington
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Penn State
  10. Colorado

  I'm not sure you can have Clemson over Louisville but not have Michigan over Wisconsin which they defeated and has 1 fewer loss
• wildcats20

  

  I just don't see the committee putting teams that lost head to head games above the winner(except OSU, obviously)
• vball10set

  Ironman92;1824238 wrote:I'm not sure you can have Clemson over Louisville but not have Michigan over Wisconsin which they defeated and has 1 fewer loss

  because I wanted to?
• ironman02

  Saw an interesting point on ESPN today. They were talking about how it's very likely that OSU will be ranked #2 in the next CFP rankings, but as we all know, might not make it to the Big 10 Championship Game. If OSU continued to win, they'd be sitting at 11-1 and would have beaten Michigan to only strengthen their resume. At that point, can the committee justify dropping them to #5 because they aren't a conference champ?
  
  The committee has shown in the past that they place great value on being a conference champion, and they also haven't hesitated to jump conference champs over teams that were ranked higher in the final week. An 11-1 Ohio State would, in my opinion, be one of the four best teams, especially with many quality wins. But not being a conference champ is gonna come back to bite them, I'm afraid.
• wildcats20

  

  ironman02;1824267 wrote:Saw an interesting point on ESPN today. They were talking about how it's very likely that OSU will be ranked #2 in the next CFP rankings, but as we all know, might not make it to the Big 10 Championship Game. If OSU continued to win, they'd be sitting at 11-1 and would have beaten Michigan to only strengthen their resume. At that point, can the committee justify dropping them to #5 because they aren't a conference champ?
  
  The committee has shown in the past that they place great value on being a conference champion, and they also haven't hesitated to jump conference champs over teams that were ranked higher in the final week. An 11-1 Ohio State would, in my opinion, be one of the four best teams, especially with many quality wins. But not being a conference champ is gonna come back to bite them, I'm afraid.

  Used the TCU comparison, I believe.
• slingshot4ever

  SportsAndLady;1824221 wrote:^^Omg what an idiot look everyone this guy made a mistake!!!

  see post 13...at least I can admit it...
• Ironman92

  

  1. Bama
  2. OSU
  3. Michigan
  4. Clemson
  5. Washington
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Wisconsin
  8. PSU
  9. Colorado
  10. Oklahoma St
  
  Best teams right now: Bama, OSU, Oklahoma, USC
  
  How Playoff Rankings will look Tuesday
  
  1. Bama
  2. OSU
  3. Michigan
  4. Clemson
  5. Washington
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Penn St
  9. Colorado
  10. Ok State
  
  11. USC
  12. Auburn
  13. Louisville
  14. Florida St
  15. Tennessee
  16. Nebraska
  17. Florida
  18. Houston
  19. Boise St
  20. Western Michigan
  21. Utah
  22. Texas A&M
  23. Stanford
  24. LSU
  25. Virginia Tech
• Ironman92

  

  1. Bama
  2. OSU
  3. Clemson
  4. Washington
  5. Michigan
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Penn St
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Colorado
  10. Ok State
  11. USC
  12. FSU
  
  By default:
  13. WVU
  14. WMU
  15. Stanford
  16. Navy
  
  A bunch of 4 loss teams I'd rather not mention, Nebraska, Florida
• ironman02

  Oklahoma State has to feel kinda pissed off. Yes, they have a bad loss to Baylor, but they literally shouldn't have a second loss. That botched call at the end of their Central Michigan game was absurd. If they beat Oklahoma next weekend, they could've been close to sneaking into the playoff conversation.
  
  Anyway, I think your Top 10 is probably exactly what I would have.
• slingshot4ever

  Bama and Big Ten Winner/Washington - Peach Bowl
  OSU and Clemson - Fiesta Bowl
  
  Washington or winner of Wisky/PSU will be a tough decision. OSU resume is untouchable with wins on road against Top 10 teams in Wisky and Oklahoma. Then Top 25 against Nebraska at home (by 59!) and against top 5 Michigan. I see no way they get left out. If they did, it would tell me that strength of schedule/quality of non conference opponents does not matter and we should all go back to scheduling cream puffs to ensure Ws. Them being left out points to "win your conference or else"...at which point Notre Dame could NEVER get in.