Week 11 CFP Rankings: Michigan #3, Wisconsin #7, PSU #8, Colorado #10
(And OSU #2)
Some (clemson fans, Louisville, Washington) will complain about Michigan's ranking despite the loss this weekend, but it's hard to argue for a drop in the rankings given Michigan's dominant wins over three top 10 teams. (Yeah, upon reflection, the win vs Wisconsin seems pretty dominant, despite the final score).
Bottom line..I like this week's edition of the CFP rankings.
November 15th, 2016 at 9:49 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
and the other three teams we defeated still stay in the top 10. Maybe we should be #1?
November 16th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
Pawwll?
November 15th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
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November 15th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
I was pretty surprised. Thought 4 was our celling. The reasoning makes sense... Does anyone else have 3 wins against the current top 10? I think the current rankings are worth more than the rankings at the time.
At the end of the day this comes down to win out and your are in, drop a game and you watch like everyone else.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:48 PM ^
Believe that Pitt (HA) and USC are the only other teams with even two over the top ten.
November 15th, 2016 at 11:06 PM ^
November 15th, 2016 at 11:18 PM ^
Misread, thought Oklahoma was 11. Whoops.
November 16th, 2016 at 12:46 AM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 1:32 AM ^
this has been the most perplexing ranking for the past three weeks. They have zero (!!!) wins against the top 25. None. They have a loss to an unranked team. This just does not make sense. WVU has beaten the same teams as OU in league play, and their only loss is better than OU's worst loss of two. Is the committee rewarding them for playing a tough non-conference schedule even though they didn't win their tough games? Not hard to schedule tough teams and lose. Anyone can do that.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:47 AM ^
Heck, that's been Izzo's formula for years. "Look guys, we played 6 top 25 team!" "Yeah Tom, but you went 1-5 agains them." "But look how tough our schedule was!"
November 16th, 2016 at 12:17 AM ^
Wow, we "Clemson" away a game to a weak opponent and we don't even drop a spot?
Amazing.
Thanks to Washington and the real Clemson.
November 16th, 2016 at 12:52 AM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^
rankings are about show and PR also- everybody knows either UM or OSU will take on another loss in 2 weeks so any injustice to teams below will be quickly rectified- should help TV ratings for the game
November 16th, 2016 at 8:27 AM ^
The brackets show us playing OSU in the first round of the Playoff. The only way that might happen if we were both were undefeated going into The Game or a bunch of other teams have 3 losses while one of us only has 2.
The rankings today are just place holders.
November 16th, 2016 at 12:13 PM ^
We are playing OSU in the first round of the playoff . . . on Nov. 26th.
Win and advance.
November 16th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
Had to...
November 15th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
No reason to be disheartened by the loss at Iowa. Nothing changes for us. Win our next 3 games and we will have beaten OSU, Won the B1G Championship, and made the CFP.
3 game season, game 1 is Saturday. Go Blue.
November 15th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^
Beat indiana.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:16 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^
i've seen this so much this year that i think the site should add a button:
- upvote
- downvote
- beat (whomever)
to avoid this incessant repetition.
November 15th, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^
Nothing changes if we beat Indiana and OSU. If we do not, however, the loss to Iowa likely does change what bowl we end up in.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:28 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 12:11 AM ^
Actually it would be incorrect to say the Rose Bowl is taking Michigan no matter what. In fact, if Michigan loses to Ohio State in the scenario you're describing, Michigan probably will NOT go to the Rose Bowl especially if for some reason Ohio State is not taken in the playoff (which in that scenario, don't kid yourself, Ohio is going to be selected).
You have to remember that the Rose Bowl has said they will generally take the highest rated team in the CFP rankings barring extreme circumstances. Last year, they took Iowa over Ohio despite only two spots separating the two in the rankings and that Ohio State would have been a better game for Stanford and a better draw.
If Ohio State beats Michigan and Penn State or Wisconsin go to the playoff, the Rose Bowl will select Ohio State because it will be ahead of Michigan.
That will leave Michigan for the Orange Bowl, most likely, over the loser of Wisconsin-Penn State.
As I said earlier, though, Ohio State is going to be selected if they beat Michigan. So Michigan probably would indeed wind up in the Rose Bowl unless Ohio State gets in, but the CCG winner is left out.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:28 PM ^
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November 15th, 2016 at 9:55 PM ^
November 15th, 2016 at 10:07 PM ^
Disheartened by Special Teams here.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:10 PM ^
I don't think it is fair to say our defense was shut down by Iowa. Their offense scored one TD and two field goals.
Edit: upon re-reading, I think maybe you just made a typo and meant offense?
November 15th, 2016 at 10:15 PM ^
Bad games happen. We hadn't scored under 32 points agains anyone all year that wasn't Wisconsin, which has the best defense we'll face during the regular season.
We have a top 5 scoring offense right now. Assuming that O'Korn can keep the offense running (which may be a big assumption), I don't think the one performance against a fired up Iowa team in a night game at their place is a ton to be worried about.
November 16th, 2016 at 12:32 AM ^
If O'Korn makes lots of completions is he playing Korn Hole?
November 16th, 2016 at 12:46 AM ^
reaching...
November 15th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^
Point 2 is much more concerning than point 1. Virtually every great team has an "Ummmmm what?" at some point in the season. We'll bounce back. I have no idea what will happen with O'Korn though...
November 15th, 2016 at 10:58 PM ^
I like to think of the Iowa loss as a momentary brain fart. We got caught up in our own hype after basically coasting to easy victories for 9 games. I feel like the team might be "grounded" again. Back to reality, just like before game 1. Someone said previously in this thread that it's now a three game season. The guys are going to play like there's no tomorrow. The Iowa loss may just be a blessing in disguise.
November 16th, 2016 at 12:20 AM ^
I don't like that we lost. I do like that we faced some adversity.
November 15th, 2016 at 11:06 PM ^
because tonight is (close to) proof that had we been 11-1 with a loss at OSU, we'd very possibly be in. Margin for error the rest of the way is gone unless everyone keeps losing.
I agree that the O playing tight was very disheartening, but as noted, special teams killed us just as much.
I actually am comfortable with O'Korn. He's played, and played fine. He's mobile and makes the D play a little more 11-on-11 (even though Speight had been a bull fighter in the pocket). And he's an unknown entity for the next two Ds to stop. The Pepcat package now is more complex because O'Korn adds a third threat to the option. This could actually get very interesting.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:17 AM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 7:37 AM ^
yes...this. It's not so much the loss but how they lost and they way the looked in the loss. I don't know if you ever feel great about a lot but there could have been a scenario in a mistake free game where some fluke plays went Iowa's way and we'd feel good about the offense. They just looked so inept. I have a lot of faith in these coaches and players though and at the end of the day a lot of good teams lay and egg at some point in the season.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^
It changes a lot. Now it's beat OSU or miss playoffs. Before we could have lost a close game and likely still made it.
November 15th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 12:57 AM ^
we would have been in very good shape to already be in the playoff. Even with a loss to OSU, the only thing we'd have needed (other than a win against IU) obviously, was Washington to lose again (likely) and Bama to win the SEC (likely).
Basically missed the opportunity to clinch a spot. Now the task is much more difficult, but of course, let's just win The Game.
November 15th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^
Ohio state fans are asking if there is an alternate ranking for PSU to adjust for their lack of linebackers against Michigan.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:06 PM ^
November 15th, 2016 at 11:58 PM ^
November 15th, 2016 at 9:52 PM ^
/s
November 15th, 2016 at 9:53 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 12:33 AM ^
or a Brady Hoke pin up
November 15th, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^
Clemson should've lost to NC State and beat Troy by only six points. And the win over L'ville doesn't look so good when they escaped UVA and were trailing at home in the 4th quarter to Wake Forest on Saturday.
The #3 ranking feels right compared to the other resumes.
November 15th, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
Last week we both had two top 10 wins, so I didn't really mind them being ahead of us. Auburn losing took one of those away, and Michigan gained a 3rd with Colorado moving up. I'm actually kind of glad that the committee is showing some consistency. Seemed like they were making it up as they were going before.