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Rankings out. I thought there might be a chance UGA passed A&M but last week the committee praised Indiana’s grittiness in overcoming a struggle against a talented team that didn’t live up to its preseason billing—- so tough to reverse course out of that.

 

I continue to be unpersuaded by anti-ND takes. I can see bumping up Bama a spot, maybe, and if Miami is sitting pretty at the end it will be a discussion. Other than that, no team behind them with a solid argument for a better resume or eye test. Pitt and USC are good wins, their losses aren’t bad, and they have handled business against P5 opponents across the board. And Navy is beginning to look like a top-tier G5 win. 
 

1. Ohio State (10-0)

2. Indiana (11-0)

3. Texas A&M (10-0)

4. Georgia (9-1)

5. Texas Tech (10-1)

6. Ole Miss (10-1)

7. Oregon (9-1)

8. Oklahoma (8-2)

9. Notre Dame (8-2)

10. Alabama (8-2)

11. BYU (9-1)

12. Utah (8-2)

13. Miami (8-2)

14. Vanderbilt (8-2)

15. USC (8-2)

16. Georgia Tech (9-1)

17. Texas (7-3)

18. Michigan (8-2)

19. Virginia (9-2)

20. Tennessee (7-3)

21. Illinois (7-3)

22. Missouri (7-3)

23. Houston (8-2)

24. Tulane (8-2)

25. Arizona State (7-3)

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Teams and storylines to watch:

- Ole Miss: This is a team that seems solidly in the playoffs but Joey Freshwater has introduced a lot of needless drama. What if the distraction leads to a flop in the Egg Bowl? What if he calls a bluff and bails before the CFP? Long shot, high stakes. Ingredients are there for a spectacular explosion but will someone light the fuse? 
 

- Bama: Not in danger— yet. But DeBoer teams don’t have the killer instinct. Bama went from weeks of the most impressive football in the country and Heisman play from Simpson to mortal. There are rivalries where the better team usually wins, and there are rivalries where all bets are off: the Iron Bowl is the latter. Also intriguing is the possibility of a non-competitive CCG loss to drop to three losses. 
 

- Oregon and USC: A great race between old and new money to win the PAC-10. Wait, no. A race to be the third Big 10 team in. What are we doing? Anyway, Oregon can finish strong with wins over USC and Washington to maybe angle for a top 5 seed. USC can spoil that and get a CFP appearance for the first time by beating Oregon. Great, high-stakes football between two talented but not quite elite teams. 
 

- ACC Chaos: Who wants to win here? Miami has the longest odds of contenders but will be the angriest if a two loss ND gets in ahead of them. GaTech can beat Pitt and get to the CCG. Other teams need help along the way, including the aforementioned Pitt, Virginia, and even SMU still lurking. This race is wide open, and the champ will likely not be the highest ranked team. Such are superconferences. 
 

-Texas: To stay alive they have to thump—not just best— A&M in Austin. Oh, and also avoid a letdown against Arkie. Should be easy, right? The voices will be loud, but the non-competitive loss at UGA means a showout against A&M is needed; and even then it may not be enough. The loss to tOSU isn’t the killer. Rather, its the Florida game and the UGA result. The committee looks at that and sees a team that had a late-season shot at a top-tier team, and just didn’t match up. 

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11 minutes ago, D3zii said:

We’re gonna need more than just to beat Arky and thump A&M to get in at this point. 

If we do those things and still don’t get in, I won’t be mad at 9-3, all things considered. I’d be thrilled, but so be it. 

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9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

If we do those things and still don’t get in, I won’t be mad at 9-3, all things considered. I’d be thrilled, but so be it. 

If we do those things, we shouldn't be mad if we don't get in because of the humiliation we suffered by Georgia. But if we don't do those things the pitch forks need to come out.

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Rankings out. I thought there might be a chance UGA passed A&M but last week the committee praised Indiana’s grittiness in overcoming a struggle against a talented team that didn’t live up to its preseason billing—- so tough to reverse course out of that.

 

I continue to be unpersuaded by anti-ND takes. I can see bumping up Bama a spot, maybe, and if Miami is sitting pretty at the end it will be a discussion. Other than that, no team behind them with a solid argument for a better resume or eye test. Pitt and USC are good wins, their losses aren’t bad, and they have handled business against P5 opponents across the board. And Navy is beginning to look like a top-tier G5 win. 
 

1. Ohio State (10-0)

2. Indiana (11-0)

3. Texas A&M (10-0)

4. Georgia (9-1)

5. Texas Tech (10-1)

6. Ole Miss (10-1)

7. Oregon (9-1)

8. Oklahoma (8-2)

9. Notre Dame (8-2)

10. Alabama (8-2)

11. BYU (9-1)

12. Utah (8-2)

13. Miami (8-2)

14. Vanderbilt (8-2)

15. USC (8-2)

16. Georgia Tech (9-1)

17. Texas (7-3)

18. Michigan (8-2)

19. Virginia (9-2)

20. Tennessee (7-3)

21. Illinois (7-3)

22. Missouri (7-3)

23. Houston (8-2)

24. Tulane (8-2)

25. Arizona State (7-3)

haha.  so loss column if you are Big 10/SEC(don't be fooled by the Mich/tex swap for appearances), sprinkle in a couple of ACC/Big 12 to make it look good.

If we don't play OSU we are 8 or 9.  too funny.

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IF Texas handles business against Arky and Aggy, then I think Sark needs to wear his lobbyist hat and remind the committee they said preseason that Texas nor Ohio State would be "punished" for losing that game. Texas could have played Boston College or Syracuse in tOSU's spot and gotten a win that would have helped them reach the 10 win threshold. Unfortunately our resume would have looked a lot better with a win over a middling ACC team in week 1 than a 7 point loss on the road to a top 3 (now #1) program, and the powers that be say they want more marquee regular season non-con games like Ohio State v. Texas. 

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6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

IF Texas handles business against Arky and Aggy, then I think Sark needs to wear his lobbyist hat and remind the committee they said preseason that Texas nor Ohio State would be "punished" for losing that game. Texas could have played Boston College or Syracuse in tOSU's spot and gotten a win that would have helped them reach the 10 win threshold. Unfortunately our resume would have looked a lot better with a win over a middling ACC team in week 1 than a 7 point loss on the road to a top 3 (now #1) program, and the powers that be say they want more marquee regular season non-con games like Ohio State v. Texas. 

Our problem is not just our record but also the way we played all season. We dominated no one, lost to a pretty bad Florida team and got embarrassed by UGA. 

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22 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

Our problem is not just our record but also the way we played all season. We dominated no one, lost to a pretty bad Florida team and got embarrassed by UGA. 

I won't side with Sark on his assessment that we dominated Vandy. The score is the score and you can't pretend the 4th quarter didn't happen like he wanted everyone to. 

However, I would argue that we did dominate Oklahoma on a neutral field, and OU is in a position to be a playoff team. If we beat aggy by multiple scores, thats two playoff teams we dominated, and one borderline playoff team (vandy) that we beat in regulation. 
And for the record, I don't think we're in the playoffs if we beat Arky and aggy, but I am presenting the best argument in favor of Texas being in the playoffs. 

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6 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

Our problem is not just our record but also the way we played all season. We dominated no one, lost to a pretty bad Florida team and got embarrassed by UGA. 

Pretty much.  OU is our only impressive game full stop.

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9-3 Texas isn't making it in and neither is 10-2 Texas with a win against rice and the loss to Florida and blowout to Georgia. You guys need to put the crack pipe down. 

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That hypothetical 10-2 Texas would still have had wins over OU, Vanderbilt, and handed undefeated Aggie their only loss.  Would not be surprised if they managed to squeak in (at expense of OU probably).

Honestly there aren't 12 legitimate title contenders in a single season, and I agree that the team is obviously not one this season even if they would have made the playoffs with a different schedule.

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7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Oh now we are being shamed for smoking crack. Can’t have anything nice anymore 

No, it's good to be cracked out sometimes. This isn't one of those times. 

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14 minutes ago, immamac said:

9-3 Texas isn't making it in and neither is 10-2 Texas with a win against rice and the loss to Florida and blowout to Georgia. You guys need to put the crack pipe down. 

This is an objectively wrong and laughably bad assessment. 2 loss Texas makes it 100% of the time.  Thank you for your attention to this matter. 

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19 minutes ago, immamac said:

No, it's good to be cracked out sometimes. This isn't one of those times. 

Okay, as long you're not trying to take my crack pipe away from me, mein Fuhrer 

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It also seems logical that one of the B1G and one of the SEC teams respectively in the Top 5 would slide down after CCG weekend, and Tech would get a Bye for the Top 4 seeds, should they win the B12 CCG.

I'm not holding my breath on shenanigans not happening.

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55 minutes ago, WBT said:

Pretty much.  OU is our only impressive game full stop.

IF we beat aggy, it will be viewed as impressive win if you only go by the W/L record aggy will have to date.   But I bet almost immediately some in the sports media will start pointing out how weak aggy's schedule ended up being, especially from the media members who are lobbying for other teams to get in front of us if we end with three loses.    

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

9-3 Texas isn't making it in and neither is 10-2 Texas with a win against rice and the loss to Florida and blowout to Georgia. You guys need to put the crack pipe down. 

This is silly.    that 10-2 will be with wins over vandy, OU and 11-0 aggie.

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2 hours ago, El Hornarino said:

That hypothetical 10-2 Texas would still have had wins over OU, Vanderbilt, and handed undefeated Aggie their only loss.  Would not be surprised if they managed to squeak in (at expense of OU probably).

Honestly there aren't 12 legitimate title contenders in a single season, and I agree that the team is obviously not one this season even if they would have made the playoffs with a different schedule.

Yeah, 10-2 Texas with that résumé would be in. 

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