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Ole Miss and Oklahoma should be out. With title game losses, BYU and Bama should be out.

Start the narrative, you social media dawgs.
 
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With Lane gone, compare our metrics to Ole Miss. We are better even with the additional loss. Committee can get Miami in and keep ND in and just leave Ole Miss out. Would make Kiffin a tremendous villain. Also means Bama and UGA are in. Would just need TT to beat BYU to assure them their dream scenario. Ole Miss without Lane is NOT a draw.

Food for thought for the idiots in the back rooms. But really, we should be in over ND. That’s it. Period. H2H with same metrics. Goodnight ND
If that happened lane should actually fear for his life. Would never step foot in Mississippi again if I were him.
 
Why would the 10th ranked team want to play the 3rd ranked team, when losing means the 11th ranked team, whose at home watching, gets in to the playoff?

This isn’t my opinion btw, this is what the committee has said. Greg Sankey too.
And anyone else with a reasonable sense of fairness. I agree idle teams shouldn’t get a pass. It is also the downside of overloading the rankings with teams from the same conference.
 
Here's what I'm afraid they will do: Drop Ole Miss to 10. Move up Bama a couple of spots so if they lose Conference Championship game they will stay top 10 and that allows Ole Miss and Bama to stay in.
This is exactly what is going to happen!
 
The actual rankings will just end up being
1. Ohio St
2. Indiana
3. UGA
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Alabama
11. BYU
12. Miami
13. Vanderbilt
14. Utah
15. Texas
16. Virginia

The only reason Ole Miss wouldn't rank 6th is Lane Leaving. But there is no way they drop below Oklahoma who they beat.

With a like 5% chance of it going 9. Alabama, 10. Miami, 11. Notre Dame 12. BYU
And like a 0.1% chance of it going 9. Miami, 10. Notre Dame, 11. Alabama, 12. BYU - WHICH btw would be the best thing for the committee to do that way Bama and BYU are already on outside looking in for the conference champ game and MUST win to get in. Rather than potentially getting out with a loss. The PR of it is FAR better.... They should never have had Miami only at 12 after Bama lost. They should have immediately put Miami above ND then and there. All this could have been avoided for them...


If The committee was REALLY punishing Ole Miss for Lane Leaving, and was truly just getting the best teams in, it'd go:
6. A&M
7. Miami
8. Notre Dame
9. Oklahoma
10. Ole Miss
11. Alabama
12. BYU
 
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And After next weeks Conference Champ games are finished it'll likely be
1. Ohio St
2. UGA
3. Indiana
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Alabama
11. Miami
12. Vanderbilt
13. BYU
14. Texas
15. Virginia
16. Utah

With ONLY shot of Miami being Ranked 10 is if Bama loses by 2+ scores to UGA in SEC Championship game.
 
Although each would have 3 losses, the CFP has said they would not penalize conference game runner ups


The CFP NEVER says anything untrue...they NEVER use terrible logic...they NEVER say one thing for one team and something completely different for another team.

I just have to shake my head at all these gullible people who "believe" that the CFP will not "penalize" conference game runner ups. When they have EVERY SINGLE YEAR PRIOR.
 
They can’t make the SEC championship game a punishment.


Yes they can.

Last year, the SEC whined when they "only" got 3 teams in. This year, if Alabama gets bumped, they will have FOUR teams in, UGa, Ole Miss, aTm, and Oklahoma.

Arguing for five or six? And acting like they will bolt if that doesn't happen? Yeah, that argument will not carry water.

Everyone if focusing (too narrowly) on Alabama. The reality is, if the SEC has "more teams than last year", that is sufficient. And they have FOUR, not counting Alabama. The SEC would still, quite literally, have 1/3 of all the slots, even without Alabama.

Big picture, people. Big picture.
 
Yes they can.

Last year, the SEC whined when they "only" got 3 teams in. This year, if Alabama gets bumped, they will have FOUR teams in, UGa, Ole Miss, aTm, and Oklahoma.

Arguing for five or six? And acting like they will bolt if that doesn't happen? Yeah, that argument will not carry water.

Everyone if focusing (too narrowly) on Alabama. The reality is, if the SEC has "more teams than last year", that is sufficient. And they have FOUR, not counting Alabama. The SEC would still, quite literally, have 1/3 of all the slots, even without Alabama.

Big picture, people. Big picture.
but the media said so lol
 
I recall last year, the CFP D!ckhead saying that any team already slotted for playoffs, would not drop out after a loss in conference championship games.


LAST YEAR. Because they already knew the math.

Last year, the LOWEST RANKED team in the Top 12 who played in a conference championship game was SMU at #8 (pre-ACC-CG).

THIS YEAR, the LOWEST RANKED teams in the Top 12 who will be playing in a conference championship game will be Alabama at (likely) #10 and BYU at (likely) #11.

There HAS TO BE a penalty for losing a game. It's a requirement, even if it's just one spot. And Alabama and BYU are ON THE BUBBLE. They are not locked into at-large spots the same way that SMU was in 2024.
 
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LAST YEAR. Because they already knew the math.

Last year, the LOWEST RANKED team in the Top 12 who played in a conference championship game was SMU at #8 (pre-ACC-CG).

THIS YEAR, the LOWEST RANKED teams in the Top 12 who will be playing in a conference championship game will be Alabama at (likely) #10 and BYU at (likely) #11.

There HAS TO BE a penalty for losing a game. It's a requirement, even if it's just one spot. And Alabama and BYU are ON THE BUBBLE. They are not locked into at-large spots the same way that SMU was.
there has never not been a penalty
 
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