2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#4 (CFP/AP/Coaches)

[UTexasFight 9758]

14 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Why should Penn State be ahead of Texas? 

Yeah think they go 5 Texas, 6 Penn st to ensure the only way a ccg rematch would be in the NC

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Yeah think they go 5 Texas, 6 Penn st to ensure the only way a ccg rematch would be in the NC

This, exactly this. It is on a silver platter for the committee and they will take it. Then with ND at 7, they get the intra state matchup with #10 IU. OSU #8 and Tenn #9 has been set for weeks. That just leaves 11 and 12 to sort out and we all know its gonna be Bama 11 and Clemson 12. 

Edited Sunday at 05:29 AM by The_Great_Hornsby

[dcar00 14867]

1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

Yeah think they go 5 Texas, 6 Penn st to ensure the only way a ccg rematch would be in the NC

us getting the 5 would be a good offset to leaving Bama out.

['stache 22088]

I’m not sure they’d knock ND to #7. Easy justification because of the NIU loss but the committee gonna committee, same reason Bama might still get in.

[Hermanator 7519]

So what are likely matchups? 

 

ND (5) vs Alabama (12)

         (4) Arizona St

 

Texas (6) vs Clemson (11)

         (3) Boise St

 

Penn St (7) vs Indiana (10)

         (2) Georgia

 

Ohio St (8) vs Tennessee (9)

          (1) Oregon

[satyanash 15225]

The Athletic playoff predictor: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5701128/2024/12/07/college-football-playoff-projections-odds/

Currently has us at #5, hosting #12 Clemson.

They also have Alabama with an 84% chance to make the CFP, and SMU as the first team out.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

Just now, 'stache said:

I’m not sure they’d knock ND to #7. Easy justification because of the NIU loss but the committee gonna committee, same reason Bama might still get in.

ND is either #5 or #7, there is no in between. Texas and PSU are both ahead or both below them. I think ND is absolutely behind both. Their loss was terrible and their SOS was even worse. 

[UTexasFight 9758]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

us getting the 5 would be a good offset to leaving Bama out.

Playing ASU in their backyard would suck but that’s the bed we made.

oregon choosing to play us in Miami to avoid a semi in our backyard would be funny though 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

1 minute ago, Hermanator said:

So what are likely matchups? 

 

ND (5) vs Alabama (12)

         (4) Arizona St

 

Texas (6) vs Clemson (11)

         (3) Boise St

 

Penn St (7) vs Indiana (10)

         (2) Georgia

 

Ohio St (8) vs Tennessee (9)

          (1) Oregon

1. Oregon

2. Georgia

3. Boise

4. ASU

5. Texas

6. PSU

7. Notre Dame

8. OSU

9. Tenn

10. Indiana

11. Bama

12. Clemson

 

Works out nicely with no conference rematches and it flows logically. Puts PSU and Texas on opposite sides of the bracket from their conf champ opponents.

Just now, UTexasFight said:

Playing ASU in their backyard would suck but that’s the bed we made.

oregon choosing to play us in Miami to avoid a semi in our backyard would be funny though 

If we cant beat ASU, we werent winning shit anyways

[ATXhorn17 1671]

1 minute ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

ND is either #5 or #7, there is no in between. Texas and PSU are both ahead or both below them. I think ND is absolutely behind both. Their loss was terrible and their SOS was even worse. 

ND also didn’t play the extra conference championship game. It’d be bullshit to rank them higher. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

Just now, ATXhorn17 said:

ND also didn’t play the extra conference championship game. It’d be bullshit to rank them higher. 

Agree 100%

[Hermanator 7519]

23 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I’d take this

 

I'll just be surprised if they drop 1 loss ND to 7, but maybe it makes a statement for them to join a fucking conference

[Rickylovesweed 15193]

Clemson and then Boise State would be a great draw. 

['stache 22088]

1 minute ago, ATXhorn17 said:

ND also didn’t play the extra conference championship game. It’d be bullshit to rank them higher. 

Yet they might punish SMU for the extra game. Committee gonna committee. 

[Huckleberry 34196]

Just now, Hermanator said:

I'll just be surprised if they drop 1 loss ND to 7, but maybe it makes a statement for them to join a fucking conference

But it's really only dropping them one spot to #5 in the rankings (jumped by Georgia). It's simply not dropping Texas or Penn State behind them for losing competitive CCGs.

[dcar00 14867]

1 minute ago, ATXhorn17 said:

ND also didn’t play the extra conference championship game. It’d be bullshit to rank them higher. 

PSU, Texas and ND all had one loss before the CCG.  ND has BY FAR the worst loss of the 3 and the lowest SOS.

[LTtxfan 49722]

11 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Bama getting butt fucked by the worst OU team in 40 years should be grounds for auto denial to playoffs. 

Yeah, smu seems like they should be in the CFP playoffs over a bama team that only scored 3pts vs blOU

[fellside 1133]

SMU is -1400 to make the playoffs. 

Alabama is +800

[TexasMan 11339]

 

[Hermanator 7519]

2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

But it's really only dropping them one spot to #5 in the rankings (jumped by Georgia). It's simply not dropping Texas or Penn State behind them for losing competitive CCGs.

I agree it should happen, but I think it also matters where they want to put Alabama in relation to Clemson. I think the committee wants Alabama traveling to South Bend in December. That's a made for TV matchup

[Steelers Roll Left 1278]

[mdmost 43731]

4 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Yet they might punish SMU for the extra game. Committee gonna committee. 

SMU's only realistic shot was winning the ACC. It was never a given they would be in the playoff if they lost. That's not the case with either Texas or Penn State. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

1 minute ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Chris Low

[Hermanator 7519]

4 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah, smu seems like they should be in the CFP playoffs over a bama team that only scored 3pts vs blOU

It's not happening. The SOS is way too big in favor of Alabama. SMU lost to the 2 best teams they played this year. No one they beat was ranked very high by the committee. They aren't using a single game to decide. 

[F250 29122]

2 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

 

Boise getting #4 spot?

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

So everyone is leaving out Bama, so maybe it will be Texas vs SMU/Clemson. And I think we logically end up at the 5 seed still. 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3497]

12 minutes ago, satyanash said:

The Athletic playoff predictor: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5701128/2024/12/07/college-football-playoff-projections-odds/

Currently has us at #5, hosting #12 Clemson.

They also have Alabama with an 84% chance to make the CFP, and SMU as the first team out.

Paywall

[Surly Bevo 25611]

2 minutes ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Some of these people are stupid motherfuckers. In no world is Ohio State moving up. 

[Rickylovesweed 15193]

The way I see it is

1) Bama is really flawed but I would much rather play SMU or Clemson over them.

2) Boise State is the ideal match-up in the quarterfinals. They have played nobody and have been in a bunch of close games. 

That Clemson (rd 1) and Boise State (quarters) is the ideal draw. 

 

[dcar00 14867]

3 minutes ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

they are all trying to will ND to the 5 seed because everyone knows that is the best seed.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

The way I see it is

1) Bama is really flawed but I would much rather play SMU or Clemson over them.

2) Boise State is the ideal match-up in the quarterfinals. They have played nobody and have been in a bunch of close games. 

That Clemson (rd 1) and Boise State (quarters) is the ideal draw. 

 

I think ASU will be #4. BSU will be #3. 

[4th&Five 41852]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

The way I see it is

1) Bama is really flawed but I would much rather play SMU or Clemson over them.

2) Boise State is the ideal match-up in the quarterfinals. They have played nobody and have been in a bunch of close games. 

That Clemson (rd 1) and Boise State (quarters) is the ideal draw. 

 

 Boise played Oregon. 

[Drew 2825]

I don’t know how they justify dropping us lower than 5th/6th.  Should be 5th. 
 

Also some of those espn projections are stupid. 
 

Texas behind Ohio St?  2 losses, one to a team we destroyed and who didn’t play in their Conference Title game. 
 

Behind Tennessee, who also lost to a team we beat and didn’t make the conference title game. 

[Drew 2825]

Just now, dcar00 said:

they are all trying to will ND to the 5 seed because everyone knows that is the best seed.

That and moving OSU and even Tennessee in one of them. 

[F250 29122]

2 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

So everyone is leaving out Bama, so maybe it will be Texas vs SMU/Clemson. And I think we logically end up at the 5 seed still. 

I think we either get Clemson/SMU or Boise, assuming we get the #5 spot.

[Hmbre97 6336]

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3497]

7 minutes ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

David Hale seems like a fucking idiot.

[David Dennison 19316]

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

they are all trying to will ND to the 5 seed because everyone knows that is the best seed.

I think ND is going to get it.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

Just now, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

David Hale seems like a fucking idiot.

So is Chris Low. They both drank the retard juice. 

[Rickylovesweed 15193]

Just now, 4th&Five said:

 Boise played Oregon. 

They've played the #89 SOS (per Sagarin). 

The only real opponent they've played is Oregon who was missing a bunch of players due to injury. Boise State would be a dream quarterfinals match-up. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

Just now, David Dennison said:

I think ND is going to get it.

Nah, I doubt it. I would be pretty shocked if they got it. They have a really poor SOS and a really bad loss. Texas and PSU have much better schedules, play in real conferences, and their losses are to playoff teams. 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2648]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

I think ND is going to get it.

no way since we lost in overtime

the committee cannot punish teams who play a championship game. if so, just axe the fucking event 

[David Dennison 19316]

Just now, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Nah, I doubt it. I would be pretty shocked if they got it. They have a really poor SOS and a really bad loss. Texas and PSU have much better schedules, play in real conferences, and their losses are to playoff teams. 

[Drew 2825]

Heather Denich just posted us at 6 behind Penn St.  No reasoning for why we’d drop below Penn St but why they’d be above ND and OSU. 

[David Dennison 19316]

1 minute ago, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

no way since we lost in overtime

the committee cannot punish teams who play a championship game. if so, just axe the fucking event 

They can. That doesn't mean they will. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

Just now, Drew said:

Heather Denich just posted us at 6 behind Penn St.  No reasoning for why we’d drop below Penn St but why they’d be above ND and OSU. 

She has a huge forehead but apparently a small brain. Ignore her, she sucks. 

[CO Horn 171]

Here is my projection:

Oregon - 1

Georgia -2

Arizona St - 3

Boise St -4

Texas 5 - Clemson 12 

Penn State 6 - Alabama 11

Notre Dame 7 - Indiana 10

Ohio State 8 - SMU 9

 

 

[mdmost 43731]

5 or 6 is ideal given you win your home game and you play either Boise or Arizona State in the 2nd round. 7 gets harder because you're playing Georgia a 3rd time. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3585]

15 minutes ago, fellside said:

SMU is -1400 to make the playoffs. 

Alabama is +800

That didnt last long

SMU is now -345 and Bama +280

[Sir Ulrich 5333]

1 minute ago, Drew said:

Heather Denich just posted us at 6 behind Penn St.  No reasoning for why we’d drop below Penn St but why they’d be above ND and OSU. 

She's a big 10 homer. Doesn't mean much