Who should be then Top 4? Who is your Top 4?
This is my Top 4.
I have Alabama above Ohio St because I think Tua Tagovailoa is still only about 80% recovered from injury. By the time the Playoffs come in January he will be 100%, and Alabama would probably beat both Ohio St and Clemson. LSU, I don't know. Maybe even with Tagovailoa at 100%, on a neutral field, LSU might still win. Ohio St has looked better than Clemson. So they're at 3.
Now who the coaches, AP, and especially the CFP, picks as the Top 4 will be totally different. It's still strange the CFP ever had Penn St in the Top 4 in the first place. I'm getting some enjoyment that Minnesota made them look bad.
Who is your Top 4?
November 10th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
1. LSU
2. OSU
3. BAMA
4. CLEMSON
November 10th, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
I can hear ESPN now:
“Alabama has a good loss! Can any of those undefeated teams say that!?!?”
November 10th, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
Comment of the week!!!
November 10th, 2019 at 7:01 PM ^
My top 4(ish)
LSU
Alabama
Georgia
Auburn
Florida
South Carolina
Some other team not in SEC
Another team not in SEC (therefore shitty)
Tennessee
November 10th, 2019 at 3:17 PM ^
Minnesota has a much better win but doesn't have that big loss
November 10th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
Minnesota does not play in the SEC.
November 10th, 2019 at 5:27 PM ^
But you're not supposed to bring any facts in.
November 10th, 2019 at 5:42 PM ^
AND the true Michigan message board guy knows the SEC is way overrated.
November 10th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
You have Bama in the top 4! That’s ridiculous. This was there first game against a good team.
Clearly LSU is 1 with their schedule. OSU 2 with there performance. I hate Clemson at 3 because they have played nobody.
Put any of a 1 loss Georgia, Ok,Oregon, or UT above that Clemson BS until they play someone.
and Minnesota is in the conversation with their PSU victory.
I’ll take Georgia at 3 and Oregon at 4. The Big 12 is sorting themselves out over the next few weeks.
LSU
OSU
Georgia
Oklahoma
I expect 1 team each from the SEC, Big 10, ACC, and Big 12 to make the playoffs but those wont be the four best teams
November 10th, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
Clemson will play nobody this year...unless you think Wake Forest is really good...including the ACC championship game.
November 10th, 2019 at 4:44 PM ^
Your misuse of “there” and “their” is giving me a headache.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
1. LSU
2. OSU
3. Clemson
4. Oregon
5. Georgia
November 10th, 2019 at 11:45 AM ^
Correct. Bama sixth, Minnesota seventh, Utah eighth.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:34 AM ^
No way Alabama should be in top 5. They have played a weak schedule and lost at home. Who have they beaten? This year it’s not close and even Paul Finebaum said it ...
November 10th, 2019 at 11:37 AM ^
Lol at anyone who thinks Bama should be in the top 4 after losing yesterday.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
Who would you put in front of them? Georgia (lost at home to South Carolina)? Baylor (just went to OT w/TCU)? Oregon? Penn State? Minnesota? Utah?
I don't think that Bama will make the playoffs because they don't have any good wins (yet) and they most likely won't win the SEC, but it's hard to name four better teams at this point in the season.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
By the end of the season they're probably going to be in the 4. Alabama always does good in the post season. So they probably belong in. And they get great tv ratings (but oh yeah, that's not a factor).
But Oregon has a real shot at sneaking in, especially if Michigan beats Ohio St.
November 10th, 2019 at 1:00 PM ^
Alabama always does good in the post season
That's not a reason to rank this year's Alabama team there. It needs to be judged on what it has done, not what past teams have done. If you think they're one of the top 4 teams based on what they've done in 2019, OK.
November 10th, 2019 at 5:22 PM ^
I can't see a reason why Alabama should be out of the top 4.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:14 PM ^
Minny, Oregon, Baylor all more deserving as of today. Maybe UGA, although they have the worst loss of all the top 10 teams.
November 10th, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^
Yes Georgia’s loss is worse, but they have two wins (ND and Florida) that are better than anything on Bama schedule.
PSU also has a better resume and a comparable loss but has looked worse doing so.
Oregon is similarly situated to Bama in they don’t have any great wins
November 10th, 2019 at 9:15 PM ^
Good wins yet? Have you seen the rest of their schedule?! The only decent team left is Auburn. They have zero quality wins.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
I'm sure Mr. Finebaum has some good points to make, and clearly he has a love/hate relationship with this blog. But then you get on the field with Alabama, and it's different.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:02 PM ^
He can't quit Nick...
November 10th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
I think this might be photoshopped because Paul Finebaum's body has negative musculature, and in this picture I see clear evidence of pectorals.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
He never will....
November 10th, 2019 at 11:37 AM ^
1. LSU
2. OSU
3. CLEMSON
4. GEORGIA
At least Georgia has beat someone. Yes, they lost to South Carolina, but they beat ND and Florida. Alabama has not beat anyone.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
Looks good. However, the former OSU LB who now is on the Big Ten Final Drive program said he thinks OSU should be number one over LSU because OSU has a better resume than LSU and OSU just put up 73 on Maryland. ?
November 10th, 2019 at 11:38 AM ^
Wait. Alabama?
their best win so far is Texas A&M and they let up 46 points at home against the only team with a pulse
their BEST case scenario is finishing the season by beating a 4 loss Auburn team
they shouldn’t sniff the playoffs.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
1. LSU
- Beating Alabama on the road is the best win for any team in years.
2. OSU
3. Clemson
4. Oregon
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. Oregon
8. Utah
9. Oklahoma
10. Baylor
That’s my top 10 right now. After that, I’d have the two loss teams who’ve played hard schedules: Auburn, Florida, us, Wisconsin
EDIT: Forgot Penn State. They’re 11. Then Auburn, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, Notre Dame.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
Which Oregon team is ranked #4 and which one is #7?
November 10th, 2019 at 11:47 AM ^
The good one ...
November 10th, 2019 at 11:54 AM ^
So MN is at best 17 in your eyes? Behind the PSU team they just brought behind the woodshed?
or was that a simple oversight?
November 10th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
Why does Bama drop only 2 spots while PSU drops 7?
November 10th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
LSU >>>> Minnesota
November 10th, 2019 at 1:26 PM ^
Bama lost at home, PSU lost on the road. PSU should be 6, Bama 11
November 10th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
No Minnesota?
I don't know how good they are exactly, but I don't see how they don't enter the top 10.
November 10th, 2019 at 1:03 PM ^
What about Minnesota??
November 10th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
Minnesota is not in your Top 16?
November 10th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
Yeah. PSU at the four didn't pass the eye test, and made me question the process. Alabama has clearly been a little bit down for a while now, and it might be healthy if they did not make the playoff. About Clemson we just don't know, and that's a shame. I would say that OSU and LSU should just play for the championship this year, skip the shenanigans.
It's maybe worth noticing that the current system is in part designed to speak to the crazy inequality of schedules and conferences. In that landscape, the rise of a Minnesota or Illinois, the fall of AL, can only be signs of health. What other teams are on the rise/traditional powers falling?
November 10th, 2019 at 12:13 PM ^
Yeah. PSU at the four didn't pass the eye test, and made me question the process.
The process was "get OSU a killer resume boosting win", but instead the Gophers stole it. Michigan, right now, is a good but not great team that might be able to crest the upper edges of the top 10. PSU isn't even that good.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:59 PM ^
Penn st will drop like a stone.
November 10th, 2019 at 1:41 PM ^
Penn State plays Indiana next and that won't be easy.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
LSU, OSU, Clemson, Georgia
But the final rankings will be LSU, Clemson, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Cooler poopers will be up in arms again after they're beaten out by a 1 loss SEC team. If I put on my tinfoil hat I suspect the CFB wants to see an LSU-Alabama rematch for the viewz and takez.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:15 PM ^
LSU with OSU's cast off QB facing first year Urban replacing Coach Day's OSU team is clearly the most desirable game possible. They're going to do EVERYTHING possible to make that happen.
November 10th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
LSU
OSU
Clemson
Baylor
MN
BAMA
November 10th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
Alabama over Ohio State? Lmao get the fuck out.
1. LSU
2. OSU
3. Clemson
4. Oregon
To be clear, I think LSU would beat Oregon easily. However, I think Oregon is better than Georgia and deserves to be ranked 4th right now. If those four teams win out, that should be the playoff.
November 10th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
Oregon's only loss was in a very close one to Auburn. A turnover tipped the scales in that game, or Oregon would be undefeated now.
November 10th, 2019 at 1:01 PM ^
People criticize Alabama for not beating anyone (and rightly so) but Oregon has literally no wins over an FBS team with fewer than 4 losses. And squeaked by a mediocre Washington team, and a bad Wash St team.
November 10th, 2019 at 5:29 PM ^
I think the West is weak. So there.