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2026-27 playoffs

TrumpyCane said:
TrumpyCane thinks Texas will be out again and Sark gets let go

Have:
UF
Ole Miss
MSU
@Mizz
@LSU
Ark
@A&M

They can easily lose another 2, **** 3 there
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According to some geniuses around here a three loss Texas team will make the playoffs.


I am with you though. More than likely they miss the playoffs and Sark might be on a very hot seat. Too hot to handle.
 
Wake would beat Texas at a neutral site. I just think that Sark has run out of answers.

I think he now knows he got a pig in a poke in Manning.
 
TrumpyCane said:
TrumpyCane thinks Texas will be out again and Sark gets let go

Have:
UF
Ole Miss
MSU
@Mizz
@LSU
Ark
@A&M

They can easily lose another 2, **** 3 there
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Ya I talked about this after they beat OSU: this is a multi-loss team whose stock peaked after that win.

I think they have 2 more Ls in them.
 
Gators QB situation is bad. And they have not faced a Defense like Texas yet.

Going to be an uphill battle for them unless Manning turns the ball over multiple times times and they score off of them.
 
section9 said:
Think the Gates can beat them? That might salvage Summrall's season at Gainesville.
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No. That will probably be a “fake” get-right game for Texas where their offense looks better than it actually is because the Gators defense is a total basket-case.

But Ole Miss, Moo State, Mizzou and LSU will all probably be *very* difficult games for them. **** even @A&M in the last game of the season could be a close game as difficult as that is to believe right now.
 
Update after week 6:
BYE:
- #1 UGA
- #2 ND
- #3 Miami
- #4 OSU

1st Round

#5 Indiana Vs #12 Boise State (Winner plays OSU)
#6 Alabama Vs #11 Utah (Winner plays Miami)
#7 Texas Vs #10 Texas Tech (Winner plays Notre Dame)
#8 BYU Vs #9 Ole Miss (Winner plays UGA)


On the outside: #12 UCLA, #13 Missouri, #14 Tennessee, #15 Kentucky

Conference break down:

SEC: 4
Big12: 3
Big10: 2
INDEPENDENT: 1
ACC: 1
G6: 1

Dropped out: LSU
New: Utah
 
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Colombie said:
Gators QB situation is bad. And they have not faced a Defense like Texas yet.

Going to be an uphill battle for them unless Manning turns the ball over multiple times times and they score off of them.
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If i were to actually do what the exercise requires rather than just copy & paste the AP poll like many CFB writers do, I’d end up at something like this:


BYES:

1. Miami: 13-0
2. Alabama: 12-1
3. Utah: 13-0
4. Notre Dame: 11-1

5. Purdue, 10-3, Vs 12. Oregon State, 11-2,

6. UCLA, 12-1 (Purdue), Vs 11. UGA, 10-2 (losses to Mizzou and Ole Miss),

7. Ole Miss, 11-2, Vs 10. Oklahoma State, 11-2,

8. Indiana, 11-2 (losses to Purdue, UCLA) Vs 9. Wake Forest, 11-2,

OR like this:


1. Indiana 13-0
2. UGA 12-1
3. Miami 12-1
4 Notre Dame 11-1

5. Oklahoma State 12-1 Vs 12. Oregon State, 11-2

6. UCLA, 12-1, Vs 11. Louisville 10-3

7. Arizona, 11-2, Vs 10. Texas 10-2 (LSU)

8. LSU 11-2 Vs. 9. Northwestern 11-1

Not saying this is what I actually believe will happen; I’m being silly — the SEC prob gets more than 3 teams in — although i am bullish on Purdue + Louisville, the odds aren’t in their favor; just saying that without taking schedule into account; you’re literally not doing anything by saying these are potential playoff matchups via current rankings lol.

One thing that is becoming apparent by actually trying to map it out; the Big XII is in a pristine position to get 2 teams in for the first time. Could even get 3 depending how things shake out. Extremely early tho and unexpected upsets are to be expected with this much time left.

There are endless conditionals left to unfold. Which is why most people avoid actually doing the exercise in its entirety.

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C-A-N-E-S!!! said:

Not the best news outlet, but valid points
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Already disagree with him because Purdue looks like they’ll have an above .500 record in the B1G and their three losses are to teams w/ a combined record of 16-1. But he says it’s a “gimme,” game. ND actually scheduled 10 P4 matchups unlike Indiana/PSU/USC/Washington/Nebraska who have an easier route to the playoffs than ND.

ND also has beaten Wisconsin, basically on the road, who is looking like an 8-ish win team. ND plays @ BYU but they originally scheduled IU who cancelled on them and UVA. USC also cancelled on ND. ND also doesn’t play FCS teams like most of the p4, and have a game with SMU, who has made the playoffs and is ranked, later in the year. Am i supposed to believe that Tennessee, who can’t even figure who they want to be their quarterback, is more formidable than SMU?

It’s BS and just typical SEC! Nonsense when media talking heads say ND doesn’t play anybody. And i defend ND because after them, we’re next on the list lol.

Did LSU really play “somebody,” when they beat A&M by 29 points? Why did FSU, AT Alabama, put up more of a fight than ranked Kentucky (4 touchdown L) and Miss State (33 point margin of defeat) who were home when they lost to Alabama? South Carolina lost to bama by 31 too. Are Arkansas, Vandy and Auburn supposed to represent formidable opponents this year?
 
BYU is gonna slide big time. They’ve got 3 losses in them. Utah and okie state are the top b12 teams

Miami wake smu in the ACC. Winner of wake smu in Charlotte. ACC gets only 1 in.

Indiana I think ends up 10-2. They’re gonna run outta luck soon.

Sec is bama Georgia and then a gap to Missouri ole miss.

A question becomes do we get a bye with a loss to nd and an ACC title? Presumably the byes would go to nd, sec winner, b10 winner and the choice between 12-1 Miami with an ACC title, b12 title winner and runner up of sec/b10? It’s an interesting question. If that b12 winner is okie state with an Oregon win on their resume and they run the table after that Tulsa loss I don’t see us getting the bye. Or 12-1 Utah? I think we’d slot in at 5/6
 
Colombie said:
According to some geniuses around here a three loss Texas team will make the playoffs.


I am with you though. More than likely they miss the playoffs and Sark might be on a very hot seat. Too hot to handle.
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If the games are close SEC games better believe Texas will be in discussion as a 3 loss team. Especially if that last loss happened to be in the SEC title game.
 
StevoBevo said:
Update after week 6:
BYE:
- #1 UGA
- #2 ND
- #3 Miami
- #4 OSU

1st Round

#5 Indiana Vs #12 Boise State (Winner plays OSU)
#6 Alabama Vs #11 Utah (Winner plays Miami)
#7 Texas Vs #10 Texas Tech (Winner plays Notre Dame)
#8 BYU Vs #9 Ole Miss (Winner plays UGA)


On the outside: #12 UCLA, #13 Missouri, #14 Tennessee, #15 Kentucky

Conference break down:

SEC: 4
Big12: 3
Big10: 2
INDEPENDENT: 1
ACC: 1
G6: 1

Dropped out: LSU
New: Utah
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This year, the number 1 seed picks their quarter and semi site.
The semi's are at the Cotton bowl and Hard Rock.
What team in the top 7/8 if seeded #1 would choose the Orange over the Cotton?

Let's get a top 3 seed, take care of biz vs #7, 8 or 9 and we're home for the semi's.
 
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