What I want to know is if Texas beats Oklahoma, Northwestern beats Ohio State, and Alabama beats Georgia, would that be enough for ucf to make the playoff assuming they beat Memphis? If not, who is #4 in this scenario?
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Our best path is OU blowing out Texas so OU makes the playoff. Then the Sugar Bowl has to take Texas.
I misread, i thought you said UGA beats Bama.
In that case I'd say UCF is in and everyone can finally watch Bama embarrass them.
They definitely would have a real shot I would think. If Alabama barely beat Georgia then I could see Georgia remaining #4 maybe, but I honestly feel that UCF will lose to Memphis Saturday without Milton.
we can all sit here all week convincing ourselves that OU is the better team... (they are) using any and every metric available
But all the committee has to say is "We think Ohio State is the better team" and that's that.
Very frustrating.
But all the committee has to say is "We think Ohio State is the better team" and that's that.
Very frustrating.
The point is, that SHOULDN'T matter . . . but it did.
Therefore, it's hard to trust the committee.
Conference Champs have EARNED it on the field. That will always be more fair than some committee's eye test.
I see it as a very real possibility. I also think ISU would sell the place out if we were picked for the Alamo Bowl.
I kind of get that...but what's the point? Alabama would have just knocked them off in a neutral site game? We know that winner. Why would they get another shot at the playoffs? Meaning they had their chance and lost, some other team should get in.
Our best path is Texas winning. That leaves no doubt because both are in NY6 bowls and it doesn't matter what they do with Ohio State
$EC. Don’t look for logic, it has nothing to do with putting the most deserving teams in the playoff.
I would put money on it that UCF would be out by a sliver, and the committee would be like "oh, so close, but..."
Still wondering how we went from being projected by 11 of 12 sportswriters listed on the Camping World Bowl site last week to only 7 of 12 this week. Perhaps they didn't recognize that we were likely to finish ahead of West Virginia. Or maybe they just didn't work very hard on their predictions (one swapped us for Texas).
A conference champ could "earned it" by playing in a super weak division, going winless in their non-conference games including a loss at home to Akron and just because they win one game on a neutral field, they deserve to go to the playoff as one of the best 4 (or 8) teams?
I'll pass. Give me the 4 best teams that have proved it over an entire season.
We'll know a lot more after the rankings come out tonight. If OSU is ahead of OU, we're gonna need Texas to win.
