There was only one team conceivably in position to be bumped out, and that was SMU who was 11-2. Bama is already right on the cusp, and would be picking up their third loss. They won't move up with a loss - and 2 spots will be taken by ACC/G5. So they either will get in by the skin of their teeth, or be dropped one spot and out. I can see an argument either way.
If we can beat OSU at all (unclear) we have as good or better a chance in the second round than later on. And if we can't beat them, I'm not sure anyone else can. I wouldn't think the odds of them getting bumped are much better than the odds of us beating them.
Must be good to outplay yourself.
Sorry, I should have been more clear with my dangling modifiers. Alabama completely outplayed Oklahoma. Outgained them by 200 yards. Alabama is not that great either.
I don’t follow other teams as closely but did any conference championship game loser have more than two loses last year?
This is obviously right and how most people understand the process but technically it’s a blank slate each week, and it’s not crazy to think that we land further back the list when they redo the rankings with our loss to A&M and our win against Pitt looking a lot worse than they did last week.
Irishffffuckingnegativeabouteverythingallthetime being a degenerate better who slams the line on ND no matter how absurd makes so much sense.
Our win against USC is looking better, Miami's loss to SMU is looking worse, our win against Boise looks better, Miami's loss to Louisville looks better, and on and on. You can tie yourself up into knots trying to extrapolate results out that way. I just don't see any results yesterday that could be used to justify dropping us - especially when the actual on-field performances by two teams around us were visibly below average.
Going to be fascinating to see how the committee handles this one.
Ole Miss too
I also don’t understand. Media/fans are talking like Miami jumping ND would mean ND also gets jumped by Bama. I’m not sure what has possibly changed since last week for Bama to be over ND. I guess maybe the Vandy win looking better, and our Pitt win and A&M loss looking worse? Doesn’t seem like enough. I do think Bama would of course jump us if they beat UGA next week
I don't think Bama is a lock at all. Everyone points to last year but unless I'm forgetting something, no conference title game loser that made the playoffs entered into the game with 2 losses and already on the bubble. If Bama takes a third loss how do you justify keeping them ahead of Miami? Maybe they'll point to Miami's bad losses, I'm not sure. I'm not saying they're for sure out, but Bama is not a lock to me.
No, valid point.
I hate punishing the kids, but I don't know how you can put a team with only half a coaching staff in the playoff.
It's absolute bullshit for the players. I feel horrible for them.
I think there's a chance they get dropped altogether.
SMU losing to a team that the week prior lost bigly to Stanford, certainly helps.
It’s the same issue as FSU a few years back. This is why I dislike the committee. Regardless of what happens with Kiffin and staff, you cannot punish them despite success for the season.
