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Want To Be In The Playoffs? Make Sure You're In The Top Ten

Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:02 pm
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
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Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:02 pm
If the season ended today (and the CFP poll was the same as the current AP Poll), the 11th and 12th ranked teams wouldn't make it.

Get into the top 10 to be sure.

Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
34036 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:03 pm to
I'll be sure to work on it
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
9399 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:03 pm to
quote:

Make Sure You're In The Top Ten


Penciling it into my "to-do" list now.
Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
3454 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:06 pm to
Tip #2 for the Day

Want to win the game? Make sure to score more points than your opponent.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
44424 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

Want to win the game? Make sure to score more points than your opponent.

That almost always works.
Posted by PerrillouxToTexas
Member since Sep 2022
7116 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:09 pm to
Want To Play In Texas? Make Sure You’ve Got A Fiddle In The Band
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
34036 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:10 pm to
Want to be happy for the rest of your life? Pick an ugly girl to marry you.
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
13688 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:14 pm to
quote:

Want To Be In The Playoffs? Make Sure You're In The Top Ten


I'd say Top 9 is guaranteed.

If 10-2 BYU beats 11-1 Kansas State in the Big 12 CCG, they likely won't be Top 10, but they'll be in the playoff.

If 10-2 Clemson beats 12-0 Miami, they likely won't be Top 10, but they'll be in the playoff.

The G5 Champ is not likely to be in the Top 10.

Maybe that isn't likely to all happen, but when it does, shite will hit the fan. I'm thinking some 2 loss SEC and B1G teams might get left out this year if the cards fall right. Unless there are some changes made, I think big OOC games will be going away sooner than later.. unfortunately.
Posted by Mizzouligan
St. Louis, MO
Member since Aug 2014
1342 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 2:18 pm to
I think the Buttchigger is referring to SEC teams.

There may/will be teams outside the SEC and BIG that will make it in, that will not be in final top ten ranking.
Posted by 49 to nada
In aggy and gooner heads, rent free
Member since Sep 2023
4588 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 3:24 pm to
quote:

Tip #2 for the Day

Want to win the game? Make sure to score more points than your opponent.
Revolutionary stuff right there! You sure you want to be sharing such valuable secrets on a public forum?
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
18430 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:02 pm to
Looking at the current AP Poll, this is how it would shake out. Landscape is a bit different with the PAC12 being out of the picture.

Top Five Conference Champions
#1 Alabama
#3 Ohio State
#8 Miami (FL)
#16 Iowa State
#21 Boise State

7 At Large Bids
#2 Texas
#4 Tennessee
#5 Georgia
#6 Oregon
#7 Penn State
#9 Missouri
#10 Michigan

Next 2 would be

That would be
#11 USC
#12 Ole Miss

With all of that being said, the CFP Committee will likely modify their rankings to keep one conference from dominating, or to strategically schedule games in the CFP.

Here is 2024 LINK

1 Michigan,
2 Washington
3 Texas
4 Alabama

No. 12 Liberty at No. 5 Florida State
No. 11 Ole Miss at No. 6 Georgia
No. 10 Penn State at No. 7 Ohio State
No. 9 Missouri at No. 8 Oregon

Liberty, (AP 22) took the 12th seed as an auto-qualifier. Ole Miss gets in at 11.

Posted by gothamdawg
NYC
Member since Nov 2015
1019 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:16 pm to
quote:


Tip #2 for the Day

Want to win the game? Make sure to score more points than your opponent.


Wasn't expecting to get enlightened on the rant today.
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
28999 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:08 pm to
Glad you posted this, I've only been making sure Alabama finished 12th. I'll have to increase my efforts.


Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:41 pm to
Wrong. I'm talking about the playoffs.

If you're not a conf champ, you need to be in the top ten to be well positioned. As dude upthread noted, there is even an outside WAY OUTSIDE chance that once in a blue moon even the #10 team could get left out.

This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 5:43 pm
Posted by AulderMagee
Dallas
Member since Mar 2024
3087 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:44 pm to
quote:

Wasn't expecting to get enlightened on the rant today.


There are still lots of idiots running around this forum thinking that the top 12 make it into the playoffs.

So yeah, some folks needed enlightening.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
58290 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:47 pm to
What would a Tennessee fan know about making the CFP?
Posted by JJxvi
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2011
442 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:57 pm to
The problem with the new system in terms of "chaos" will come in those leagues where there is maybe only one really good team, think like the Big 12 the last couple of years, where the runner up is really only top 15-ish (and KSU won it in 2022 for example)

Last year Texas beat Oklahoma State, Texas would have already been in for all intents and purposes and could have just blew off the game mentally, and then the conference gets two teams in. Thats the kind of thing that can start to look bad in the current system.

The good news is that Texas would have needed to win to clinch a bye, so thats positive, that theres still something to play for. The negative, is that if a team like Oklahoma State does manage to win that game, then suddenly they are likely to get a bye even though they are ranked like 9 or 10.

Those will be the big controversy causers in this system. Teams are going to start getting byes for winning these conference championship games that arent viewed as being one of the best teams, and in some years it will be even a non-power conference team that gets a bye.
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 6:02 pm
Posted by RollingwiththeTide62
Member since Aug 2024
3051 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 6:51 pm to
Do not be deceived acc and big 12 and top group 5 champs top 4 and a bye regardless of rank realistically
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 6:52 pm
Posted by PoundTheRock
Member since Oct 2024
1025 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 6:54 pm to
Vols run this ship now. You're welcome.
Posted by GooseSix
Member since Jun 2012
20457 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 6:59 pm to
quote:

If the season ended today



It doesn't so your post is stupid.
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