They probably got it right, although Georgia and Ohio St. are better teams than Notre Dame and Oklahoma in my opinion.:popcorn:

I feel like if you want Georgia in we have to think about WSU and Michigan too. LSU was not a great team and woodsheded Georgia. UGA gets a jump on Bama playing poorly and can’t finish the game. They have no business playing in playoff. I could understand if they had one loss or won their conference but they accomplished neither.

 

You can make an argument for just about anyone. Washington State and Michigan both played in weaker conferences. It is what it is. The only reason either conference(Big10 or PAC) made moves up the rankings is attrition. When the top teams are in the SEC and beat up on each other throughout the season someone is going to move up and fill the void for the ranked SEC team. It is what it is.

 

Gotta love bowl season though, it's a chance for schools to show they belonged. But ya just never know.

Before the year Notre Dame had a pretty tough schedule. Turns out every team on their schedule drastically underachieved. I think most years they would have had a loss on their schedule with this schedule. Just because the stars aligned for them this year doesn’t mean it’s a fool proof strategy. They have zero margin for error. SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big 12 Champs all have the luxury of having a 1 loss champ making the playoffs most years. 1 loss Notre Dame is probably never getting in.

 

The reverse of this would be if Stanford, FSU and USC had normal years ,ND may of had room for 1 loss because of SOS.

You can make an argument for just about anyone. Washington State and Michigan both played in weaker conferences. It is what it is. The only reason either conference(Big10 or PAC) made moves up the rankings is attrition. When the top teams are in the SEC and beat up on each other throughout the season someone is going to move up and fill the void for the ranked SEC team. It is what it is.

 

Gotta love bowl season though, it's a chance for schools to show they belonged. But ya just never know.

The ACC is the worst conference in college football in 2018. Change my mind.

The reverse of this would be if Stanford, FSU and USC had normal years ,ND may of had room for 1 loss because of SOS.

That’s fair. If those schools had normal years, ND certainly would have had a loss IMO. If that loss came against USC week 13 they probably would have been out. Had it come early in the season to Stanford and they may have a chance. Even if those teams had normal years and ND went 11-1 I think they are behind Georgia and Ohio State.

The ACC is the worst conference in college football in 2018. Change my mind.

 

I don't have to.

 

Clemson went undefeated and won a game at Texas A&M which has proven very hard to do. No it wasn't pretty and I do think Clemson is rather unproven but they didn't lose to any team they shouldn't have.

 

So what's the argument?

Auburn has 5 losses. No not a big game.

 

Beat Washington and beat A&M. They don't really have a bad loss besides Tennessee, if you can't to call it that......

 

If a team plays good teams, they may lose. Doesn't mean they aren't good.

 

Now tell me about a 5-6 ranked team in the BIG10 that has solid wins in and out of conference. I will grab a drink while I wait......

Before the year Notre Dame had a pretty tough schedule. Turns out every team on their schedule drastically underachieved. I think most years they would have had a loss on their schedule with this schedule. Just because the stars aligned for them this year doesn’t mean it’s a fool proof strategy. They have zero margin for error. SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big 12 Champs all have the luxury of having a 1 loss champ making the playoffs most years. 1 loss Notre Dame is probably never getting in.

 

Sounds like you just made a case for ND belonging more than any 1 loss conference champion.

I don't have to.

 

Clemson went undefeated and won a game at Texas A&M which has proven very hard to do. No it wasn't pretty and I do think Clemson is rather unproven but they didn't lose to any team they shouldn't have.

 

So what's the argument?

Clemson is a great team. Who else is any good?

Sounds like you just made a case for ND belonging more than any 1 loss conference champion.

As long as both have 1 loss, they will never get in over a conference champ.

Beat Washington and beat A&M. They don't really have a bad loss besides Tennessee, if you can't to call it that......

 

If a team plays good teams, they may lose. Doesn't mean they aren't good.

 

Now tell me about a 5-6 ranked team in the BIG10 that has solid wins in and out of conference. I will grab a drink while I wait......

Auburn wasn’t a big game. Period.

Clemson is a great team. Who else is any good?

 

Come on bro... OSU doesn't get in so now nobody is any good? Just stop.

It's truly remarkable how quickly the narrative has changed to fit the agenda for some. Just last week Alabama was untouchable and amazing. Now they want no part of a team that got boat-raced by Purdue? :lol2:

Come on bro... OSU doesn't get in so now nobody is any good? Just stop.

 

Exactly.

 

Clemson, Bama, and ND absolutely are good-great teams. They've done everything asked of them.

 

The only real debate is between 3 flawed teams for the right to get embarrassed by Saban. Doesn't seem like much of a debate to me. :lol2:

Come on bro... OSU doesn't get in so now nobody is any good? Just stop.

I’m serious. Who is the second best team in the ACC? It had a really bad year. FSU, VT, UL, and Miami were all horrible. That’s the class of the conference besides Clemson and only 2 of them made a bowl game. The ACC was disgustingly bad this year. When you compare it to the PAC 12 obviously Clemson gets the nod over Washington, but give me Wazzu and Utah over what ever non-Clemson teams you want to throw up there. It was a bad year for the ACC and there is no way around it.