GeotechDuck

I could see Indiana getting up to No.2 if they pull off the upset and beat tOSU soundly. The Ducks are safe at No.1 for another week with wins against 3 teams in the Playoff Top 25.

They need to get rid of the conference winner byes and just give the top 4 teams the byes. You can still get an autobid if you win your conference. But there is no way the Big-12 or ACC should be getting a bye this year.

Andy and Ari on their podcast tonight are half joking around that tOSU and Oregon should both try and lose on purpose in the CCG to get the 5 Seed.

If Texas loses again, they should be the team that gets left out of this group. SEC needs to schedule 9 conference games and all BIG and SEC teams should only be allowed to play on G5 team a year max.

Agree . If they even slightly valued or considered any portion of SOS, Georgia would not be behind Texas, Indiana, or Notre Dame.

The question is how does that continue to happen? They have not won a major bowl game in 30 years. Every time they get into a big time post season game, they get run off the field like a bad G5 school.

Agree for sure now with the 12 team playoff. I was referring to the 2-4 team playoff. There were a lot of years that the SEC got 2 teams in because of the reduction in conference games and skewed rankings. If you get two teams in that are competitive at an elite level, I would argue that your chances of winning the title go way up in a 4 team playoff. They even got two teams (one with 2 losses) in the 2 team playoff. There were a lot of good teams that got left out because of that 8 game SEC schedule or ND’s G5 schedule with no CCG that could have won it all. Oregon in 2012 immediately comes to mind.

100%. This year it is entirely possible that the 5 seed is goi g to get Boise followed by Colorado.

And this exact reason (8 conference games) is why the SEC has ended up with 11 teams in the playoff since expanding to 4. While the next best conference (BIG) only has 7 appearances. The more teams you put in the playoffs, the better the chances.

Exactly this. There is no excuse for not having some kind of metric to measure these teams at this point. Applying the basketball criteria… Notre Dame has a Q4 loss. Texas has one Q2 win, maybe. How are either of these teams in front of Georgia, who has multiple Q1 wins and and two Q1 losses? It’s a joke. Even just applying common sense to this. If playing on a neutral field, would Georgia be an underdog to ND? Absolutley not! They would be a multiple score favorite to win that game.

Great article. In most cases, I would agree that Oregon would would probably not be undefeated in the SEC. However, if they had the same schedule as Texas, they would easily run the table. Difficult to know who is really good with these unbalanced schedules.

This seems like a good sign…

I’m with you here. If tOSU loses to Oregon again, then I think the committee will push the second place SEC into the 5 seed slot. Both will likely have 2 losses and by pushing tOSU to the 6 seed, you can avoid the third matchup in the semis. Where this gets interesting is if Oregon loses a very close game to tOSU. Then the committee almost has to put Oregon at the 5 seed and you have that matchup in the semis again. The 5 seed right now looks to be the easiest path to the semis if they get Boise then the Big-12 winner. It may even have a small advantage over the 1 seed which seems crazy.

Whichever team gets the 5 seed is going to walk into the semifinals. They will likely have Boise at home in the first round, then the BIG-12 champ in the second.

I found a situation where Oregon ends up 4th. Highly unlikely, but it is there.

I sure hope so. I would love Oregon to curb stomp those jokers again.

Did Oregon just clinch a place in the BIG CCG?

gross.

I will counter with the fact that ND essentially plays 4 G5 teams. Texas IMO is the biggest offender. They have only beat 1 conference team with a winning record and they got pounded by Georgia. How are they sitting at No. 3? Where I have an issue is with the thought process that Indiana is out of they lose to tOSU, but Texas can be No. 3 with essentially the same crap schedule as Indiana AND with a loss to the only ranked team they played.

There are so many issues, I am not even sure where to start; Unbalanced schedules, subjective SOS rankings, different number of conference games, etc. I still can't understand why we don't have a NET ranking like hoops. If you lose to Northern Illinois (Q4) that should have a significant impact on your chances. Also, a team like Texas that has only one conference win against a team with a winning record (Vandy) should be reflected in the rankings. Schedule should matter.

Seems like every year Oregon has some terrible Quad 4 loss in November or early December that impacts the bubble. Glad they escaped this one with a win.

This didn’t age well. Rough night for Evans

The fact that ND is going to get in with their schedule is a crime. Throw in the fact that they have not won a major bowl game since the mid 90s, they should automatically be out for losing to Northern Illinois. I would be okay with a 3 loss SEC getting in ahead of ND. ND is going to get rolled, just like every year.

Evans looks fantastic so far this year. He is going to be a difference maker . Glad we were able to hang on to him.

I think Cook is supposed to be back tonight, correct?