Next year we will be arguing top 4.  For the sake of argument, lets assume FSU can sneak by Duke and Ohio St takes down Sparty.  In that case those two plus the SEC title winner would be in the 4 team playoff.

 

So who would get the 4th spot?  If Okie St can win in Bedlam next weekend, they'd be 11-1 and conference champs.  Bama is sitting there at 11-1.  Im guessing that Bama would be ahead of them in a calculated poll such as the BCS.  And Bama's loss would obviously be a better one.  But Okie St's been on a big tear of late and again would be the Big12 champ.  Although would it matter if it was Mizzou that won the SEC title game... would the voters put Bama into the 4 team playoff ahead of one loss Okie St AND Auburn?

 

Lets say Okie St loses.  That brings Stanford and Baylor into play.  Stanford is ahead of Baylor in the polls and if they win the Pac12 championship theyll stay that way.  If Okie St loses, Stanford would jump them AND the SEC title game loser in the polls... so they'd probably be 5th behind Bama at 4.  I cant imagine the voters would put a 2 loss Cardinal ahead of a 1 loss Alabama.  And if they wouldnt do that, why would they jump Baylor ahead of both of them?  If Baylor beats Texas and Okie St loses, then Baylor is Big12 champs.  I cant imagine Baylor would leapfrog Bama(or Stanford) in a poll such as the BCS. But again, voters may put them ahead because they are conference champs with only one loss.  

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My guess is that the committee would emphasize winning your conference as a prerequisite for qualifying for the playoffs so Bama is out of contention. That leaves these potential champions:

 

ACC: FSU/Duke

SEC: Auburn/Mizzou

Big12: OkSt/Baylor/Texas

Pac12: Stanford/ASU

B1G: OSU/MSU

 

For the sake of brevity, lets assume FSU and OSU win. That leaves two slots for two conference champions. With Auburn and Mizzou ranked so highly already, you have to assume that the winner of that game goes on as well. 

 

The winner of ASU/Stanford would have 2 losses. If the Big12 champ is either OkSt or Baylor (not Texas), they would only have 1 loss. So it really just comes down to a simple situation.

 

If OkSt AND Baylor lose, it is FSU/OSU/SEC/Pac12. Otherwise, it is FSU/OSU/SEC/Big12 champ.

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I dont think winning your conference is a factor.


It's just going to be top 4 and we will be here next year arguing that somebody got screwed.


A four team playoff is a joke. This system is a joke. They should have at least an 8 team playoff to make it a legitimate playoff.

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My top four teams:


Mizzou

Oregon

Ohio State

Alabama

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My top four teams:


Mizzou

Oregon

Ohio State

Alabama

I don't know how you can write Oregon into the top four and not sound biased. They lost to unranked Arizona. They don't deserve to be in. Alabama will again not be playing for their conference. They didn't even win their division. 

 

I predict the post championship top four will be:

 

FSU

OSU

Auburn

OkSt

 

There is no reason for any two loss drama or any SEC favoritism. Why do there HAVE to be two SEC teams in the playoffs? If anything, I think they should not allow conference bias to factor into arguments like this. In a perfect world, the top ten would only have one loss teams and the top three would be the undefeated teams remaining in the FBS:

 

FSU

OSU

NIU

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There is no reason for any two loss drama or any SEC favoritism. Why do there HAVE to be two SEC teams in the playoffs? If anything, I think they should not allow conference bias to factor into arguments like this.

 

Who said anything about conference bias?  Alabama is #4 in the polls after the loss yesterday.  If the idea is to get your four best teams, its very possible that you'll have two from the same conference.

 

It'll be interesting to see what the selection committee will do.  Will they select teams based on who they think is best.  Or who they think is most deserving.  Or some combination of both.  I imagine with the large numbers of members, each will have their own criteria.  Some may just rank their top 4 teams regardless of anything else.  Some may look at the 4 best conference winners.  

 

If you are ranking the teams you think are actually the best, then I imagine it would be hard to leave Bama out.  Was listening to College Sports Radio today and they asked the question, if you had Bama playing Auburn on a neutral field tomorrow, who do you think would be favored to win?  Honestly probably Bama.  What about Ohio St?  Probably Bama.  What about FSU?  They agreed on a push.  

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My top four teams:


Mizzou

Oregon

Ohio State

Alabama

 

In order to be good at trolling, you shouldn't make it so obvious.

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In order to be good at trolling, you shouldn't make it so obvious.

Sorry, your team needs to beat more than one decent team to make my list. They beat Clemson, WOW

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Sorry, your team needs to beat more than one decent team to make my list. They beat Clemson, WOW

 

Don't care. Number one in the country and will be playing for the title. Feels real good.

 

And why is Oregon on your list? Because they beat an SEC team?

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Sorry, your team needs to beat more than one decent team to make my list. They beat Clemson, WOW

So how did osu make the list then?

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If that RV sales place wants Tebow in Jax bad enough to take out a billboard saying as much.....they should just HIRE him.

So how did osu make the list then?

Cause its my list

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Who said anything about conference bias?  Alabama is #4 in the polls after the loss yesterday.  If the idea is to get your four best teams, its very possible that you'll have two from the same conference.

 

It'll be interesting to see what the selection committee will do.  Will they select teams based on who they think is best.  Or who they think is most deserving.  Or some combination of both.  I imagine with the large numbers of members, each will have their own criteria.  Some may just rank their top 4 teams regardless of anything else.  Some may look at the 4 best conference winners.  

 

 

This same argument came up a couple years ago with the Bama/LSU rematch. How can you be the best team in the country if you aren't even best in your conference? I thought it was bullcrap that they had Alabama stay over OkSt even though they won their conference. 

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