No. 14 in Playoff Poll

Don’t over think it...we are not making the playoffs

2 losses. And the offense wasn't really exciting against Maryland.

Maybe the committee is blaming the weather some on why Notre Dame did so bad. It seemed the weather affected them while it didn't affect Michigan. But who knows. I don't trust the committee.

If Michigan beats OSU then there will be reason to rank them much higher.

Although I agree with you, I think it's a bit nit picky in Michigan's case...they're within 1-2 spots of where they should be. 

The teams with major gripes in this poll should be Minnesota and Baylor. How the eff do you have OU over Baylor at this point? Baylor has beaten two top-25 teams on the road by double-digits and has not lost yet...OU has zero top 25 wins and lost once already. Minnesota - granted they have played basically no one - should be at least 5 spots higher than they are because they're undefeated and have blown Big Ten teams out recently. The fact that 6(!) 2-loss teams are ahead of them is absurd. 

Yes of course things will change and results will sort things out naturally...but these early polls give us a snapshot of the biases that the committee has. And it's inconsistent as ever - so Clemson's SOS puts them behind PSU, but it doesn't matter when your name is Alabama?  SOS hammers Minnesota to 17 but OU - also having a weak SOS and one loss - gets a top 10 spot? Florida - with two FCS games (which should basically count for 0 wins) and two losses is in the top ten and both them and Auburn are ahead of Baylor? WTF are they even doing?

I'd have Baylor at 9, OU at 10, Minnesota at 11, then put all the two loss teams together. (BTW Florida would not be at the top of the 2-loss teams.  Their best win is a home win against Auburn - another 2-loss team. It's not clear if that's a better win than blowouts against Michigan and ND.  I guess their losses are "better" but I'm not a fan of giving somebody credit for keeping a game close-ish in a loss. Mostly I'd rank them lower because they played 2 FCS teams, and in a  conference where they only play 8 games that's absurd and it should be punished not rewarded.)

Agree, they are no better than Minnesota (#17) right now. 

Agree. Clemson plays nobody all season. Goes to show you that winning every game in a blowout is more important than playing good teams. You can't lose if you want to make the playoffs so why play hard teams?

PSU at 4 and Florida at 10 are both ball scratches.    

It looks like Herby has one of those four hour boners going.  He won’t be able to leave the set until after the MSU game. 

If we got PSU in Ann Arbor, they would've gotten the Notre Dame treatment too.

PSU eeked, i.e. prison escape eeked, a win against us at home.  We all know full well that if we had PSU at the Big House we likely would've run them out of the stadium.  Too bad away Michigan does not equal home Michigan.

I think every year the playoff has been released the team ranked at number 3 the first week never makes it in.  This year that would be Alabama.  If LSU beats them in Tuscaloosa and remains unbeaten after that Alabama won't get a chance at the SEC Championship game.  Kinda makes their resume weak especially with their horrible non-conference schedule.

That's exactly why the committee does that. At this point the whole thing is a joke. 

The LSU @ Alabama winner will be the #1 team next week.

Clemson has played a garbage schedule. psu has not. 

Non issue at this point.  OSU plays PSU so Clemson will clearly jump one of them.

Minus Clemson, the ACC looks about on par with the AAC right now. ACC football is turrible right now

With one loss, LSU still gets in. PSU out. I really hope UM beats OSU. No big ten team will get in, but if it ain’t Michigan in, I ain’t caring. Can ablalama get in twice? Ablalama white vs ablalama crimson for the one versus four, then Clemson vs a third SEC school, maybe Georgia for the two va three. That would be great. 

This take is so tiring.

Yeah ref bit is getting a little old.

Tell that to the New Orleans Saints, and how they weren't a good team because they didn't overcome the pass interference non-call in the NFC championship game.