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the 12 weekly No. 1 rankings since the CFP expanded to 12 teams B1G dominance? 2025: Indiana (1x) & Ohio State (5x) 2024: Oregon (6x)

If it was 2026 already, Notre Dame would be in. Starting in 2026, according to an agreement they have signed weeks ago, any N.D. team ranked in the top 12 is automatically in. If it applied in 2025, N.D. would be in and Miami would be out. Alabama should not be in. No team which lost their conference championship by double digits has ever kept their same CFP ranking that they had prior to the game. Alabama should have dropped below Miami and N.D. and been displaced by either Tulane or James Madison.

While it would have been cool to host Notre Dame, I don’t personally care about TV ratings. I want Oregon to win a national championship and having a cupcake “tune-up” is probably the best we all could have hoped for (even over the bye given the current playoff format). Even Coach Lanning indicated as much on the playoff selection show.

It would have been great to host ND at Autzen what a game!! As we knocked off their shinny lil helmets. Think about it--Notre Dame at Autzen. Say what you want but ND is BIG TIME ratings. JMU--not so much.

Just because Mario plays with his food doesn't mean he can't get his stuff together and win big games. He did that many times for Oregon. Miami will be dangerous in the playoffs.

G6 should be a different division between FBS and FCS. No more conference championships. Playoff field should be top 16 with no byes and no AQs. Natty should be played in a Bowl on New Year's day.

Miami getting Mari-0-no'ed in the first round!

I thought this thread was just about this year. I don't see BT being the starter for the whole year in 2026 or beyond. Dante Moore is coming back. Even if it's not 100% confirmed, he's not going to play for the dumpster fire Raiders, he's coming back to get better, because he knows better than any he isn't at the level he needs to be to get thrown to the wolves in the NFL on a bad program.

They need to be revamped. By themselves they are unexciting but they could be incentivized. NIL is a thing so pay the players and give the winning team more. This can be done lots of ways but still. There should also just be a second tournament like in mens basketball and that should be the bowl game system. Schools are going to be able to pay players directly soon and bowl game payouts could absolutely be part of the equation.

I guess they're taking their ball and going home crying🤣. They only hurt themselves, they will be totally off the radar and lose a months worth of practices (assuming this is still not allowed for non-bowl teams). I do agree however, that this system is a bit stupid. G5 teams do not play at the same level as P4 teams, period. Sure they get a win every now and then against P4 teams, but having two G5 teams as part of "the 12 best" defies logic. The committee did what they had to including JMU, but this just isn't an accurate seeding. The G5 needs their own playoff, there's plenty of interest and of course $ to be made. We know changes are coming, home games in the second round would be a great first step. This is now officially a playoff and the bowl system is going the way of the 8-track tape.

I stopped watching and listening after No. 5 announced and our opponent. My wine tolerance is steroidal in nature compared to my lack of whine tolerance.

Ok great this is a favorable path to the final four, no question. That said, as a season ticket holder I was hoping for a better matchup. Even Tulane would be more interesting, but to think that we could have had Alabama or Miami in Autzen if we were ranked a little lower makes me wonder how much of an advantage (at least for the fans) it really is to be seeded higher. Don't get me wrong, I'll be there, but we'll be paying a premium price for the equivalent of a September cupcake game.

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The committee finally put Miami ahead of Notre Dame because the media pundits started to really call them out for their BS. They had no choice. They would’ve looked like biased idiots if they hadn’t switched them. I’ve always been of the opinion that championship game competitors shouldn’t be punished for losing if they would’ve gotten in without playing. However, Bama has been the beneficiary of getting into the old four team format with even winning their division, so I think they should’ve been left out. OU or Indiana will keep them from playing us which is kind of unfortunate.

The committee is factoring in injured players but not only playing 8 conference games? They should be personalized for a late season cupcake team as the other conferences take 50% losses. There's really only one way to make all of this not so subjective and that to move to a NFL style playoff by cutting these mega conferences down to where everyone plays each other in the conference. This is compound when you only play 8 games conference games. Let Alabama in but then get rid of T A&M. Letting the SEC have almost half the playoff spots is a positive feedback loop that just magnifies the narrative that the SEC is so dominant, they certainly weren't in last year's playoff despite what ESPN said.

Florida State , and Ohio State thought about doing that two years ago. They might as well, most of the starters opted out, and they were playing in the Orange and Cotton Bowl respectively .Michigan had several opt outs last year against Alabama, and eventual number one pick Cam Ward sat out the second half of a bowl game, right after he set a personal record. The team blew the lead, and the game in the second half. Bowl games are meaningless to brand names, even as they are sponsored by brand names. Dukes Mayo, Cheezit, and Pop Tart ,are now actual bowl games. It isn't the Rose Bowl presented by____, it's just____ Bowl.

Miami getting beat in first round!

And the Bucknuts have now had their wake up call. F**k, another purple & gold clad team? Makes it already easier to despise them.

ND is refusing to play in a bowl game. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/12/07/notre-dame-football-declines-bowl-game-cfp-college-football-playoff/87659994007/

I was hoping BYU would've gotten in. Their best win was against Utah. They lost twice, both to Tech. If it wasn't by blowout on Saturday, I think they would've gotten more consideration. I'm still confused as to if the committee punished BYU for something they said they wouldn't punish them for. Alabama kept thirteen guys out for rest, so they must've had an inkling that they were safe regardless. The only thing I can think of is that Alabama beat Georgia on the road already. BYU never beat Tech, and their Utah win wasn't as good as Alabama beating Georgia, and Vanderbilt. It's not about who you lost to. It's about who you beat. As long as you don't have three losses heading in CCG Saturday.

I don't know which way would make me happier: if Notre Dame did not get in or if Miami did not get in.

As long as we accept that there has been a sea change in how officials interpret OL holding, we’re going to see the time for more and better thrown deep balls. Given that, I’m inclined to withhold judgement on Thomas until next year. And, I tend towards someone whose’s motivated to be a Duck.

I think it is likely to go to 16. number 17 is so low on the totem pole, that nobody will care if they don't get in (But they will still cry) Tech will get a bye and then most likely have to play Oregon, so they will be playing a better team after getting a bye, just like Oregon did last year vs Ohio St. That feels like more of a punishment than a reward. Too much crying from the SEC some of the automatic bids are not as good of teams as some of the at larges that don't get in Crying from Notre Dame Losers of conf champ games complicating who gets in Any more than 16 is just too many - this isn't basketball, players get banged up and injured Nobody cares about bowl games anymore, except maybe Beaver fans and Boise St fans Going to 16 could let in some teams that could be having good seasons for them, like an Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vanderbuilt etc. that otherwise would have a hard if not impossible task of making it in - its good for football to let some new kids come to the party. (not saying those teams would be in this year, but those are kind of teams that could squeak in with a 16 team playoff and never have much of a real chance with 12) And the reason NOT to do it is because nbr 1 vs 16 would be a blood bath.

Once again I am surprised at what we value as fans. Brock came in with no fanfare from pundits. Not many stars after his name. Only offered by Montana St and Portland St. (Maybe a couple others) and our head coach, whom we all trust, says he won OUTRIGHT the qb2 backup spot in practice. And we all doubt it?I thought it was "in Lanning we trust". We trust scouting by writers over what our coach sees?! Btw, Justin Herbert was also an under the radar player, as was Marcus Mariota. They ended up being pretty good. I don't mean to be rude, but I trust DL and WS more than writers or pundits. Will Dante go pro? Will any QB transfer? Will we pick up a QB from the portal? Inquiring minds want to know. These and other questions need to be answered while we are playing for a National championship! CFB is now in the twilight zone. Right now I've got James Madison on my mind. And if our coaches are happy with BT as QB2, I'm jiggy with it.