Taking L's: #1 Tennessee, #4 Clemson, #6 Alabama Go Down

Submitted by MaizeBlueA2 on November 5th, 2022 at 11:15 PM

And USC is down one (very early) to Cal. OSU struggled with Northwestern. 

 

...college football, man. College football. It's hard to win games this time of year, Michigan is 9-0. Go Blue!

WolverineHistorian

November 5th, 2022 at 11:36 PM ^

Clemson losing is loooong overdue.  But Notre Dame can still fuck themself with a rusty nail.

The biggest thing to me is, having a playoff free of Alabama.  THAT is a Christmas gift to all of college football.  “God bless us, everyone.”  

Jaxpo

November 5th, 2022 at 11:38 PM ^

AP preseason top 10:

  1. Alabama (1,566 points)  Out
  2. Ohio State (1,506)
  3. Georgia (1,455)
  4. Clemson (1,292)  Most likely Out
  5. Notre Dame (1,242)  Out
  6. Texas A&M (1,212)  Out
  7. Utah (1,209)  Out
  8. Michigan (1,203)
  9. Oklahoma (956)  Out
  10. Baylor (884)  Out

Tennessee and TCU were unranked

Once again showing why preseason polls don't matter.

MaizeBlueA2

November 5th, 2022 at 11:43 PM ^

But that's the thing...they do matter. Because when you're talking about quality wins, it's using these bullshit preseason rankings.

I'll go to my grave with it...rankings shouldn't be allowed to be released until AT LEAST after week 4. Preferably week 6.

But at least get 4 games in and see what's what.

greymarch

November 5th, 2022 at 11:52 PM ^

Bingo.  Pre-season rankings matter.  The rankings matter every week bc the CFP is full of human-beings who use all kinds of criteria to make their individual decisions.

A team wants to get as high ranked as possible, as quickly as possible, then remain there as long as possible.  The CFP notices.

 

#GoBlue

uofmchris2

November 6th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^

Keep seeing posts about Tennessee possibly still cracking the top 4.

The playoffs are supposed to pin the top 4 teams in the nation to compete for a chance at the national championship.

Tennessee just lost to one of those teams. They are out of it.

 

That said. Look for Tennessee to be ranked #3 this week because the CFP committee is a joke.