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ACC champ is in. No debate. Miami or Clemson.
SEC champ is in. No debate. UGA or Auburn.
Big 12 champ is in. No debate. Oklahoma or TCU.
And Wisconsin is in with a win in the B1G title game. No debate.
What gets interesting is if Wisconsin loses.
And, IMO, that final spot goes to 11-2 Oklahoma if TCU wins the Big 12 or to 11-1 Alabama if Oklahoma wins.
The committee allowing Ohio State into the playoffs with a worse resume than the 1 that excluded Penn State last year would kill the credibility of the committee.
Objectively, Oklahoma has already proven to be better than Ohio State on the field. So with the same record, they are getting in. And I think Bama gets in over Ohio State because of their brand.
The wild-card team, IMO, is a 2-loss USC winning the PAC-12. Taking them with a Wisconsin loss gives the Rose Bowl a solid match-up with the Big 12 winner, while the ACC and SEC battle in the Sugar. And it keeps the value of winning a conference.
Committee is secretly rooting for Wisconsin to make it easy for them. Short of that, they are rooting for Oklahoma and USC.
Ohio State winning, USC losing, and TCU losing puts Bama in the playoffs, IMO.
SEC champ is in. No debate. UGA or Auburn.
Big 12 champ is in. No debate. Oklahoma or TCU.
And Wisconsin is in with a win in the B1G title game. No debate.
What gets interesting is if Wisconsin loses.
And, IMO, that final spot goes to 11-2 Oklahoma if TCU wins the Big 12 or to 11-1 Alabama if Oklahoma wins.
The committee allowing Ohio State into the playoffs with a worse resume than the 1 that excluded Penn State last year would kill the credibility of the committee.
Objectively, Oklahoma has already proven to be better than Ohio State on the field. So with the same record, they are getting in. And I think Bama gets in over Ohio State because of their brand.
The wild-card team, IMO, is a 2-loss USC winning the PAC-12. Taking them with a Wisconsin loss gives the Rose Bowl a solid match-up with the Big 12 winner, while the ACC and SEC battle in the Sugar. And it keeps the value of winning a conference.
Committee is secretly rooting for Wisconsin to make it easy for them. Short of that, they are rooting for Oklahoma and USC.
Ohio State winning, USC losing, and TCU losing puts Bama in the playoffs, IMO.