Quote:Wisconsin has two losses, but owns the tiebreaker over Nebraska;. If 1-loss Nebraska wins out, Wisconsin has no chance. Nebraska's best chance of losing again is Saturday night in Columbus. Then we have a 2-loss team (if Ohio State beats Nebraska) in the in the BTCG. The interesting scenario here is what if the 2-loss West winner beats the 1-loss East winner?
That's what I mean.
I'm speculating that Nebraska will lose at OSU; and Wisconsin makes it to the BIG10 Championship game and beats either OSU or Michigan.
If that happens (it's unlikely but still quite possible) what other team gets in the playoff?
Wisconsin will not get in, even if they're BIG10 champs.
OSU would not get in with 2 losses.
MICH could still possibly get in over Louisville.
Michigan would definitely get in over Louisville in that scenario because of the tougher schedule.
Quote:That's what I mean.
I'm speculating that Nebraska will lose at OSU; and Wisconsin makes it to the BIG10 Championship game and beats either OSU or Michigan.
If that happens (it's unlikely but still quite possible) what other team gets in the playoff?
Wisconsin will not get in, even if they're BIG10 champs.
OSU would not get in with 2 losses.
MICH could still possibly get in over Louisville.
If Michigan beats Ohio St. but loses to Wisconsin or Nebraska in the CCG, the Pac 12 probably gets in with a 1 loss champ.
Alabama
Clemson
TAMU
Washington
Quote:If Michigan beats Ohio St. but loses to Wisconsin or Nebraska in the CCG, the Pac 12 probably gets in with a 1 loss champ.
Alabama
Clemson
TAMU
Washington
What if both Nebraska and Washington have one loss and win the CCG? I would put both teams in and leave out TAMU, which will miss the CCG because of its loss at Alabama.
I don't see TAMU getting in the final four unless Washington is a 2 loss team.
Bama SEC
Clemson ACC
and BIG10 winner as 1 loss teams or undefeated are automatic.
Big12 needs help without a conference championship game and pretty much all their teams already having one loss.
Pac12 conference winner will get in the final four unless they have 2 losses...
No way an idle TAMU can jump in on conference championship weekend.
And I'd guess if the PAC12 champ ends up with 2 losses, I might slide a 1 loss BIG12 (say WVU if they run the table convincingly) winner in over TAMU...
depending on how the conference championship games go. (if the pac12 has two 2 loss teams in the ccg, in an already weak division, that won't look good on them. If WVU wins big over OK and Baylor and win the BIG12 they would deserve the playoff spot over TAMU, imo)
When it's all said and done I suspect it'll be
Bama
Clemson
Michigan
Washington (I don't think they will lose any of the games in their soft schedule)
TAMU was put in there simply to make TAMU/Bama sound sexy when they play.
Quote:Michigan would definitely get in over Louisville in that scenario because of the tougher schedule.
No chance. Louisville, in that hypothetical is in.
Quote:TAMU was put in there simply to make TAMU/Bama sound sexy when they play.
No, those rankings came out Tuesday.
Quote:TAMU was put in there simply to make TAMU/Bama sound sexy when they play.
LOL That game was already played,
Quote:No chance. Louisville, in that hypothetical is in.
I think it would come down to how Michigan looked vs Ohio St.
Who has better wins? Michigan has 3 wins over top 15 teams including a 49-10 beatdown of #12.
Quote:I think it would come down to how Michigan looked vs Ohio St.
Who has better wins? Michigan has 3 wins over top 15 teams including a 49-10 beatdown of #12.
Are you saying a team's strength of victory is important despite the fact that Ohio State is much better than any team on Louisville's remaining schedule? I doubt it.
Quote:What?
This looks like you think blowing out Ohio State will give Michigan a better chance of getting in over Louisville.
I think it would come down to how Michigan looked vs Ohio St.
Quote:This looks like you think blowing out Ohio State will give Michigan a better chance of getting in over Louisville.
I think it would come down to how Michigan looked vs Ohio St.
Blowing out a top 10 team on the road would help make Michigan look better than Louisville.
Quote:Blowing out a top 10 team on the road would help make Michigan look better than Louisville.
Louisville already lost to a top 10 team on the road, so a blowout is unnecessary. Michigan just needs to win.
Quote:Louisville already lost to a top 10 team on the road, so a blowout is unnecessary. Michigan just needs to win.
The scenario was if Michigan lost the championship game. Try to keep up.
Quote:The scenario was if Michigan lost the championship game. Try to keep up.
And Washington also loses its CCG.
There is already a big shakeup. TAMU lost.