This is the last AP poll that means anything and it will only be until Tuesday night when the College Football Playoff selection meeting occurs.

 1. Oregon

 2. Georgia

 3. Ohio State

 4.  Miami

 5. Texas

 6. Penn State

 7.  Tennessee

 8. Indiana

 9. BYU

10. Notre Dame

11. Alabama

12. Boise State

13. SMU

14. LSU

15. Texas A&M

16. Ole Miss

17. Iowa State

18. Army

19. Clemson

20. Washington State

21. Colorado

22. Kansas State

23. Pittsburgh

24. Vanderbilt 

25. Louisville

Conference Breakdown:

SEC- 8

ACC- 5

BIG 10- 4

BIG 12- 4

AAC- 1

Pac 12- 1

 Mountain West- 1

Ind.- 1

 

1 minute ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

This is the last AP poll that means anything and it will only be until Tuesday night when the College Football Playoff selection meeting occurs.

Would you or anyone please explain that to me?  

8 minutes ago, theguru said:

Would you or anyone please explain that to me?  

As in past years the College Football Selection Committee will start meeting every Tuesday and the set the top 12 teams each week that will be in the 12-team college football playoff here is a breakdown below:

or the uninitiated among you, the 12-team playoff works like this:

∎ The top five conference champions by ranking receive automatic bids. This means at least one Group of Five team automatically gets in. The other four champions will come from the Power Four (Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12), so it’s best to think of the Playoff as a top 11 most years (or perhaps smaller; more in a minute).

∎ The other seven spots in the field are selected at large. There are no requirements by conference for these spots. They go to the seven highest-ranked non-champions.

∎ It’s often presumed the G5 champion will not be among the top 12. If for the purpose of this conversation we use the US LBM Coaches Poll, that’s the case. No. 14 Boise State would take that bid in this example. The Broncos also grab that bid from outside the top 12 if we use ESPN’s Football Power Index (they’re No. 19).

∎ Remember: Procedures specify each of the top five conference champions gets an automatic bid. That does not always mean that team will be in the top 12. For example, the current Big 12 leader, BYU, is undefeated but on the fringes of this conversation with Indiana, at No. 10 in the coaches poll and No. 28 in the FPI. So the field can narrow further if teams not ranked in the top 12 from within the Power Four grab auto bids as well.

∎ As you probably know, the top four seeds get byes to the quarterfinal. The remaining eight are seeded 5-12, 6-11, 7-10 and 8-9, with the higher-seeded team hosting a first-round game on its campus. The bracket does not reseed at any point.

I hope this helps.

So "RPI" for the college football playoffs and everything else is for fun, correct?

27 minutes ago, theguru said:

So "RPI" for the college football playoffs and everything else is for fun, correct?

Yea I guess that is one way to put it. lol

Pleasantly surprised that they elevated IU to 8. 

The sweet spot for seeding may be the #5 seed. The #5 seed will the the highest ranked non-conference champion. (Think SEC or B1G #2 team.)

In the first round they will host the #12 seed which in many years will be the G5 qualifier. Even though the G5 quailifier is a conference champion they don't automatically qualify for the 5th seed. They are seeded based on their rankings. Only the top 4 ranked conference champions get the bye.

Then in the second round they play the #4 seed which is the lowest seed power conference champion. This gives them the easiest path to the semi-finals most seasons.

So come selection day, you probably just as soon have your favorite team get the 5th seed as any other seed, including the top 4.

Using this week's AP poll to seed, would have Ohio State in the coveted 5th seed playing 12th seed Boise St in the first round and then 4th seed BYU in the second round. I think OSU fans would lock that in today if they could.