A few of these have wins that are assumed. Notre Dame and Stanford are the only real toss ups. LSU is beating aTm pretty good right now, Clemson is going to win, and Washington is beating the shit out of wazzu so it's a safe assumption they won that.
>1. Oklahoma (11-1) >2. Auburn (10-2) >3. Alabama (11-1) >4. Clemson (11-1) >5. Wisconsin (12-0) >6. Georgia (11-1) >7. Miami (FL) (10-1) >8. Notre Dame (assuming they win) (10-2) >9. TCU (10-2) >10. Ohio St (10-2) >11. USC (10-2) >12. UCF (11-0) (the win against USF was huge, and I think the committee will agree to hump them up some, the AAC has had a few really good years so far) >13. Washington (10-2) >14. LSU (9-3) >15. OK St (9-3) >16. Michigan St (9-3) >17. Wazzu (9-3) >18. VA Tech (9-3) >19. Memphis (10-1) >20. Northwestern (9-3) >21. San Diego St (9-2) >22. Troy (9-2) >23. Toledo (10-2) >24. NC St (8-4) >25. Stanford (8-4)
What makes this really tough is all the 9-3 and 8-4 teams right now. Anyone else have their predictions?
Nathaniel Jenkins
first for Clemson
Brayden Walker
Chokelahoma is getting way too much credit. They won't make it past playoffs
Clemson Win/Oklahoma Win/Wisconsin Win/Auburn Loss Clemson Oklahoma Georgia Wisconsin
Clemson Win/Oklahoma Win/Wisconsin Loss/Auburn Loss Clemson Oklahoma Georgia Ohio St.
Clemson Loss/Oklahoma Win/Wisconsin Win/Auburn Loss Oklahoma Miami Wisconsin Georgia
Clemson Loss/Oklahoma Loss/Wisconsin Loss/Auburn Win Miami Auburn Ohio St. Oklahoma
Jordan Ross
These are the only situations where Alabama is not in the playoffs. I didn't want to imagine the 11 situations in which Alabama got in the playoffs.
Angel Barnes
So no scenario does Alabama stay in the top 4? Why not? I get the schedule was weak but Wisconsin had a far weaker schedule and I highly doubt that they would be in the top 4 if Ohio St beats them
Christopher King
. Auburn (10-2) . Clemson (11-1) do you even watch the fucking games you stupid nigger?
does >Clemson 14 >Auburn 6 ring a bell?
Kayden Myers
don't be such a bitch-ass faggot
did clemson beat 2 #1s?
no? that's right, they didn't
Eli White
Wasn't Penn State 10th? They're not going to become unranked you dip
Robert Morales
>Losing to Syracuse, but is still a #2 team Nah mate. That loss is going to bite them in the ass, especially if they can't beat Miami definitively. If it ends up being close, or they lose, no way Clemson will be in the top 4. Auburn has the most impressive schedule of the two. Clemson had a really easy schedule aside from auburn and va tech
Isaiah Rivera
Oh shit, sorry. I guess put them at 10 and then everyone else goes down one, Troy or Toledo come out and NC state stays 25
Nicholas Ortiz
For those of you saying Alabama could be left out (as nice as that would be) please note that the committee put in aOSU over Penn State, and that likely Auburn will get Penn Stated and that the only saving grace that Auburn has is that its win over Bama comes at the end of the season
Evan Hughes
Except Ohio State beat three teams that finished the regular season in the top 8 and Bama has beaten no one
Landon Williams
>Week 2 >no offense yet >defense held Clemson to 14 points at home >still only lost by 8 points in Death Valley
Auburn would murder Clemson right now in a playoff game. It wouldn't even be close.
Sebastian Peterson
Hypotheticals do not outweigh actual results
Joshua Powell
They have a better record and they beat >us head to head. >We have no business being ranked ahead of them.
Gabriel Cook
BCS era is dead. Teams who improve throughout the season are being rewarded now. Don't be surprised to see Auburn at 1 or 2 next rankings.
Caleb Martinez
Penn State's two early losses didn't just disappear.
What makes you think Auburn's will? >We'll certainly make the playoff if we win the SECCG but putting >us ahead of a team that has a better record than us and beat us head to head is ridiculous.
Aaron Brooks
What would make you think Clemson isn't improving
I'm a B1Gfag but you SEC morons are unabashedly delusional
Joshua Cooper
>Penn State just disappears off the board from rank 10 which will be at least rank 8 after Notre dame loses >Miami that high >Usc that high >Alabama not rank 4-6 Are you autistic?
these are the only teams with a prayer of making the CFP top 4
Nathan Johnson
also, wazzu's 3 losses have been blowouts.
no way are they top 20 after tonight's big time loss to washington
Charles Brown
Penn State lost too late in the season. Lost 2 of the most important games of their season. On the otherhand, Auburn won their 2 biggest games of the season. Higher quality wins, strength of schedule.
Jose Green
I meant last year. But fuck analogies for a second.
11-1 Clemson beat 10-2 Auburn 14-6
Clemson > Auburn
and I am an Auburn student
Brayden Foster
Clemson literally beat Auburn. This season. I don't know how you can even pretend to be reasonable, I know what you're attempting to argue but it's simply invalid because it's sheer conjecture.
Alexander Myers
I agree Penn State got cucked last season. They should have been in. >11-1 Clemson beat 10-2 Auburn 14-6 No, 1-0 Clemson beat 1-0 Auburn 14-6.
Connor Carter
It's the same fucking team you asshole. You have to look at the entire season instead of the last three games.
Ethan Thompson
I'm just saying what the committee will be thinking when they make the new rankings. This is how college football is now. If you watch any of the analysts on ESPN, they are saying the exact same thing.
Jonathan Parker
Auburn in week 2 is not the same Auburn team today. What are you on about?
Owen Perry
That is not what the committee will be saying. They are not so insane as to suggest that we need to start carving up ONE SEASON piecemeal in order to extrapolate data from 2 or 3 game stretches.
This is what you hope they will be saying. If they were so down on Clemson they would not have stayed in the top 4 after losing to Syracuse.
Angel Martinez
They literally are. They are both 2017 Auburn. Auburn's record is 10-2 and all of those games count.
Juan Thomas
3-3 Syracuse beat 6-0 Clemson
Syracuse > Clemson
and I am a Clemson student
Evan Peterson
tl;dr Bama will get Penn State Auburn because CFP is all about muh shekels
Luis Hall
wrong
syracuse has way more losses that outweigh the head to head
Noah Butler
auburn has way more wins against #1 teams that outweigh the head to head
Christopher Stewart
1.Wisconsin 2. UCF - The rest all are faggot losers who don't matter.
Charles Rodriguez
Notre Dame would bootybla...well y’all know the rest of the meme by now
Isaiah Sanders
Better argument.
Auburn has: wins over Alabama, Georgia (only losses for those teams) losses to Clemson, LSU (9-3, lost to Troy)
Clemson has: win over Auburn loss to Syracuse (4-8)
It's pretty close. I think you have to give it to Clemson for the head to head.
Logan Wright
If UCF goes undefeated, the committee should move them up to top 4. It feels wrong that an undefeated team might not get a chance to compete for a title.
Nicholas Adams
Oh look
Auburn with only "signature wins" against other SEC teams (at home) and a loss to the only decent OOC team they played
But thanks to the SEC effect giving SEC teams across the board +5 ranking it looks like Auburn are world beaters
Luis Rodriguez
Muh quality win over #14 Mississippi State
Jackson Green
Georgia and Bama are still probably top 8 teams. That gives Auburn easily the most impressive wins this season.
Christopher Kelly
>Row row row your boat
Jacob Hall
A non-power 5 is too weak of a schedule, even undefeated, unless they have a major non-conference win against a power 5 with a 8+ win record.
Doesn't apply to UCF, but they'll get a good bowl - shit, they may get Bama.
Dylan Johnson
/thread
Angel Williams
Georgia with their "signature win" in a tight one against Notre Poop Your Pants Dame (also btfo by Stanford)
Bama with their signature win against soon to be unranked Mississippi State and community college Mercer
Jaxson Wood
The committee already said they're treating the cuse game as a half loss because clemson was playing with their backup qb
Josiah Lewis
and still probably top 8 teams
Carson Lee
they are not. Early season team =/= late season team
Elijah Rodriguez
Maybe undeservedly
for instance, Miami looked far more convincing against Notre Dame, but are conspicuously ranked below Georgia
why?
Samuel Ramirez
>if x was y then z Just make it an 8 team playoff already
Eli Gutierrez
Because everyone knows Notre Dame is shit
Lucas Reyes
The SEC is good and the ACC is shit. No matter how much you cry about it, it won't change the truth.
Isaiah Sanders
so what is a Georgia exactly
a team that has beaten no one but SEC dregs
Brayden Wright
the entire season counts, user
that's why those games happen
Benjamin Bailey
I'm not trying to discredit Clemson. They're clearly a great team and I'd personally rank them above Auburn.
Michael Rodriguez
but user, Miami is ranked above Georgia
Christopher Anderson
Do they?
Jordan Scott
yes, that's why Auburn's record is 10-2 instead of 5-0
Evan Jones
If Auburn is better than Clemson now, why give credit to an irrelevant game that happened months ago?
Jason Hughes
We'll see when the rankings come out.
Aiden Barnes
Because that is how you break virtual ties
There is nothing more directly relevant than H2H in that scenario
Adrian Parker
The SEC was absolute garbage this year, but to say beating Bama isn't a signature win is absurd. Georgia is understandable because the SEC East was a fucking joke this year.
Christopher Gonzalez
because they're not playing the national championship game now, they're playing it weeks from now, so you have to reward long term longevity over current "hot streaks".
Logan Richardson
This isn't a virtual tie. Auburn is better than Clemson.
Jose Peterson
The most accurate one I've seen.
Owen Long
Auburn has 2 losses, and Clemson has 1. And Clemson beat them head to head. This is the easiest tie breaker ever.
Sebastian Cook
Auburn has an actual schedule, Clemson has played baby mode and barely won with a loss to a sub .500 team.
Xavier Morris
>Auburn has an actual schedule
indeed, looks like they scheduled a tough OOC opponent, let's go see how they did
ah, lost to them. Clemson, the team that showed they were better than them and are going to be ranked ahead of them by any sane committee of objective individuals.
Wyatt Perry
Not the same Auburn team
Grayson Sullivan
Proof that nothing is off limits for Sup Forums arguments
Carter Williams
Since a couple months ago they got a whole new team? Same players, same coaches, same team. Some teams get better as the year goes on, some get worse, but a loss is still a loss
Also, lol at anyone who thinks Bama is out. Although their schedule isn't brutal, they had some pretty decent matchups. Scheduling FSU at the very start of the year was a pretty bold move. I expect Bama to be #4.
Owen Nelson
Intent isn't reality. Alabama had an awful SoS.
Ryder Lee
The Committee also has a huge bias for Alabama, which is another reason I think they'll get in.
Also, do you know how much $$$ a iron bowl rematch for the natty would bring in?
Cooper Long
Goddamn you're fucking dumb
Henry Carter
Not that much since the markets are very regionalized and no one wants to see endless SEC rematches contrary to what SECfags believe
Camden Adams
>refusing to schedule home-and-home in favor of one off neutral site bullshit games >bold move
kek
Blake Lee
>whole new team No, but they completely changed their offense and it has clearly made a difference. Yes a loss is a loss, but this is the entire reason the playoffs were introduced to college football. Look at other sports in which teams start off with a bad season, improve significantly, and then go on to dominate the playoffs and even win championships. The BCS relied too heavily on the fact that every team is the exact same on week 1 as they are in week 12.
Jaxson Smith
You should win your conference if you want in the playoffs. Alabama failed to do that.
Bentley James
College football doesn't have the benefit of a 100 game sample size. That is why each individual game is so important.
Any other basic facts you'd like pointed out
Luis Reyes
No but clemson did beat 4 ranked teams.
William Peterson
You are retarded. Miami win guarantees a in. Especially when you beat Auburn.
Carter Morgan
In this thread we see BAMA fans are delusional and can't accept they are out. Fuck off it's about time you faggots get knocked off the high ground.
Kayden Bell
I did the math.
OU wins/W wins OU + W make playoffs
OU Wins/W loses OU + Bama make playoffs
OU Lose/W wins W + Bama make playoffs
OU Lose/W Lose Bama + OST make playoffs
Bama still has a 75% chance of making the playoffs.
Jayden Sanders
1.Oklahoma 2.Clemson 3.Wisconsin 4.Auburn
This is final ranking for tomorrow. Deal with it.
Ayden Thompson
No they don't. Ohio State would get in before bama. Tell Nick Satan to actually play real teams instead of easiest schedule in league.
Mason Rogers
OU Wins/W Loses isn't an automatic shoo in for Bama. Still a better chance of them getting in that Oh St. in that case but I give Ohio State a 40% chance of making it if they beat Wisconsin. Even better if they destroy them.
Easton Howard
>people think teams who don't win their conference should go to playoffs
Hudson Barnes
NFL has a 100 game sample size?
Dominic Morgan
Fun fact did you know no team has defeated two number ones in the same season till now. It cost your best player though.
Angel Reyes
If Georgia beats Auburn then its over for Bama. If Auburn beats Georgia and Ohio State beats Wisconsin. Bama has a slight chance to get in.
Ethan Mitchell
Are we talking about a 12/32 team playoff system with objective qualification criteria
Does Alabama teach big words like that?
Colton Russell
Blowhio State did last year and promptly got trashed.
Nathan Ward
Stidham is more than capable of taking over for Johnson, especially against Georgia. In fact, it's probably better because having Johnson in as QB is basically a giveaway that he will keep the ball.
Juan Murphy
Ohio State literally has most espn homers I've ever seen. That suck their dicks hard. I guess its because they are the only yankee team that can manage to get in playoffs.
Jacob Kelly
You don't think CFB is headed in that direction? People have already called for an 8 team playoff system. The game is changing. Also, don't even live in AL but nice insult.
Jace Cooper
Also because Urban Meyer
Jack Rodriguez
I thought we were talking about the 2017 college football season
Luis Edwards
U have to respect Johnson as a weapon on defense. Take him away and it’s hunting season for the dawg defense. I hope johnson will be healthy but he looked pretty bad with that shoulder.