30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:44 PM Updated College Football Playoff Prediction: Oregon Ducks, Florida Gators In Straight WWW.SI.COM The College Football Playoff is entering the second year of the 12-team format, but the seeding for the postseason tournament has... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 2 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:08 PM Staples is a Gator. I see a Florida team with talent, but also with one of the two or three toughest schedules in the nation. The Gators play LSU, Miami, A&M, Kentucky, and Ole Miss on the road. Georgia in Atlanta. (The stadium in Jacksonville is being renovated; the 2026 Cocktail Party will be played in Tampa.) Florida plays Texas, Tennessee, and FSU in the Swamp. UF has gimme wins vs. LIU (Long Island U Sharks ), USF, and Mississippi State. I hope Andy is correct, especially OBD hosting a home game, but with this schedule, I can find three losses for Florida. Will the Committee in 2025-26 find a 3-loss team that did not win its conference PO worthy? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 3 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:47 PM On 5/27/2025 at 1:08 PM, Jon Joseph said: Will the Committee in 2025-26 find a 3-loss team that did not win its conference PO worthy? Yes... but only if some crazy shenanigans like this past year doesn't happen. I think at least one three-loss team is probably getting in in any given year. If Clemson (3-losses) did not win the ACC last year it would have been one of the 3-loss SEC teams that gets in that did not win their conference. Clemson jumped on in and SMU held onto their spot because they only had 2-losses (one being the Conference Championship game). So I think it is completely possible for a 3-loss team without a conference championship to get into the playoff... but being that team is going to come down to some unique circumstances and some quality wins. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 4 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:50 PM This gentleman sees OBD with a chance to win it all. Anonymous Big Ten coach: Oregon Ducks 'in the mix' for 2026 national championship DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM An anonymous Big Ten football coach tabbed the Oregon Ducks as a threat to win the national championship in 2026. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 5 Share Posted 19 hours ago I think 2025 could be a very interesting year with a heck of a lot of surprises. So many of the traditional powerhouses are breaking in new QBs--Texas Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, and Oregon to name a few. While there is talent in the QB rooms at all these institutions, we can probably anticipate some problems for some of the teams. Florida has some real talent in their first units on both sides of the ball. Their Achilles heel will be depth and I have a hard time believing that they will be traveling to Autzen or any playoff destination. These projections are fun but are really silly season. Can't wait until Fall camp begins when we can have something substantive to mull over and feel great or fret about. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
