College Football Playoff Thread

• Laley23

  

  SportsAndLady;1882713 wrote:How is Georgia, at 10-1 and their one loss over #2 Miami, behind two-loss auburn? Such horseshit
  
  And don’t get me started on ND being ahead of OSU

  I'm not sure why Georgia is behind Auburn, but their loss is not versus Miami lol. It's versus Auburn...if I read you right.
  
  And I'm still not sure why you think OSU has a better resume?
• ironman02

  Rece Davis just used ESPN's FPI as a major factor for why USC's resume is better than that of Ohio State.
  
  Ohio State is currently #2 in their FPI, while USC is #17.
  
  Shut the fuck up, Rece.
  
  USC has one win over the CFP Top 25, while OSU has two. Ohio State has a worse loss than USC, but both teams were blown out on the road. I would think their resumes are fairly equal, but don't go claiming that USC has more wins over teams ranked in your horseshit FPI, and then fail to mention that Ohio State is ranked higher than USC in that very same ranking system.
• Verbal Kint

  

  Messing again with the numbers at 538, the most important thing for Ohio State is that Alabama wins out and takes Georgia and Auburn off the table. If Alabama loses, the SEC will get two teams in.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Laley23;1882716 wrote:I'm not sure why Georgia is behind Auburn, but their loss is not versus Miami lol. It's versus Auburn...if I read you right.
  
  And I'm still not sure why you think OSU has a better resume?

  Whoops, was thinking auburn but was looking at Miami when I was typing it lol
  
  ND just almost lost to navy. OSU just beat Michigan State by 40. I think how you’re playing right now plays a big part of these rankings. And I also think OSU has better wins than ND does and the committe always puts more emphasis on your wins vs your losses.
• Laley23

  

  SportsAndLady;1882722 wrote:Whoops, was thinking auburn but was looking at Miami when I was typing it lol
  
  ND just almost lost to navy. OSU just beat Michigan State by 40. I think how you’re playing right now plays a big part of these rankings. And I also think OSU has better wins than ND does and the committe always puts more emphasis on your wins vs your losses.

  I guess we just disagree on better wins. ND smoked MSU on the road, but yes, it was weeks ago. So I guess if you go recent, then OSU might be ahead, but that Iowa loss is still very fresh, and getting worse by the week.
  
  Give me MSU, USC, NCST with loses to #2 Miami on road and #7 Georgia at home
  
  Over
  
  MSU, PSU, Indiana with loses to #4 Oklahoma at home and Iowa on the road.
  
  if you go just wins, and even saying USC/PSU are even, how is Indiana even comparable to NCST?
• wildcats20

  

  I would say beating Army is OSU's third best win. Indiana sucks. And Army is 8-3, meanwhile NC State is 7-4.
• vball10set

  Verbal Kint;1882720 wrote:Messing again with the numbers at 538, the most important thing for Ohio State is that Alabama wins out and takes Georgia and Auburn off the table. If Alabama loses, the SEC will get two teams in.

  Alabama wins out, Miami wins out, Oklahoma wins out, OSU wins out...there's your final four. FWIW, I don't think the committee will put two SEC teams in, regardless of whether or not Bama loses. The SEC just isn't dominant enough to warrant two teams getting in--actually, no conference is.
• Laley23

  

  wildcats20;1882737 wrote:I would say beating Army is OSU's third best win. Indiana sucks. And Army is 8-3, meanwhile NC State is 7-4.

  Lets at least attempt to use logic. Army is awful. 67 in FPI, Indiana is 49. Whatever CBS uses has Army 49 and Indiana 70. Athlon has Army 55, Indiana 64.
  
  So if we go that route, I'll give you army as 3rd best. Unfortunately, Navy is ahead in all those rankings so that gives ND another win better. An NCST? Really? They are gonna be top 30 everywhere I look, I'd guarantee it.
  
  And if each win Saturday, Stanford is ahead of UofM...and will be on the road. I just don't see this resume being better thing you guys do. A blowout of Wisconsin would alter that, but until that (maybe) happens, ND will likely continue to (rightly) be ranked higher.
• SportsAndLady

  

  I just don’t think a team should be able to get blown out in one week and then barely beat a bad team the next week and not expect to fall. The committee puts more emphasis on how you’re playing RIGHT NOW rather than your overall resume.
• Laley23

  

  SportsAndLady;1882756 wrote:I just don’t think a team should be able to get blown out in one week and then barely beat a bad team the next week and not expect to fall. The committee puts more emphasis on how you’re playing RIGHT NOW rather than your overall resume.

  If that is your argument, I won't disagree. But when people say the resume is better for OSU, I just don't think that is true at all. For the record, neither of these teams deserve to be in the playoff. Blowouts should matter more, imo.
• vball10set

  Laley23;1882757 wrote:If that is your argument, I won't disagree. But when people say the resume is better for OSU, I just don't think that is true at all. For the record, neither of these teams deserve to be in the playoff. Blowouts should matter more, imo.

  Whether right or wrong, the committee stated it puts the emphasis more on the wins than on the losses. Also, probably because of the outcry from last year, it will put more emphasis on being a conference champion--and that's why ND will be on the outside looking in.
• Laley23

  

  vball10set;1882764 wrote:Whether right or wrong, the committee stated it puts the emphasis more on the wins than on the losses. Also, probably because of the outcry from last year, it will put more emphasis on being a conference champion--and that's why ND will be on the outside looking in.

  Thats fine, and conference champs is another argument.
  
  But ND has the better wins, at the moment. There isn't much argument against this.
• FatHobbit

  

  IMHO there is no way any team should get in without winning their conference. There are only 4 spots, so if you put 2 teams in from the same conference you're leaving out two conference champs. I can almost concede a spot to Notre dame, but there is no way imho someone who didn't win (or in the case of OSU last year even play for) their conference championship should be in.
• like_that

  

  I have a hard time buying the “improvement” argument for OSU when their second loss came in the 2nd half of the season and it was a blow out from a 6-5 team. If it were one of those close upset losses I could somewhat understand. Iowa is a tough place to play. It wasn’t though, so currently I would have several teams in over OSU for that 4th spot depending on how things play out the next two weeks.
• slingshot4ever

  vball10set;1882749 wrote:Alabama wins out, Miami wins out, Oklahoma wins out, OSU wins out...there's your final four. FWIW, I don't think the committee will put two SEC teams in, regardless of whether or not Bama loses. The SEC just isn't dominant enough to warrant two teams getting in--actually, no conference is.

  That might be true, but do you really think a one loss Alabama (to a top 4 Auburn) won't be ranked ahead of a two loss OSU (blowout losses to Oklahoma and unranked Iowa)? Auburn beating Alabama likely gets two SEC teams in (winner of SEC CG and Bama)
• SportsAndLady

  

  like_that;1882775 wrote:I have a hard time buying the “improvement” argument for OSU when their second loss came in the 2nd half of the season and it was a blow out from a 6-5 team. If it were one of those close upset losses I could somewhat understand. Iowa is a tough place to play. It wasn’t though, so currently I would have several teams in over OSU for that 4th spot depending on how things play out the next two weeks.

  I think the “improvement” argument is assuming they crush Michigan and Wisconsin.
  
  If osu wins by 30+ in their last 4 games, 3 of those coming against ranked opponents, then the argument can be made that they improved and are playing as good as anyone. And if a few things fall into place they could sneak into the playoffs.
• vball10set

  FatHobbit;1882774 wrote:IMHO there is no way any team should get in without winning their conference. There are only 4 spots, so if you put 2 teams in from the same conference you're leaving out two conference champs. I can almost concede a spot to Notre dame, but there is no way imho someone who didn't win (or in the case of OSU last year even play for) their conference championship should be in.

  Sorry, not me--unless they're undefeated (or with one loss, and that to a team like Georgia), they shouldn't get in...such are the perils of not playing a conference championship.
• Laley23

  

  vball10set;1882788 wrote:Sorry, not me--unless they're undefeated (or with one loss, and that to a team like Georgia), they shouldn't get in...such are the perils of not playing a conference championship.

  Did you have issue with Ohio State last year?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Laley23;1882790 wrote:Did you have issue with Ohio State last year?

  Having 3 really good teams in one division of your conference and not making the conference championship is way different than ND’s stubborn approach to not joining a conference at all.
• Heretic

  

  Laley23;1882790 wrote:Did you have issue with Ohio State last year?

  Looks like Ohio State met his criteria. Only one loss, which was to a PSU team that won the B1G championship, which fits under "or with one loss, and that to a team like Georgia".
• FatHobbit

  

  vball10set;1882788 wrote:Sorry, not me--unless they're undefeated (or with one loss, and that to a team like Georgia), they shouldn't get in...such are the perils of not playing a conference championship.

  I don't mean this year. I mean in general. If there are 4 slots and 5 power conferences i don't want 2 teams from the same conference. I could probably live with 3 conference champs and Notre dame is their record and schedule warranted it.
• Laley23

  

  Heretic;1882792 wrote:Looks like Ohio State met his criteria. Only one loss, which was to a PSU team that won the B1G championship, which fits under "or with one loss, and that to a team like Georgia".

  Derp on me.
• Laley23

  

  SportsAndLady;1882791 wrote:Having 3 really good teams in one division of your conference and not making the conference championship is way different than ND’s stubborn approach to not joining a conference at all.

  I disagree. Not with the ND part, but with the not making conference title game. Losing the title game should count less than not even making it.
• Ironman92

  

  Committee already saying Miami won’t drop much as Miami used their backup QB and it was in Heinz Field and the Steelers are pretty good this year.
  
  The U will fall to #4
• Spock

  

  Ironman92;1882926 wrote:Committee already saying Miami won’t drop much as Miami used their backup QB and it was in Heinz Field and the Steelers are pretty good this year.
  
  The U will fall to #4

  U will fall to 6