College football week 14 thread: ATLiens

[dixiehack]

Presenting your Week 14 schedule. All times Central:

Friday
New Mexico State (+10.5) at No. 20 Liberty 6 pm CBSSN
No. 5 Oregon (-9) vs. No. 3 Washington (at Las Vegas) 7 pm ABC

Saturday
No. 19 Oklahoma State (+14.5) vs. No. 7 Texas (at Arlington, Texas) 11 am ABC
Miami (OH) (+8) vs. Toledo (at Detroit) 11 am ESPN
Boise State (-3) at UNLV 2 pm FOX
No. 8 Alabama (+5) vs. No. 1 Georgia (at Atlanta) 3 pm CBS
No. 25 SMU (+4) at No. 17 Tulane 3 pm ABC
Appalachian State (+6.5) at Troy 3 pm ESPN
No. 2 Michigan (-23) vs. No. 18 Iowa (at Indianapolis) 7 pm FOX
No. 15 Louisville (+3) vs. No. 4 Florida State 7 pm ABC

 

[Cosmo]

Very curious to see what the CFP rankings committee does if SMU and Liberty both win this week, at least in regards to that G5 NY6 spot. Would an 11-2 SMU with losses to TCU and Oklahoma jump a 13-0 Liberty that would be hanging its hat entirely on being unbeaten and beating New Mexico State twice at home? I don't think LU fans will like the answer.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Ducks are -9, not +9.

 

[HanSenSE]

The Mountain West's computer just gave the championship to the loser of the Boise-UNLV game.

 

[Songbird]

It's the Year of Cruces.

What a great season when 2 of the historically worst D-I football teams -- UNLV and New Mexico State -- are playing for conference titles.

UNLV: 250–375–4
Cruces: 440–664–30

30 ties? They might lead the nation in that.

 

[BTExpress]

Ties were pretty popular back in the day. Celebrated sometimes, even!

Navy and TCU lead with 57 apiece. USC and Georgia each have 54. Twenty-three teams have 50 or more ties.

 

[Songbird]

USC

The quote they used from John McKay after seeing that USC was going for the win on the Palouse ...

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[goalmouth]

Participation trophies for everyone!

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Row the Bloat

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Very curious to see what the CFP rankings committee does if SMU and Liberty both win this week, at least in regards to that G5 NY6 spot. Would an 11-2 SMU with losses to TCU and Oklahoma jump a 13-0 Liberty that would be hanging its hat entirely on being unbeaten and beating New Mexico State twice at home? I don't think LU fans will like the answer.

SMU probably gets in. But it's a tricky one without Preston Stone playing for the Mustangs.

And what if Toledo looks dominant? Could they jump Liberty.

 

[Cosmo]

I don't think so. Had Toledo beaten Illinois, I'd say yes.