All 6 teams in the running for the playoffs this weekend won.  Most games were blowouts.  Kansas St was trying to make it a game late but Baylor consistently had a double digit lead.  FSU seemed to struggle the most and needed an onside kick to secure victory.

 

So two questions.... forgetting the playoff, who are the 6 best teams?  And then as far as the playoff, which 4 will get taken. Forgetting the playoff and looking at who is the best I would rank them in order...

 

Bama

Oregon

TCU

Ohio St

Baylor

FSU

 

As far as who I think makes the playoff....

 

Bama

Oregon

FSU

TCU

 

Bama and Oregon are obviously locks.  You can make a strong argument FSU isnt one of the 4 best but I just dont see how they will be excluded.  The last one is tough.  Obviously they like TCU more.  I agree and think TCU is better.  But how can you pick FSU on one hand and then argue that they chose TCU because they are the better than Baylor?  Clearly by taking FSU they are at least influenced by who deserves to go and not just best teams.  So why flip the argument around when clearly Baylor deserves to go over TCU.  Maybe they take the easy road out and drop all Big12 teams and choose Ohio St as the 4th team.

 

Of the three, Baylor(vs TCU) and Ohio St's(at Mich St) best wins are better than TCU's.  However TCU easily has the best loss.  TCU has the best non-conference win.  Ohio St struggled to beat more inferior opponents than both TCU and Baylor combined.  I just think from top to bottom TCU has played better from start to finish with only having played one bad game all year.  Ohio St and Baylor cant say that.

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