CFP Rankings Discussion Thread

Submitted by jonesie022 on

Set to be released tonight at 9:30pm.  What are your thoughts/predictions?  Same top four?  Big winners/losers?

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Maize_Nation

November 17th, 2015 at 5:41 PM ^

Agreed. Who cares if they are the best team in the country, they shouldn't even be eligible to be ranked without a ccg. And there should only be one team allowed per conference. Yeah, it's possible to have 2 of the top 4 teams from the same conference, but I prefer not to have logic apply when it comes to the playoff rankings.

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ijohnb

November 17th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^

2. Alabama

3. Ohio State

4. Notre Dame

5. Oklahoma

6. Iowa

7. Oklahoma State

8. Florida

9. Michigan State

10. Baylor

11. North Carolina

12. Michigan

13. FSU

14. TCU

15. Stanford

 

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ijohnb

November 17th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^

in the AP as did Houston.  That about was kind of my best case scenario.  I am kind of fearing this:

9. Michigan State

10. Baylor

11. Carolina

12. Houston

13. TCU

14. Stanford

15. Florida State

16. Utah

17. Michigan

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alum96

November 17th, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^

The AP is not the playoff committee.

Their best win is Pitt. Their 2nd best win is Miami.  Duke is the 3rd best win. I dont see another >.500 team they beat.  They lost to an awful South Carolina.  Their SOS is #73.

I have them jumping up 10 myself but mostly due to a lot of teams racking up a 2nd loss (Stanford Utah LSU)

Houston SOS is #103.

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althegreat23

November 17th, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^

Assuming that our third best win is either Indiana or Minnesota (depending on which you think is better), I would argue that both are better than Duke. Plus, Michigan beat Northwestern 38-0. Northwestern beat Duke 19-10.

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Muttley

November 17th, 2015 at 4:10 PM ^

we'd finish up with wins over Sagarin #39 PSU, CFP #3 OSU, and CFP #5 Iowa.  Should NC win out, they'd finish w/ wins over Sagarin #43 VaTech, Sagarin #47 NCState, and CFP #1 Clemson.

I think our ending resume in the only scenario we're going to the CFP would be better than North Carolina's.

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alum96

November 17th, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^

They evolve. Our SOS will improve next 2 weeks (currently 56)

As for that schedule you note, Louisville is 6-4. Memphis has played 2 p5 teams. Navy has played 1 P5 team. 

Guys these are MAC level schedules.  CMU SOS is 72 i.e. 30 spots better than Houston. Western's is tougher, so is Bowling Green's. If Toledo had been undefeated it would equivalent to what Houston is doing - would people be calling for 10-0 Toledo over UM? (Toledo SOS is 98)  With best opponents being Louisville, Cincy, and Memphis.  Not saying its not a good team but this is back to the early days of Boise State when they only had to get up for 2-3 games on their schedule every year.

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DenverRob

November 17th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^

Don't see this happening due to the committee viewing who you lost to as a factor imo. TCU barely beat a winless team. Utah and fsu lost to 5 loss teams. Stanford doesn't have the better resume. I see M at 13 at the worst.

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Gil From Omaha

November 17th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^

1. Michigan (cause they're #1 in my heart)

2. Nebraska (they made MSU sad)

3. Bowling Green (more Big Ten wins then purdue, indiana, maryland)

4. Creighton University (haven't lost a game since, like, 1941).



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sportzfan81

November 17th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^

I agree with your top 6 with Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan St, and then MICHIGAN completing the Top-10. TCU and Baylor at 11 & 12. A one loss TCU team fell below Michigan last week and I expect Baylor to do the same this week.



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ijohnb

November 17th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^

think so my man.  We really picked a bad week to have arguably our worst game of the season.  I think we could have gotten at least as high as 10 but as it is I am just hoping that Stanford, Florida State, Houston et. al. do not jump us.  For whatever reason we seem to have offended a good deal of people in our win on Saturday.  I mean, I get it, we did not play great but people seem to be coming down particularly hard on us.

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Dubs

November 17th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^

Not sure why either.

I had about a half dozen Buckeye fans ask me "man, what happened to your Wolverines Saturday?"  I just replied "the same thing that happened to Ohio State, but only with a backup QB and a backup RB."

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michiganman001

November 17th, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^

I think they come out at 9:30 today. Also I think Michigan will be ranked 10th or 11th. Based on all the teams losing, it should help us but unfortunately it went to 2 OT with IU

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