Hadn't seen these discussed yet
College Football Playoff Rankings, Oct. 31
My takeaways (aside from it's very early)
1. Georgia is the deserving #1 at this point. That road win at ND is looking mighty impressive considering ND's subsequent performance.
2. Clemson deserves the #4 spot at this point. Sure, they lost to Syracuse, but wins over Auburn, @Louisville (despite their drop off) and @Virginia Tech are impressive.
3. OU deserves to be ahead of OSU based on H2H at this point. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out when OSU gets Michigan State and likely an undefeated Wisconsin team in addition to Michigan and Iowa...and OU gets TCU and OSU.
4. Committee appears to not be impressed with Wisconsin. Is it possible that if every team ahead of them wins out (to the extent they can, there will be some top 8 matchups), that they go 13-0 and don't make the playoff? Say Bama finishes 13-0, UGA 12-1, ND 11-1, Clemson 12-1, OU 12-1, do they really finish 6th? Is it possible an undefeated P5 team doesn't make the playoff due to 4, 1 loss teams ahead of them? Looking at their schedule, I think it is. Northwestern and FAU are their only opponents they've beaten currently over .500. Michigan and Indiana are their only future opponents above .500. And then the big 12 title game. Is that a resume` that deserves it?
College Football Playoff Rankings, Oct. 31
- Georgia (8-0)
- Alabama (8-0)
- Notre Dame (7-1)
- Clemson (7-1)
- Oklahoma (7-1)
- Ohio State (7-1)
- Penn State (7-1)
- TCU (7-1)
- Wisconsin (8-0)
- Miami (7-0)
My takeaways (aside from it's very early)
1. Georgia is the deserving #1 at this point. That road win at ND is looking mighty impressive considering ND's subsequent performance.
2. Clemson deserves the #4 spot at this point. Sure, they lost to Syracuse, but wins over Auburn, @Louisville (despite their drop off) and @Virginia Tech are impressive.
3. OU deserves to be ahead of OSU based on H2H at this point. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out when OSU gets Michigan State and likely an undefeated Wisconsin team in addition to Michigan and Iowa...and OU gets TCU and OSU.
4. Committee appears to not be impressed with Wisconsin. Is it possible that if every team ahead of them wins out (to the extent they can, there will be some top 8 matchups), that they go 13-0 and don't make the playoff? Say Bama finishes 13-0, UGA 12-1, ND 11-1, Clemson 12-1, OU 12-1, do they really finish 6th? Is it possible an undefeated P5 team doesn't make the playoff due to 4, 1 loss teams ahead of them? Looking at their schedule, I think it is. Northwestern and FAU are their only opponents they've beaten currently over .500. Michigan and Indiana are their only future opponents above .500. And then the big 12 title game. Is that a resume` that deserves it?
