College Football Playoff Rankings Running Thread

Let's not get sidetracked. The only ranking differential that matters is the one between four and five. If Florida State keeps winning, they'll get their chance to prove the committee wrong.

 

Agreed but still a slap in the face to Fla St. Defending NTL Champion and undefeated should be more than enough for them to remain at 1.

 

Actually, it matters if you're 2 (or 3) vs 1.

No. 1 team gets accommodated on site for semifinals. Thus, Alabama would get to play in New Orleans and Florida State would probably have to play Oregon in Pasadena.

 

It is almost like the committee has forgotten that Alabama lost to Ole Miss and should have lost to Arkansas. And by a couple of touchdowns.

I'm not much for Auburn but I'm really hoping the Gus Bus runs them down.

 

Of course, if it ends the way it is this week (unlikely), Mississippi State would not be disadvantaged at all by New Orleans. Neither would Florida State if they dropped to four.

 

It also increases the chances that Alabama stays in the top four if they get a second loss.

Mississippi State is two wins away from likely making the playoff. The Egg Bowl is certainly not a guaranteed win, but won't it be nice for them that they won't have to play that pesky SEC Championship Game?

 

I have a hard time seeing that happening.

 

If Alabama gets a second loss and there are four one-loss or unbeaten teams, it had better not be in the top four, or this system could collapse at the end of its first year.

 

Maybe. I don't know. I sort of feel like they're setting them up for the possibility that it could happen.

If Alabama loses the SEC title game, do they fall behind a Mississippi State team that they beat? They might. What about TCU?

 

What about Baylor, which would be the Big 12 champ if they win out?

 

I would like to think they would not be in the top four, but I also know that the SEC typically gets every benefit of the doubt when it comes to these things.

It would be really interesting if Ole Miss beats MSU and Alabama loses to Auburn or in the SEC Championship Game. That's where I think the possibility of a two-loss Alabama team making it exists.

 

If Alabama loses the SEC title game, they'll have lost twice to teams that have two or three losses. They gone.

The more I look at the Baylor/TCU thing, the more I scratch my head. I know people don't want to overdo head-to-head, but when you have two teams that have played the exact same schedule and are that close, it seems like head-to-head is the only way to go.