CFP - First Rankings Open Thread

Submitted by M-Dog on November 1st, 2016 at 7:04 PM

First Rankings by the Playoff Committee. On ESPN now.

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lhglrkwg

November 1st, 2016 at 7:05 PM ^

I even refreshed the home page 3 times to make sure no one else posted it before clicking 'Submit'. What can you do...

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M-Dog

November 1st, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^

No worries, Mods will consolidate them.

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FauxMo

November 1st, 2016 at 7:13 PM ^

Third behind Clemson? Bullshit...

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FauxMo

November 1st, 2016 at 7:15 PM ^

Washington got screwed. HAHAHAHA

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901 P

November 1st, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^

And for some reason the ESPN article says: "Michigan (8-0) beat Michigan State last week, but has played only one ranked opponent all season (a 14-7 win at Wisconsin)." http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/21/seasontype/2/ye… [ETA: oops-my bad. Discussed below.]

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gwrock

November 1st, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^

There's zero difference between 2nd and 3rd, though.

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901 P

November 1st, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^

Well, the only way I can see it being a factor that hurts us is if, say, we win a close game against a sub-par opponent (say Indiana) and we slide a spot. Dropping from 3 to 4 does hurt in a way that dropping from 2 to 3 does not (at least if current rankings stand).

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BuckNekked

November 1st, 2016 at 7:57 PM ^

If you win a close game against a sub-par opponent but really should have lost (say NC State) should you drop? What if you had another close game against a sub-par opponent previously?

The southern bias of these polls is a real thing.

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Commie_High96

November 1st, 2016 at 9:01 PM ^

Doesn't matter 1-4, gonna play Bama eventually

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Sione For Prez

November 1st, 2016 at 9:40 PM ^

I would rather play them for all the marbles.

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Indonacious

November 1st, 2016 at 10:00 PM ^

I was actually wondering about this. Would it be better or worse to play them with a month of prep or on short-prep?

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kevin holt

November 1st, 2016 at 11:11 PM ^

That's actually a good fuckin point

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jabberwock

November 2nd, 2016 at 7:54 AM ^

because i just noticed your sig line.

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M go Bru

November 2nd, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^

a month to prepare for you. Just like as we saw last Bowl season, our opponent doesn't want to give Harbaugh a month to prepare for them either.

Clemson has beaten 2 top ten teams and we have only beaten one.

We need to play Alabama in the Championship game!.

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Mongo

November 1st, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^

Four team playoff. #1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3. If we win out, we are in the playoffs. Lose a game and likley out. Would love this to be the final ranking !!! Clemson is way easier than any of Alabama, Texas A&M, Washington or OSU. The ACC sucks. FSU was 5-2 and a bad top 20 team. Penn State grades better even to the CFP in this ranking at a #12, so there you go. Give me Clemson in the first round and I would be a happy camper.

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SharkyRVA

November 1st, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^

I had to look 3 times to make sure I saw Penn St at 12... How the F is PSU 12? Not sure how you can lose to Pitt and get crushed by Michigan and be ranked 12th in this pole. Fuck Penn St.

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buddhafrog

November 1st, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^

Work harder. Improve. More milk. Steak.

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Lampuki22

November 1st, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^

Western 22. Lol. Yep.

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Lampuki22

November 1st, 2016 at 7:11 PM ^

23 actually.

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lhglrkwg

November 1st, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

Wow. Penn State at #12 and Colorado at #15. Probably bodes well for our ranking if those two are that high

Makes me think we're probably #2 at minimum...

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TrueBlue2003

November 1st, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

then...nope. Doesn't matter though.

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Trump

November 1st, 2016 at 7:07 PM ^

Wow! Colorado and Penn State! We will take it!

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M-Dog

November 1st, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

Colorado at 15. Penn State at 12. Good for us.

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smitty1983

November 1st, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

Penn state 12? Wow

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VictorBlue

November 1st, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

How much do they really matter at this point? Just keep winning one game at a time. WMU at 23 is awesome. Colorado at 15 and PSU at 12 look good for our SOS.

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jonesie022

November 1st, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

Holy fuck we might be number one!!

Colorado is 15, PSU is 12 and Wisky (TBD) will be top 10.

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lhglrkwg

November 1st, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^

Now our resume reads win vs #8, #12, and #15 on our resume. I think we are #1....holy cow

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TrueBlue2003

November 1st, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^

is that what's on our resume?

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wingnut

November 2nd, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^

The Department of Redundancy Department would like to have a word with you.

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bluebygod

November 1st, 2016 at 7:11 PM ^

I still think Colorado will win the Pac-12

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bluebygod

November 1st, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^

Fuck...try #3...Boooooo!!

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KennyGfanLMAO

November 1st, 2016 at 7:09 PM ^

Western should be much higher. Much upset

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Trump

November 1st, 2016 at 7:11 PM ^

CFP has zero respect for teams from weak conferences. Seems like they are basing a lot off from SOS.

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jonesie022

November 1st, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^

We have wins over 8, 12, and 15! It's not even close.

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M-Dog

November 1st, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^

Wisconsin at # 8.

We beat 3 Top 15 teams, one of them a Top 10 team.

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Hugh White

November 1st, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^

8. Good for M

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Trump

November 1st, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^

Beat #15, #12, and #8. So much for a weak schedule and no big wins...

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Michigan7

November 1st, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^

Based on the way it was presented on-air tonight, you'd never know this. They barely mentioned the Colorado win, very little credit given for PSU or Wisconsin. Nbd, win out and we're in!

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SLS

November 1st, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^

As others have said, phenomenal for us to have wins over #8, #12, and #15.

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ThatGuyCeci

November 1st, 2016 at 7:11 PM ^

Think that has to put Michigan at #2 based on where they got Colorado & PSU ranked

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BG Wolverine

November 1st, 2016 at 7:12 PM ^

No way the good old boys rank UM ahead of Bama

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Formerly Yoda

November 1st, 2016 at 7:12 PM ^

would you?

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BG Wolverine

November 1st, 2016 at 7:17 PM ^

Yep

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lhglrkwg

November 1st, 2016 at 7:18 PM ^

if the committee truly values SOS, Bama seems to have an exemption.

They clubbed #4 A&M, but otherwise have decent wins over USC, Tennessee & Arkansas to their credit. We have 3 top 15 wins. Bama is getting the benefit of the doubt based on prior seasons

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Formerly Yoda

November 1st, 2016 at 7:33 PM ^

you know we have the worst sos of the top 4, right?

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lhglrkwg

November 1st, 2016 at 8:04 PM ^

But again, we have 3 top 15 wins. Alabama has beaten "#4" Texas A&M and otherwise no one else in the rankings. If the same resume was given to UW or Clemson, I'm not sure anyone would be terribly impressed by one top 10 win and bunch of good conference wins

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FatGuyTouchdown

November 2nd, 2016 at 2:10 AM ^

how anyone can watch Bama play, and then watch us play and justify us being ahead of them. Alabama is what we could look like in a few years when Harbaugh has his high recruiting classes playing to their potential. Alabama just looks like an absolute terror of a team this year. Not saying Michigan couldn't win, but holy hell Bama is good.

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