NCAA Playoff Committee Rankings 2014 (Unranked)

[Cackalacky]

It will be interesting to see where Ole Miss will land with 2 losses. They lost to the #3 team in close game, but ND lost to #2 in a close, controversial game and it didn't matter; we ended up at #10.

If they stay in the top 10, then number of losses really don't matter. It's number of quality wins. At one point do your losses eclipse your quality wins?

Yeah. It's hard to say. Long said that ND was ranked there because of our good loss to FSU and lack of quality wins. Ole miss has still beaten two tops 25 teams and lost to two top 25 teams. Even with this they are more impressive than us.

 

[phork]

Well Arizona lost and ASU won so thats good. That sets up an important match up next week with both of us ranked in the 9-12 range. I know everyone is burning down the house and jumping off a bridge cause we just struggled like we always have against navy. I don't get why, we experience this every year, Navy will always be competitive against us and make it a tough game; you guys should understand that by now.

Anyway with the big match up next week, I'm still confident we will be in if we win out. Maybe Ole Miss is ahead of us next week, doesn't matter cause they wont be the following week if we beat ASU.

Thats the problem and I have been saying it for years. "holding" Navy to under 400 yards is not an accomplishment. There should be no excuse for it ever being a nail biter. I am just happy we can get out without many injuries caused by their shitty blocking.

 

[Irish Insanity]

Jeff Long reiterated yesterday that every week they wipe the slate clean and start all over again. I just don't see it. I don't see them completely ignoring where they slated teams the previous week. Also said they establish the rankings 3 at a time. Settle on the top 3 teams. When that's done move in to 4-6, and so on. I could see us fall to 12. Next week is a big week.

 

[irishfan]

--I think we're #9. We got lucky with #11 and #12 losing yesterday.

--If the committee wouldn't put a 2-loss LSU team ahead of any 1-loss Power-5 teams (besides Duke), then they won't put Ole Miss ahead of 1-loss teams with solid resumes. I bet Ole Miss is ranked #12-14. I'm curious to see if they'll be ahead of Nebraska/OSU.

--Oregon going 12-1 is starting to look inevitable. Only chance for a loss is at Utah this week or PAC-12 Champ game.

--TCU winning yesterday really sucked. Hope K-State can knock them off this week. If not, it's probably best for Baylor to go 11-1 and win the Big-12. The committee would essentially be forced to rank 11-1 Baylor ahead of 11-1 TCU, as they would've won conference and head-to-head. We can maybe get in over an 11-1 Baylor. I don't think we can jump an 11-1 TCU, although their resume is overrated IMO.

--I guess we should root for Ohio State this week against Mich State. Someone needs to remind the committee that MSU was outscored 28-3 in the 2nd half against Oregon. Not playoff-worthy.

--Pretty nervous about there being two 1-loss SEC West teams. I thought Miss State would lose to Bama and Ole Miss to end the year, but Ole Miss without Treadwell wont be much offensively.

--No idea if FSU losing would be good or bad for us. The committee is weird about head-to-head games. I'm actually pretty excited for the rankings on Tuesday.

--Thank god ASU won.

 

[Irish YJ]

I think we are 10 or 11. I do think Ole Miss drops behind us, but I certainly can see Baylor and AZSt passing us. I don't mind AZSt passing us obviously as it helps our case next week.

We are very fortunate that AZ and UGA lost.

 

[Irish Insanity]

^Kansas St may pass us too.

 

[Irish YJ]

^Kansas St may pass us too.

they already did?

 

[Irish Insanity]

they already did?

It's still early. Ignore that post.......lol

 

[Irish YJ]

It's still early. Ignore that post.......lol

Haven't had your coffee yet ;-)

 

[ACamp1900]

We will jump Ole Miss and Georgia will be in the rear view mirror now. Really need ASU to win tonight. I think if they lose we are pretty much toast.

The way their game ended, and the fact that they really didn't drop at all when they lost their first game,... I wouldn't be surprised at all if Ole Miss is still ahead of us.

 

[pumpdog20]

The way their game ended, and the fact that they really didn't drop at all when they lost their first game,... I wouldn't be surprised at all if Ole Miss is still ahead of us.

I think the committee demonstrated last week that the way a game ends has no bearing on how they rank you.

 

[Irish YJ]

dropped to 8 in both AP and Coaches

 

[KPENN]

Georgia only dropped to #17 in both and Florida got a vote in the AP poll. Lol

 

[Grahambo]

Well, normally I'd be pissed but the only ranking that matters comes out in two days.

 

[NCND]

Lol watch the Gurley not being there excuse pop up this week.

 

[KPENN]

Well, normally I'd be pissed but the only ranking that matters comes out in two days.

I'm not pissed. Just find it, more humorous.

 

[Grahambo]

I'm not pissed. Just find it, more humorous.

It really is. Win and still get jumped by a team who was off. UGA gets blasted by a crappy Florida team and is still Top 20.

 

[dad4aa]

This may be too optimistic, but I can't see Notre Dame not making the playoffs if we win out. Regardless of the close games to averag-bad opponents, all of the teams above us have had games like that. With ASU moving up this Tuesday, that would be a BIG quality win.

Most important, it would be hard to keep a team out whose only reason they are not undefeated is a controversial call at the end of the game that took away a game-winning touchdown against the undefeated defending national champs on their field. Couple that with wins over ASU and USC on the road and that should be good enough to get them in. If not, there are a lot of problems with this new system.

 

[dang227]

How does TCU move up from 10th to 6th in the AP poll after beating WVU? By all rights the only reason they won that game was because WVU completely pissed it away.


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[Who'saWildManNow]

It all depends on how the committee views our win. Navy is not your average 4-4 scrub but 39 points is just too much to give up here. Rutgers, Eastern Kentucky and OSU held them to much less.

We obviously had no problem scoring points but our defense, who ended up playing freshman (and a walk on LB #52) in critical positions at critical times failed to maintain focus and execution.

IMO this close call falls on BVGs prep and the youth all over the D. But as a fan I can't fathom why after playing this damn team 1000x we can't script a plan to get more than a few stops.

Besides the tradition, which I respect, this match up can only hurt us. We get no respect for thrashing them and every time our D turns over to youth we get either an embarrassing loss or a close win.

 

[Irish YJ]

This may be too optimistic, but I can't see Notre Dame not making the playoffs if we win out. Regardless of the close games to averag-bad opponents, all of the teams above us have had games like that. With ASU moving up this Tuesday, that would be a BIG quality win.

Most important, it would be hard to keep a team out whose only reason they are not undefeated is a controversial call at the end of the game that took away a game-winning touchdown against the undefeated defending national champs on their field. Couple that with wins over ASU and USC on the road and that should be good enough to get them in. If not, there are a lot of problems with this new system.

AZ St away would be a high quality win assuming they don't $#it the bed after we beat them. They could do us a solid by wining the South and beating Oregon in the Championship. Stanford is a low, but still quality win if they can win their last 4 games. USC could be a mid quality win away if they can win their last 2 Pac games. The South is still wide open with only one team having more than 2 conf losses.

The biggest challenge is we don't control our own destiny. We do need several folks to fall. The good news is, a lot of football to be played and every team except FSU have tough games ahead on their schedule.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Dang, I understand where you are coming from on TCU moving ahead of us. But, really look at what they have done. They are a better team than us that is why they are ahead of us.

Our best win is Stanford? Their best win is OK. Then their next is OK State and ours is North Carolina and we barely beat a weakish team.

They also have beaten Minnesota, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. Sorry, they are a better team than us, and we barely beat a Navy team. Pretty weak.

We have to go and destroy ASU to get the respect that we need, but looking at our defense right now is that really going to happen with a multi-faceted offense like ASU? We can surely beat them, but as banged up as our defense is it will be really hard.

Looking at it objectively I think TCU is better than us and understand why they are there. They struggled against a ranked WVU team, we struggled against a Navy team that lost to W. Kentucky.

 

[Irish YJ]

It all depends on how the committee views our win. Navy is not your average 4-4 scrub but 39 points is just too much to give up here. Rutgers, Eastern Kentucky and OSU held them to much less.

We obviously had no problem scoring points but our defense, who ended up playing freshman (and a walk on LB #52) in critical positions at critical times failed to maintain focus and execution.

IMO this close call falls on BVGs prep and the youth all over the D. But as a fan I can't fathom why after playing this damn team 1000x we can't script a plan to get more than a few stops.

Besides the tradition, which I respect, this match up can only hurt us. We get no respect for thrashing them and every time our D turns over to youth we get either an embarrassing loss or a close win.

Yes, and yes!!

Huge opportunity for injuries, and a distraction every year prepping for a type of O we only see once. I do respect the tradition, and love our connection to the Armed Forces, but it is one series I'd be happy if it went away. I'd be happy if we rotated all the Service teams instead of playing Navy every year.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Irish YJ, I think we could have controlled our own destiny if we stopped FSU in the 2nd half, and blown out the teams that we beat--but it was too close. If we would have really blown out teams it would have made our case much better. But, struggling against NC and Navy hurt us. The wins are the key, but when dealing with the playoff committee you have to do our part (win and win big IMO)

Just my opinion.

 

[ulukinatme]

I honestly wouldn't be too surprised if we won out and were held out of the playoff still. FSU is a lock, unless they lose a head scratcher. Oregon is likely in at this point having gotten past Stanford, I don't think ASU or UCLA will stop them. You know an SEC team or two will get in, we just don't know who yet. That leaves one spot, and there's a very good possibility TCU, Michigan State, or one of the SEC teams mentioned above takes it. We haven't been impressive in our wins this year. We've really only dominated two oppoents: Michigan and Rice, and they were the first two games back in September. Struggling with Navy, North Carolina, etc doesn't do well for our perception, even if we played a hell of a game against FSU in Tallahassee.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

There are 5 teams with one loss in front of us. There are five (other than Duke) below us. Given that our best win is against a 4 loss team, that seems pretty reasonable to me. I can't find a team we should be ahead...possibly Michigan State. But Baylor has a case for being ahead of us, given their win against TCU.

I don't know if we'll make it if we win out. But it'd be very close. As of right now, I think the polls are pretty fair.

 

[Irish YJ]

Irish YJ, I think we could have controlled our own destiny if we stopped FSU in the 2nd half, and blown out the teams that we beat--but it was too close. If we would have really blown out teams it would have made our case much better. But, struggling against NC and Navy hurt us. The wins are the key, but when dealing with the playoff committee you have to do our part (win and win big IMO)

Just my opinion.

Agree 1000%
An undeniable top 4 team doesn't struggle with Purdue, Navy, UNC, etc.. I can live with the close loss to FSU (we should have played better D in the 2H no doubt), but the ugly wins to crappy teams have put us in the hole. Our schedule looked like a gauntlet at the beginning of the year. Who knew teams with $hit the bed. Regardless, we need to take care of business, and unfortunately, make it look pretty. We did against Rice and UM, but since then, not many style points. In todays' playoff world,,, got to have some style.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Agree 1000%
An undeniable top 4 team doesn't struggle with Purdue, Navy, UNC, etc.. I can live with the close loss to FSU (we should have played better D in the 2H no doubt), but the ugly wins to crappy teams have put us in the hole. Our schedule looked like a gauntlet at the beginning of the year. Who knew teams with $hit the bed. Regardless, we need to take care of business, and unfortunately, make it look pretty. We did against Rice and UM, but since then, not many style points. In todays' playoff world,,, got to have some style.

That's no different in today's world than it was in 1989. Style and margin of victory has always mattered. If anything, the BCS designers tried to get rid of some of that as the years went by.

 

[nd_fan]

In the actual poll, at MOST ND will be move up 1 spot. So we are probably looking at number 9

 

[Irish YJ]

In the actual poll, at MOST ND will be move up 1 spot. So we are probably looking at number 9

Baylor and AZ St could easily jump us. I wouldn't be shocked after our performance. I will be pi$$ed however if Ole Miss is still ahead of us.