CFP Final Rankings

[Jumper_Dad]

4 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

I’ll play. For arguments sake, no.

Why isn’t Georgia in?

They probably should be, but who do you take out?

FSU has no argument beyond winning the ACC, they aren't a top 6 (OSU would beat them too) team at all.

Bama losing to Texas cost UGA a spot. If Bama beats Texas they have 2 losses (out) and Bama Georgia yesterday is between two undefeated teams. With just a 3 point difference, both would be in with Michigan and Washington ahead of FSU again.

[TheDeuce]

12 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Playing devil's advocate - Georgia lost their conference championship. The top 5 are the champions of the P5 conferences. The committee says FSU is the weakest of those champions at this point in the season.

And they also say wins and losses don’t matter in this case. 

[TheDeuce]

8 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

They probably should be, but who do you take out?

FSU has no argument beyond winning the ACC, they aren't a top 6 (OSU would beat them too) team at all.

Bama losing to Texas cost UGA a spot. If Bama beats Texas they have 2 losses (out) and Bama Georgia yesterday is between two undefeated teams. With just a 3 point difference, both would be in with Michigan and Washington ahead of FSU again.

So records don’t matter all of a sudden? 

[nikeman49]

Georgia is definitely one of the top 4 teams in the land, so the committee missed the meaning of the top 4 teams.

[16thBBall Fan]

I am not sure if anyone else noticed that when ESPN was ready to revel the last New Year 6 Bowl teams Davis said if Liberty is chosen over SMU who won their conference championship and directed it at Booger McFarland as he was the only one on the panel that was adamant that Florida State should have been in the playoff. I don't know if it was Davis or the producers at ESPN but when they came back to the panel after the revel McFarland was gone and replaced by Robert Griffin III. He has not been back on the set.

[16thBBall Fan]

We another change by the NCAA they have allowed James Madison to play Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.

[DragonFire]

1 minute ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

We another change by the NCAA they have allowed James Madison to play Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.

Pretty sure they had to as they didn’t have enough bowl eligible teams otherwise. 

[16thBBall Fan]

One thing Kentucky may get a little better bowl with both Missouri and Ole Miss both making a New Years 6 Bowl.

[16thBBall Fan]

Just now, DragonFire said:

Pretty sure they had to as they didn’t have enough bowl eligible teams otherwise. 

I find that hard to believe. I know they said that, but for example the Sun Belt that James Madison is now in along with App State and Costal Carolina they actually had 12 of their 14 teams have records 6-6 0r better. I assume the lesser conferences can only take 2 or 3 teams.

[16thBBall Fan]

If there would have been 12 teams this year.

Michigan, Washington. Texas, and Alabama would have byes

Liberty vs. Fla. State-winner vs. Alabama

Missouri vs. Oregon-winner vs. Michigan

Ole Miss vs. Georgia-winner vs. Texas

Penn State vs. Ohio State-winner vs Washington.

[DragonFire]

5 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I find that hard to believe. I know they said that, but for example the Sun Belt that James Madison is now in along with App State and Costal Carolina they actually had 12 of their 14 teams have records 6-6 0r better. I assume the lesser conferences can only take 2 or 3 teams.

There were literally more bowl slots than there were 6+ win teams without James Madison. Jacksonville State got in for same reason. I don’t know what’s hard to believe - that is literally the reason. 

[16thBBall Fan]

It looks to me like that between Kentucky, Auburn, and Texas A&M each will go to one of these 3 bowls:

Duke Mayo Bowl

Music City Bowl

Gator Bowl

[16thBBall Fan]

Just now, DragonFire said:

There were literally more bowl slots than there were 6+ win teams without James Madison. Jacksonville State got in for same reason. I don’t know what’s hard to believe - that is literally the reason. 

So you are telling me besides Appy State, JMU, and Coastal Carolina that have already been placed in bowls. That all of these teams from the Sun Belt are going bowling as well because they are all bowl eligible. They are: Georgia State, Marshall, Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, Texas State, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Louisiana Lafayette all of these teams finished 6-6 or better. I'm just trying to understand.

[16thBBall Fan]

It has been announced I think that Louisville is going to the Gator Bowl so that means the Cats may end up back at the Music City Bowl.

[newarkcatholicfan]

They talked about the eye test for Bama though this eyes test must not have applied when it comes to the Auburn game.