Originally Posted by
Filmoz
I agree with you re Arizona LT. If they beat Oregon and Ohio State loses to Wisky, I think they are in for sure. If Ohio State wins, it'll be an interesting decision by the committee but Arizona still has an argument. I think the playoff is designed so that, ideally, there is one champion from each of the Power 5 conferences, with the champion of weakest Power 5 conference being necessarily left out. You could argue that Big10 is the weakest of the five, or even if it is the ACC they can't leave FSU out if they run the table, so that takes a spot and it comes down to whether the Big10 is weaker than the Pac12, which they are. If Ohio State wins it's gonna be tough to put in a 2-loss Pac12 champ over a 1-loss Big10 champ, but if Ohio State loses I think Arizona is easily in simply by virtue of winning the Pac.