[homie1975]

Bama would have lost to Georgia, who would be a top 3 team
Okla lost to Texas and Oh St lost to Purdue badly
Bama blew everyone else out of the water while Okla and Ohio St barely beat terrible teams all year long
Not even close

It's moot because bama won't get blown out. They might lose, but not by a blowout.

[maggiethebestdog]

It's moot because bama won't get blown out. They might lose, but not by a blowout.

I don't think so either, but even if it happens they are in

[Slipknot26]

Not sure why people argue the this and that's .
Nobody has a clue how it all pans out
Bama , Ohio State and Clemson could all lose next week . Granted it's not likely but no reason in the "what if's" and especially trying to say what someone else (committee members) are going to do .

[homie1975]

Feel like this is all leading to an 8-team playoff. 5 Automatic qualifiers from Conf Champions, 1 top Mid-major, + 2 at-large teams.

This year, the top mid-major would be UCF. Top 2 at-large teams would be Michigan + Georgia.

Per the current rankings lsu would get an at large but maybe they lost at tex a&m tonight. I haven't checked

[thetrinity]

the sec refs would love to rig a bama loss on saturday to get 2 teams in again

[jjgold]

Oklahoma has to win and not give up a ton of points to get in

[thetrinity]

Feel like this is all leading to an 8-team playoff. 5 Automatic qualifiers from Conf Champions, 1 top Mid-major, + 2 at-large teams.

This year, the top mid-major would be UCF. Top 2 at-large teams would be Michigan + Georgia.

will happen soon enough without the group of 5 team, however ucf would make it this year with a win saturday

would look something like bama vs pac12 winner
oklahoma vs ohio st
clemson vs georgia
notre dame vs ucf

michigan would not be in most likely, notre dame ucf and georgia would be your wild cards

[LT Profits]

We should have a contest where guys predict the New Year's Six matchups BEFORE the kick-off of next weekend's Championships.

[thetrinity]

Oklahoma has to win and not give up a ton of points to get in

remember that oklahoma is playing texas and has a chance to avenge their only loss and ohio st is playing northwestern, will be a lot tougher to put in ohio st over them on style points

[daneblazer]

[7deuceoff$uit]

Is ND an absolute lock for a playoff spot? If Georgia beats Bama by a fg, Clemson wins the ACC and either Oh St or OU wins their conf by a blowout, does ND get booted?

[jjgold]

Nd a lock 1000000000%

[ikid2groove415]

1.bama 2.clemson 3.ND 4.Ohio st/Oklahoma - There’s no way Georgia gets in with 2 lost and there not beating Alabama Case closed !!!

[homie1975]

remember that oklahoma is playing texas and has a chance to avenge their only loss and ohio st is playing northwestern, will be a lot tougher to put in ohio st over them on style points

Texas ranked 14. Nwestern ranked 19. Not a lot of difference so both okla and osu need to win and look good doing so

[homie1975]

Is ND an absolute lock for a playoff spot? If Georgia beats Bama by a fg, Clemson wins the ACC and either Oh St or OU wins their conf by a blowout, does ND get booted?

like Coach Said, ND is a 1000000000% lock to make the playoff. It is done. They are in. ZERO chance they get left out. SOS is strong and they went undefeated. Done deal.

[LT Profits]

Is ND an absolute lock for a playoff spot? If Georgia beats Bama by a fg, Clemson wins the ACC and either Oh St or OU wins their conf by a blowout, does ND get booted?

Yes. Notre Dame and Alabama are already locks to be in, maybe even Clemson too! If Alabama loses, Georgia is fourth team. If Clemson loses, they probably still get in as a 4-seed. If Bama wins as expected, the Ohio State/Oklahoma debate begins.

[ikid2groove415]

Yes. Notre Dame and Alabama are already locks to be in, maybe even Clemson too! If Alabama loses, Georgia is fourth team. If Clemson loses, they probably still get in as a 4-seed. If Bama wins as expected, the Ohio State/Oklahoma debate begins.

I don’t think Clemson gets in if they lose - Bama is the only team that can lose and get in

[homie1975]

Yes. Notre Dame and Alabama are already locks to be in, maybe even Clemson too! If Alabama loses, Georgia is fourth team. If Clemson loses, they probably still get in as a 4-seed. If Bama wins as expected, the Ohio State/Oklahoma debate begins.

if clemson loses to pittsburgh they are out. i would wager on it.

[homie1975]

I don’t think Clemson gets in if they lose - Bama is the only team that can lose and get in

agree 100%

[LT Profits]

if clemson loses to pittsburgh they are out. i would wager on it.

agree 100%

It would presumably be Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma all with one loss and Clemson has been #2 all year, they would probably get in. But unlike Michigan yesterday, I feel safe in saying we will not have to worry about it.

[homie1975]

It would presumably be Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma all with one loss and Clemson has been #2 all year, they would probably get in. But unlike Michigan yesterday, I feel safe in saying we will not have to worry about it.

[ikid2groove415]

It would presumably be Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma all with one loss and Clemson has been #2 all year, they would probably get in. But unlike Michigan yesterday, I feel safe in saying we will not have to worry about it.

Losing late never helps

[ikid2groove415]

Either way clemson isn’t losing ACC blows

[KRIT]

Clemson isn’t losing but if they do I think it would be closer than you think between them and the other one loss teams.

[homie1975]

Clemson isn’t losing but if they do I think it would be closer than you think between them and the other one loss teams.

i agree, very close. 2007 lsu lost two games late in season then still made the BCS title game. 2017 alabama lost to auburn last game of year then make the CFP.

it all depends on who we are comparing them to and if the comparison is to 1 loss OU and 1 loss tOSU then yes the comparisons are favorable to Clemson

now, if PITT blows them out by some fluke then all bets are off. Clemson would be in big trouble because the optics would be very bad as the committee is deliberating

[thomorino]

Pitt is horrible, they aren't losing, the real debate will be if Bama loses, Georgia has a much better shot than Pitt.

[maggiethebestdog]

If Clemson loses and Bama wins they should just cancel the playoff and give the title to Bama

[homie1975]

AP poll has Oklahoma 5th and ohio st 6th FWIW

[turksure]

Texas has good d. Not sure thing with okla

are you joking, OU best off in county with worst defense

[BigDofBA]

The perception that Ohio State is a more complete team than Oklahoma is non-sense. Ohio State’s defense is just as bad they just play in an overrated league that’s full of teams that still play offense like it’s 1955.

OU is better than Ohio State in all of these categories.

Wins over ranked teams.
FPI
Strength of Shedule
Strength of Record

OU lost one game to a top 10 rival on a last second FG. Ohio State lost by 29 to unranked 6-6 Purdue.

Maryland scores 51 on OSU
Purdue scores 49 on OSU

TCU, a bad Big 12 offense, had over 500 yards against OSU. OU held TCU to 275 yards.

Everything favors OU plus they have the only QB in the country that can actually cause Bama problems.

[homie1975]

The perception that Ohio State is a more complete team than Oklahoma is non-sense. Ohio State’s defense is just as bad they just play in an overrated league that’s full of teams that still play offense like it’s 1955.

OU is better than Ohio State in all of these categories.

Wins over ranked teams.
FPI
Strength of Shedule
Strength of Record

OU lost one game to a top 10 rival on a last second FG. Ohio State lost by 29 to unranked 6-6 Purdue.

Maryland scores 51 on OSU
Purdue scores 49 on OSU

TCU, a bad Big 12 offense, had over 500 yards against OSU. OU held TCU to 275 yards.

Everything favors OU plus they have the only QB in the country that can actually cause Bama problems.

game. set. match. now go beat texas convincingly and hope ohio state does not beat northwestern by 30 and you are in

[ikid2groove415]

Pitt is horrible, they aren't losing, the real debate will be if Bama loses, Georgia has a much better shot than Pitt.

Georgia been overrated all year - play 1 good team LSU and got humiliated - no way they beat Alabama

[homie1975]

Georgia been overrated all year - play 1 good team LSU and got humiliated - no way they beat Alabama

look at their sched and the strength of the teams they played and beat including Florida and Kentucky. they beat some good teams Bro. their #4 ranking is deserved right now.

[BigDofBA]

I forgot to add that Ohio State also gave up 400 yards at home to a very bad Oregon State team. So they essentially get lit up when they play OOC even if it’s a bad team....the Big 10 is jut so overrated.

Anyway, the three best team’s in the country are as follows.

1. Bama
2. Clemson

Then a gap
3. Georgia

Then another gap.

4. Oklahoma
5. Notre Dame
6. Ohio State
7. LSU
8. Texas/Michigan

Just my opinion. OU will at least give everyone an entertaining game against Bama because they’ll score points. Kyler Murray will give Bama the toughest test it could possibly have.

Also, I realize LSU just lost but there is no way I would put money on Michigan if they played LSU. Penn State is also trash but Ohio State will thought their 1 point victory against them as something special.

[thomorino]

Georgia been overrated all year - play 1 good team LSU and got humiliated - no way they beat Alabama

look at their sched and the strength of the teams they played and beat including Florida and Kentucky. they beat some good teams Bro. their #4 ranking is deserved right now.

Georgia's win on a neutral field over Florida by 20 was very impressive, this is a different team then the one that lost to LSU. That's the difference between Alabama and Georgia, Alabama already peaked, Georgia has been getting better the last month -very young defense.