CFB playoff rankings

[KD in CA]

1 hour ago, row_33 said:

It’s good and bad to face your first real opponent Nov 11.

 

 

 

Eh, Alabama seems to do that every year.  Usually it works out for them;  as long as they don't lose twice in Nov they are gauranteed a playoff spot.

 

Looks like it's Bama, OU, Clemson and Miami for now, thought  Wisconsin should replace Clemson if they run the table.  Also gets interesting if the Canes lose to Georgia.

 

Edited November 12, 2017 by KD in CA

[Augie]

What year do you think they go to 8 teams? 

[row_33]

Bama hasn’t been the problem for overratedness for a long time now.

 

georgia has been a major overrated mess for decades....

 

 

 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

What year do you think they go to 8 teams? 

 

Not soon enough.

 

I want a 32 team tournament and the end of the bowls.

[Rico]

4 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Not soon enough.

 

I want a 32 team tournament and the end of the bowls.

That’s a lot of teams. I’m never a fan of some BS team getting hot at the end and winning it all like some WC teams in the NFL, it cheapens the regular season.

 

With 8 teams, just about everyone who is worthy gets a shot at winning it all.

[row_33]

Barely two teams are worthy this year 

 

 

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only 0 or 1 loss teams should make a college playoff and a minimum of 10 wins gets an NFL playoff spot

 

whoever qualifies gets in on a sliding scale

 

[YoloinOhio]

I think the best title matchup would be Bama/Oklahoma at this point 

[row_33]

The BCS worked fine, the real champion was always in the title game. Once there was a third team that honestly deserved a shot.

 

 

[YoloinOhio]

Imo Tuesday reveal will be:

1. bama

2. Oklahoma 

3. Miami

4. Clemson 

 

ok gets the spot ahead of Miami for now because of the two top 10 wins 

Edited November 12, 2017 by YoloinOhio

[Buffalo Barbarian]

10 hours ago, Rico said:

That’s a lot of teams. I’m never a fan of some BS team getting hot at the end and winning it all like some WC teams in the NFL, it cheapens the regular season.

 

With 8 teams, just about everyone who is worthy gets a shot at winning it all.

 

Football isn't like the basketball tournament, if you beat 5 quality teams to win the championship then you deserve it.

Edited November 12, 2017 by Buffalo Barbarian

[Rico]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Football isn't like basketball, if you beat 5 quality teams to win the championship then you deserve it.

If you're 8-4 (or worse) and beat 5 quality teams to win the championship,

you may be the champions but you're not a great team.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

1 minute ago, Rico said:

If you're 8-4 (or worse) and beat 5 quality teams to win the championship,

you may be the champions but you're not a great team.

 

Would be fun to watch, who doesn't love a Cinderella story.

[Rico]

1 minute ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Would be fun to watch, who doesn't love a Cinderella story.

Cinderella stories are fun, but I respect great teams a lot more. All jmo.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

They would be a great team, the chances of some 32 ranked team winning would be negligible. Too few teams would make everyone cry who didn't get in plus the more teams means more money so this is inevitable.

[/dev/null]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Imo Tuesday reveal will be:

1. bama

2. Oklahoma 

3. Miami

4. Clemson 

 

ok gets the spot ahead of Miami for now because of the two top 10 wins 

1 Alabama
2 Miami
3 Wisconsin
4 Oklahoma
5 Georgia
6 Clemson
7 Auburn
8 Ohio St

 

[Cynical]

23 hours ago, Augie said:

What year do you think they go to 8 teams? 

 

Hopefully, never.

A better case scenario would be to drop the whole playoff format and go back to the BCS.

 

For everybody who wants to expand the playoffs to include more teams, nobody has yet to explain how adding even more crappier teams would make it better.

[KD in CA]

23 minutes ago, Cynical said:

 

Hopefully, never.

A better case scenario would be to drop the whole playoff format and go back to the BCS.

 

For everybody who wants to expand the playoffs to include more teams, nobody has yet to explain how adding even more crappier teams would make it better.

 

Or back to the original bowl format with traditional conference bowl commitments.  For all the whining, there was a definitive national champ almost every year under the old system.

 

That one year it would have been great to have a Washington/Miami game but otherwise it was always settled on the field from my recollection.   Seems like there have been even more controversies since the BCS thing started.

Edited November 13, 2017 by KD in CA

[Doc Brown]

3 minutes ago, Cynical said:

 

Hopefully, never.

A better case scenario would be to drop the whole playoff format and go back to the BCS.

 

For everybody who wants to expand the playoffs to include more teams, nobody has yet to explain how adding even more crappier teams would make it better.

Four is perfect.  Given the disparity of competition between the different conferences you'll see a lot of undefeated teams seeded #1 or 2 be dominated in the semifinals by a team from a better conference with a loss in the future.  That gives you the best shot of pitting the two best teams in the league against each other for the championship while preserving the importance of the regular season.

[Peter]

There always is a chance of a controversy, but isn't it more likely that the top team in the country will be one of the top "ranked" teams and will be in the playoff (than the previous system)?

Edited November 13, 2017 by Peter

[Buffalo Barbarian]

1 hour ago, Cynical said:

 

Hopefully, never.

A better case scenario would be to drop the whole playoff format and go back to the BCS.

 

For everybody who wants to expand the playoffs to include more teams, nobody has yet to explain how adding even more crappier teams would make it better.

 

Um, other teams besides Alabama have a chance.