College Football Playoff Rankings Running Thread

The rankings:

1. Mississippi State
2. Florida State
3. Auburn
4. Ole Miss
5. Oregon
6. Alabama
7. TCU
8. Michigan State
9. Kansas State
10. Notre Dame

 

LOLZ @ THREE Vortex teams.

This is gonna get awesome.

 

Three of the top four from the SEC, but there's three games left between those top six teams. And that's assuming none of them lose anywhere else. Alabama going to LSU next week certainly isn't looking as easy as it did a few weeks ago.
Unless the rest of the top 10 completely shits the bed en masse, we will not make it to Dec. 7 with three SEC teams in the playoff.

 

Probably not, but if there's a window to get a two-loss team in they'll take it.

This also makes it very likely we have two SEC teams -- Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl winners.

 

It appears the committee also wasn't all that impressed with Michigan State and Notre Dame's "good" losses.

And with Ohio State at No. 16, hard to see Michigan State getting in even if it runs the table. Unlike Alabama, TCU and Kansas State, Sparty won't get the chance to improve its resume against one or more fellow Top 10 teams. (Neither will Oregon or Florida State for that matter, but FSU is in as long as it stays unbeaten and Oregon probably gets in the Top 4 next week after either Ole Miss and Auburn loses this weekend).

 

Ole Miss? They got beat by a one-dimensional LSU team with no quarterback play that turned the ball over four times. How the fuck is that a good loss?

 

Not sure that it is, which is why they're behind Auburn. But Ole Miss also beat No. 6 Alabama.

 

It isn't. They lost to a mediocre team that played a bad football game. Win over Bammer is nice but Saturday proved clearly they are not a top four team.

 

It's a temporary hiccup. Ole Miss plays Auburn on Saturday, so the loser will be out of the Top 4 anyway.

 

A sampling of SEC West opponents this season: Southern Miss, UAB, South Alabama, Tennessee-Martin, Lamar, Rice, Samford, La Tech, Presbyterian, Western Carolina, SMU, La.-Monroe, La.-Lafayette, Nichols State, FAU, Western Carolina. Try not to make us laugh.

 

It appears that at least this week, the committee is not weighing non-conference strength-of-schedule anymore heavily than conference SOS. It it was, Michigan State would be higher than No. 8.

Said another way, this is not an NCAA basketball tournament/RPI situation. The committee doesn't seem to be rewarding teams for playing games they don't win.