College football
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ode Oregon, Georgia, Boise St, and Az St. Get byes.
5-Texas vs. 12 SMU / Bama
6- PSU vs. 11 Clemson
7- ND vs 10 Indiana
8- Ohio St. vs. Tennessee
Well I was close. Clemson 12. Who's gonna be 11
....I thought the committee might reward the conf champ. But the committee clearly has no respect for the ACC. I think that does not play well for SMU!
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WOW....SMU......did not think they would do that. Do not agree, poor conference and lost in the conf champ too an average Clemson team....and virtually no good wins. Beat some solid teams but are any even in the top 25?
And now seeing it on paper the conf champ bye is wonky and silly! Texas has the easiest road based on ranking. Agree with Galloway. SEC gauntlet hard to deal with and makes them prone to an upset like Bama at Vandy...and agree with Coach. SOS should be taken into consideration ALL YEAR which is my big gripe with the rankings all along!
REALLY looking forward tho these games.....everyone if them, especially ND/Indiana and PSU/SMU ..... And don't sleep on Ohio St/Tennessee. I think the B1G has a TOUGH road with those matchups and Oregon gets hosed with how the auto bye/seeds pushed the better teams further down.
ode Oregon gets hosed
It sure looks that way! Not a great reward for finishing number 1.
If you are #1 that means you have best team and should not care who you play. What does Oregon want to play William & Mary as long as William does not show up
johnnydoom Maybe just skip the playoffs altogether?
News Flash! Never going to be perfect in everyone's eyes.
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brownmoose13 lol there are no William and Marys in college football, the playoff used to be two teams and then it went to 4. The wheels of progress in CFB have moved at a snails pace. It's a good ol boys club for sure but things are different now with NIL and conf realignment. The point of the prior comment was that that 2 of the top 4 seeded teams were ranked 1 and 2, the 3rd seed is really 9th ranked and the 4th is really ranked #12 which pushed the 3rd - 8th ranked teams down two spots/seeds each. That is a hose job of epic proportions. Why the committee agreed to do it that way is a mystery. In college basketball where they know what they are doing, as it's been going on forever, if William and Marys gets in they are seeded accordingly, the only tie ins are conf champs which gets you in. Those small schools are typically ranked between 13-16 on there side of the bracket.
How it should be ranked, with bye team followed by who they play the winner of and in order of how the bracket flows;
1- Oregon
8-Indiana/9-Boise St
4-Penn St.
5-ND/12-Clemaon
3-Texas
7-Tennessee/10-SMU
2-Georgia
6-Ohio St/11-Arizona St
ode SOS should be taken into consideration ALL YEAR which is my big gripe with the rankings all along!
I tend to agree but even that format has it's breakdowns. College Hoops uses it. And this is apples and oranges but I watched a good Pitt team get snubbed out of last year's tournament with a much large field. It's gonna happen. And the new format is still better.
jsippy73 Maybe just skip the playoffs altogether?
Yeah, let Richard Nixon declare Texas National Champs! LOL
ode Oregon gets hosed with how the auto bye/seeds pushed the better teams further down.
Please explain? #1 Seed put into the appropriate bracket.
professor 8/9 seeds are really 6/7 ranked teams based on format so not only are two higher ranked teams having to play each other for a chance at #1; #1 is having to play a higher ranked team after getting a bye. It's not just Oregon, it is all of the teams #3-8 got moved down 2 spots, Texas and Penn St. got screwed out of a bye and Tennessee and Indiana get screwed out of a home game. The only teams seeded appropriately are #1 Oregon, #2 Georgia and #12 Clemson. This isn't made up either or based on opinion. It's right there in the committees rankings, LOL. They fucked up and royally by the way they set this up! 
That being said it is miles better than what it was. Again they don't yet know what they are doing because they've never done it before. Next year will be different guaranteed!
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Thanks
Ah, Boise State and Arizona bumped up. But still isn't the ranking done by pollsters? So it's still inherently flawed. Funny how byes are assumed to be just wonderful, mostly for the rest. However, I've seen teams lose their steam because of a bye and we've all seen a wildcard team in the NFL run the table because they got hot and stayed hot.
