So, we’re nine days (and a week of games) away from the first rankings released by the CFP Selection Committee.
There’s always a lot of chatter around these rankings, so I thought I’d get a thread going.
I don’t think there’s much drama around the top five— barring a massive upset this coming weekend, it will be LSU/Bama/tOSU/Clemson in some order, with Penn State at #5.
I’d have whoever wins Georgia-Florida at #6, but I don’t know how the Committee thinks about unbeaten Minnesota and Baylor.
Oregon and Utah each have one loss and have crept into the AP top 10, as though the writers feel bad for their East Coast bias. Either of these teams could rocket up the charts and secure a playoff berth if they win out, but for now I think the Committee will rank both lower than the AP has — because as someone who watches more than his share of Pac-12 football (night owl), I don’t see anyone out there who looks like a top-5 program or is likely to win out. Maybe I’m the one who’s out of step, but I doubt it.
I think the thing to watch for is who’s at #6. If the Committee has the Georgia-Florida winner there, that’s 3 SEC teams in the top 6 — signaling that the Committee sees the SEC as far and away the nation’s strongest conference, perhaps setting the stage for the loser of Bama-LSU to snag a berth at the expense of a one-loss conference champion. If Oklahoma, Oregon, or (less likely) Minnesota is at #6, then Bama-LSU is shaping up like an elimination game.
Thoughts?
There’s always a lot of chatter around these rankings, so I thought I’d get a thread going.
I don’t think there’s much drama around the top five— barring a massive upset this coming weekend, it will be LSU/Bama/tOSU/Clemson in some order, with Penn State at #5.
I’d have whoever wins Georgia-Florida at #6, but I don’t know how the Committee thinks about unbeaten Minnesota and Baylor.
Oregon and Utah each have one loss and have crept into the AP top 10, as though the writers feel bad for their East Coast bias. Either of these teams could rocket up the charts and secure a playoff berth if they win out, but for now I think the Committee will rank both lower than the AP has — because as someone who watches more than his share of Pac-12 football (night owl), I don’t see anyone out there who looks like a top-5 program or is likely to win out. Maybe I’m the one who’s out of step, but I doubt it.
I think the thing to watch for is who’s at #6. If the Committee has the Georgia-Florida winner there, that’s 3 SEC teams in the top 6 — signaling that the Committee sees the SEC as far and away the nation’s strongest conference, perhaps setting the stage for the loser of Bama-LSU to snag a berth at the expense of a one-loss conference champion. If Oklahoma, Oregon, or (less likely) Minnesota is at #6, then Bama-LSU is shaping up like an elimination game.
Thoughts?
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