Aug 31 | Texas A&M

[Cackalacky2.0]

? - Seeds 5 through 8 are first round hosts...

Sorry. I mistyped that. Ihad in my head we'd be on the road. You are right. We would get a home game in those rankings.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Also since we're playing the comparison game: If we both win out, A&Ms 2nd best win (LSU) will have lost to our 3rd(?) best win (USC)

T AMs best win would be the CCG (likely UGA) and then potentially Texas, then LSU which can still end up two total losses without a CCG appearance.

 

[irishjim]

I'll bet my mortgage ND doesnt finish higher than 8th in the playoff seeding at 11-1 and that at least 1 three loss team (2 losses in conference) from the SEC, or Big10 is in the playoffs.

Currently this is the Playoff projection:

1. Georgia (SEC)
2. Ohio State (Big Ten)
3. Clemson (ACC)
4. BYU (Big 12)
5. Boise State (Group of Five)
6. Texas (at-large)
7. Tennessee (at-large)
8. Texas A&M (at-large
9. Oregon (at-large)
10. Penn State (at-large)
11. Miami (at-large)
12. Notre Dame (at-large)

That is at least 4 SEC, 3 Big10, 2 ACC and the conference champions from the Big 1 and Power 5. We will be the lowest ranked at large team even at 11-1.

Boise State won't climb high enough to be the 5 seed IMO, they will end up the 12 seed. But you're right in that the Big 10/SEC machines will keep those teams above ND, making us travel in first round if certain teams finish strong. We probably want Penn St to beat Ohio State to give them 2 losses for hope to ND to jump them. Also we want Tenneesse to lose more games. The Texas schools will could both get in but one should be below us.

 

[greyhammer90]

T AMs best win would be the CCG (likely UGA) and then potentially Texas, then LSU which can still end up two total losses without a CCG appearance.

We're talking regular season. I already said that if they win the CCG they should pass us, because they will have one more win and it will presumably be quality.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

We're talking regular season. I already said that if they win the CCG they should pass us, because they will have one more win and it will presumably be quality.

If they win out they will jump us in the polls for sure. And I say they should. Part this reasoning is our weak schedule partially unforseen due to FSU and USC sucking ass and partailly due to our unforgivable loss at home to a MAC team. Moving on.

 

[BeatSC]

Not sure what our SOS looked like back in 1993 but we beat FSU in the game of the century and we dominated them almost the whole game until we allowed it to get close but in the end we prevailed only to get Screwed and FSU got handed the NC because the media was tired of Lou’s schtick and poor old wide right Bobby Bowden had never won the big one.
In the end if we win our next 7 games we are the national champs. Maybe we catch a break and someone takes out GA like Michigan was taken out by a lucky AF TCU team two years ago.

ND 1993 national champs!

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Boise State won't climb high enough to be the 5 seed IMO, they will end up the 12 seed. But you're right in that the Big 10/SEC machines will keep those teams above ND, making us travel in first round if certain teams finish strong. We probably want Penn St to beat Ohio State to give them 2 losses for hope to ND to jump them. Also we want Tenneesse to lose more games. The Texas schools will could both get in but one should be below us.

That is the current layout based on performance up to this week. Im not sure how they would look at a 1-loss power 5 team versus 1 loss ND with our schedule this year. It would be close

 

[zelezo vlk]

If A&M wins the SEC yes they will be ranked ahead of ND. If they pick up another loss in SEC Championship game, I'm not sure how they will be ranked ahead of ND with 2 losses, considering the H2H loss.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Boise State won't climb high enough to be the 5 seed IMO, they will end up the 12 seed. But you're right in that the Big 10/SEC machines will keep those teams above ND, making us travel in first round if certain teams finish strong. We probably want Penn St to beat Ohio State to give them 2 losses for hope to ND to jump them. Also we want Tenneesse to lose more games. The Texas schools will could both get in but one should be below us.

Tennessee has UK, UGA, Vandy, MSU, and UTEP. Potentially could end up with 2 more losses to UGA and UK. UGA wont drop out of the Top 10 with a loss to Tennessee.
PSU wont drop out of the top 10 with a loss to OSU and vice versa.

If Texas wins beats TAM and TAM wins out up to that game, I can forsee both Teams making the playoff.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

If A&M wins the SEC yes they will be ranked ahead of ND. If they pick up another loss in SEC Championship game, I'm not sure how they will be ranked ahead of ND with 2 losses, considering the H2H loss.

They two losses would be against ND and a SEC conference champion. I can easily for see them making the playoffs and possibly being a higher ranked team than ND. One thing we have to consider is the teams will be seeded based on other factors like matchups and tv viewership as well.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

I'll bet my mortgage ND doesnt finish higher than 8th in the playoff seeding at 11-1 and that at least 1 three loss team (2 losses in conference) from the SEC, or Big10 is in the playoffs.

Currently this is the Playoff projection:

1. Georgia (SEC)
2. Ohio State (Big Ten)
3. Clemson (ACC)
4. BYU (Big 12)
5. Boise State (Group of Five)
6. Texas (at-large)
7. Tennessee (at-large)
8. Texas A&M (at-large
9. Oregon (at-large)
10. Penn State (at-large)
11. Miami (at-large)
12. Notre Dame (at-large)

That is at least 4 SEC, 3 Big10, 2 ACC and the conference champions from the Big 1 and Power 5. We will be the lowest ranked at large team even at 11-1.

5 vs 12? Give me a road game at Boise for the 1st round of the playoffs all day and 2x on Sat.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

5 vs 12? Give me a road game at Boise for the 1st round of the playoffs all day and 2x on Sat.

No thanks, actually lol. Weird voodoo shit there. Tough place to play. No need to settle for 12th seed anyways if ND keeps throttling teams, they could and should be hosting a December football game.

 

[greyhammer90]

No thanks, actually lol. Weird voodoo shit there. Tough place to play. No need to settle for 12th seed anyways if ND keeps throttling teams, they could and should be hosting a December football game.

Would you like to win Cack's house?

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Would you like to win Cack's house?

Could do with some investment real estate....

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

TAMU goes on the road to South Carolina this weekend, who rolled OU going into their bye week prior to this game. SCAR put up good fights against LSU and Alabama as well.

Could be a prime example of a trap game.

 

[arrowryan]

Unless Notre Dame loses a second game, A&M should never be ranked ahead of ND. They could be playing the Chiefs and the Bills; I don’t care how hard their schedule is. Head to head has to matter.

With that being said, A&M will absolutely be ranked ahead of ND at some point just because of their conference logo.

 

[stlnd01]

I mean for real……there is no way with our loss and remaining stupid schedule that we move any higher than 8th in the polls by end of year. There are at least 8 multi loss big 10 ACC and SEC schools that will end up ahead of us.

Sorry but I see no way a two-loss ACC team finishes ahead of us. Probably not a Big Ten team either except maybe maybe Ohio State. SEC would depend on who they beat. I suppose Bama or Georgia could pull it off.
Regardless there isn’t going to be eight multi-loss teams ranked ahead of a one-loss Notre Dame. That’s just silly.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Could do with some investment real estate....

It would be a good in to an extremely difficult place to find a home in.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

Sorry but I see no way a two-loss ACC team finishes ahead of us. Probably not a Big Ten team either except maybe maybe Ohio State. SEC would depend on who they beat. I suppose Bama or Georgia could pull it off.
Regardless there isn’t going to be eight multi-loss teams ranked ahead of a one-loss Notre Dame. That’s just silly.

Bookmarked.

 

[stlnd01]

Bookmarked.

I’m curious who you think these eight two-loss teams would be?

 

[FDNYIrish1]

aTm damn lucky they didn’t schedule NIU this year.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I’m curious who you think these eight two-loss teams would be?

Depending on how the season plays out...
Oregon, PSU, OSU, UGA, TAM, Texas/Tennessee, Miami and Clemson.

 

[NDFAN2008]

What's hilarious is someone was saying 2 loss LSU is still in it. I beg to differ. If that's the case then if we would lose to Army and win out we would get in ahead of LSU. We would have two common opponents with wins vs their losses.

 

[JadedDomer]

What's hilarious is someone was saying 2 loss LSU is still in it. I beg to differ. If that's the case then if we would lose to Army and win out we would get in ahead of LSU. We would have two common opponents with wins vs their losses.

I think #16 is still in it at this point. Keep in mind, in the first CFB poll when we had only 4 teams, OSU was ranked #16. They made the playoffs and won it all. It just goes to show how much inevitable shake up is in front of us. ND couldn't be in a better spot all things considered.

 

[drayer54]

aTm damn lucky they didn’t schedule NIU this year.

My wife is an Aggie. I keep hearing about NIU. She keeps hearing about how our glorious win in the beautiful Kyle Field.

Depending on how the season plays out...
Oregon, PSU, OSU, UGA, TAM, Texas/Tennessee, Miami and Clemson.

UGA/ Texas/OSU Oregon- maybe
Win and in, IMHO

 

[Huntr]

Depending on how the season plays out...
Oregon, PSU, OSU, UGA, TAM, Texas/Tennessee, Miami and Clemson.

No way. Maybe Oregon, UGA, Texas. None of the others. Maybe, MAYBE, OSU.

Primarily because these losses would come so late in the season and we have plenty of evidence saying losing late is worse than losing early.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

No way. Maybe Oregon, UGA, Texas. None of the others. Maybe, MAYBE, OSU.

Primarily because these losses would come so late in the season and we have plenty of evidence saying losing late is worse than losing early.

Again I’m saying it’s possible that the higher ranked teams lose their Coach and don’t drop out very far. Obviously so much depends on the rest of the games.

 

[stlnd01]

Depending on how the season plays out...
Oregon, PSU, OSU, UGA, TAM, Texas/Tennessee, Miami and Clemson.

If Miami loses two games, who have they beaten? Clemson and Penn State, same. The loser of the Texas/A&M game won’t have much in the wins department either.

Now, we don’t have a pile of great wins ourselves so I could see these teams getting in ahead of us if we finish with the same record. But if we’re a game ahead of them in the loss column we’ll be fine.

 

[TracyGraham]

Tennessee has UK, UGA, Vandy, MSU, and UTEP. Potentially could end up with 2 more losses to UGA and UK. UGA wont drop out of the Top 10 with a loss to Tennessee.
PSU wont drop out of the top 10 with a loss to OSU and vice versa.

If Texas wins beats TAM and TAM wins out up to that game, I can forsee both Teams making the playoff.

I agree PSU wont drop out of the top 10 with a loss, but I have to assume a 2 loss OSU team will. Gotta hope PSU pulls off the upset. As of now I assume ND will be fine, but If they keep a 2 loss OSU team in the top 10, it could be an uphill battle making the playoffs because there will potentially be a lot of 2 loss teams they could put ahead of us if that is the case. Then we'd have to worry about Bama/LSU, TN/GA, TAM/TX, etc.

 

[ulukinatme]

I'm okay if a bunch of paper tigers like PSU and Miami get into the playoff having not played many tough teams. We're more tested, we'll take them.