Jon Joseph No. 1 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) The Grapevine Gurus, the College Football Playoff Committee (POC) will reveal its 1st rankings of the 2023 season on Halloween. Will it be a trick or a treat for AP Poll (AP) #6 ranked Oregon? (Rankings below are from the Week 10 AP.) Oregon is the top-ranked 1-loss AP team. We are all aware that the 1st reveal will not mirror the final ranking. But the outcome of the following games will help, or hurt, Oregon's Final 4 opportunity down the road. 1. #6. 7-1 OREGON -24 Vs. NR 3-5 Cal A win against the Golden Bears is a Pac-12 title and Playoff necessity. A win will be nice. A cover with style points on the line in November will further help Puddles cause. Q. Do POC members have access to Larry's Lost Network? This will likely be Oregon's last appearance, thank goodness, on the Network that the Nation Forgot. 2. #5. 8-0 Washington -3 Vs. 24 7-2 USC UW's last 2 sloppy wins do not auger well for what could be a shootout in LA. If there is ever a get-right game for a struggling offense, it is against the Trojans. Coming into Week 10 the Troy defense is giving up 32.8 points a game, 113th, and 5.9 yards a play, 95. This is a shot for Michael Penix, Jr. to get his Heisman hopes back on track. I hate to say it, but OREGON needs UW to win this game to give the Ducks a chance to play an undefeated UW in the Pac-12 champ game. 'The whole world will be watching' the top 2 Pac-12 teams play in Las Vegas on Friday, December the 1st. Q. Is there any way both teams can lose? 3. #7 Texas 7-1 -4.5 Vs. #25 Kansas State 6-2 Texas and K State are two of the five B12 teams tied for 1st place in the conference. K State is 0-6 in its last 6 games against the Longhorns. In the absence of starting QB Quinn Ewers, Maliik Murphy (6'5' 238 lbs.!) played decent, not great ball, against BYU in Saturday's 35-6 (sound familiar) win. A K-State win here would hand UT its second loss of the season and help the Ducks. Q. Will K-State be able to hold down the UT run game and force Murphy to go to the air? 4. #8 Alabama 7-1 -3.5 Vs. #13 LSU 6-2 What an LSU win can do for you, Puddles? A lot. LSU has 2 losses to date and a 2nd loss by The Tide would take Bama out of the playoff picture and devalue the Texas win in Tuscaloosa. LSU's D is shaky but its O when clicking is very hard to stop, even for an excellent defense like Bama's. This season, Saint Nick has had to win on the D side of the ball and I think he likes this. After last season's win over the Tide in Baton Rogue, LSU will come into this game with no fear. Q. Will LSU QB Jaydon Daniels (formerly a Hermie at ASU) play a Heisman-worthy game? 5. #10. Oklahoma 7-1 -6 At NR Oklahoma State 5-2 Will there be Bedlam in what could be the last Bedlam game ever played? Last Saturday, OK St RB Ollie Gordon II matched Barry Sanders with being the only two OK. St RBs to put up 250+ yards rushing in back-to-back games. Ollie has 3 consecutive 200+ yards games rushing and 1,134 yards in his last 5 games. OK. St is one of the 5 B12 teams tied at the top of the conference and has rebounded from an awful start including a beat-down loss at the hands of South Alabama, and gets an Oklahoma team coming off an unexpected loss in Lawrence, Kansas. A Cowboys win here would be injurious to the B12's playoff hopes and help OREGON's playoff cause. Q. Will Oklahoma, without its best player on D, LB Danny Stutsman, 70 tackles, 11.5 TFL, injured last week against Kansas, be able to stop the Ollie By Golly run game? You're Saying There's A Chance? #1 Georgia Vs. #20 Mizzou/ #2 Michigan (109 SOS!) Vs. NR Purdue / #3 Ohio State At NR (but bowl eligible!) Rutgers/ #4 FSU At NR Pitt. How About NO! It's going to be one heck of a ride. Edited October 30, 2023 by Jon Joseph 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 2 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Here is my hot take prediction for the CFP 1ST cut tomorrow. Oregon #5, UW #6. Head to head and overall record aren't the only determining factors. Committee decides to take the obvious stance that Oregon is the best team in the PAC12 at the moment. For a face melting take, Oregon at #4 ahead of an undefeated UW and tOSU. CFP remembers OOC record of the PAC12 conference this year and assumes PAC12 is best conference. So if Ducks are ahead of undefeated Huskies, and undefeated OSU should be behind the undefeated PAC12 team then... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Duck No. 3 Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) On 10/30/2023 at 12:03 PM, Solar said: Here is my hot take prediction for the CFP 1ST cut tomorrow. Oregon #5, UW #6. Head to head and overall record aren't the only determining factors. Committee decides to take the obvious stance that Oregon is the best team in the PAC12 at the moment. For a face melting take, Oregon at #4 ahead of an undefeated UW and tOSU. CFP remembers OOC record of the PAC12 conference this year and assumes PAC12 is best conference. So if Ducks are ahead of undefeated Huskies, and undefeated OSU should be behind the undefeated PAC12 team then... If the rankings were actually based on where the team is today, then Oregon should be ranked ahead of the Mutts. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. But it would sure be fun if you were right. But go LSU, OK St, and K State! Edited October 31, 2023 by Desert Duck 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Haulin No. 4 Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 5:35 PM, Desert Duck said: If the rankings were actually based on where the team is today, then Oregon should be ranked ahead of the Mutts. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. But it would sure be fun if you were right. But go LSU, OK St, and K State! They did insert TCU last year after losing the B12 title. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
