American Athletic Conference and the College Football Playoff

[Drew]

still think it's going to be hard to keep an undefeated AAC team out of the playoff. Only way I see it happening is if it's Houston potentially 13-0.

Memphis Wins:

Ole Miss
@Cincy
@Houston
@Temple
Temple (AAC Championship)
Navy
@Bowling Green


Temple wins:

Notre Dame
@Cincy
Memphis x2 (AAC championship + Regular season)
@ECU
Penn State

Houston wins:

@Louisville
Vanderbilt
Memphis
Temple (AAC Championship Game)
Navy

I know they'll try to find a way to keep the AAC out but if Ole Miss is SEC Champion and Clemson loses a game OR PAC12 champ has 2 losses OR XII champ has a loss I don't see how 13-0 American team can be left out

 

[whaler11]

It's not impossible but it's not worth worrying about yet.

You probably only have a 15-20% chance the AAC can even produce a 13-0 team and if you do you need a lot of other things to break right.

 

[BoatShow]

Watch us beat Houston and Temple and ruin our leagues reputation. AGAIN

If Temple beats ND and isn't in the Top 10 you know the fix is in.

 

[J187Money]

Watch us beat Houston and Temple and ruin our leagues reputation. AGAIN

If Temple beats ND and isn't in the Top 10 you know the fix is in.

If ND beats Temple somehow that will catapult THEM into the top 5.

 

[BlueMAB]

It would be great to get a team into the playoff, but those schedules (respectable, yes) at this point in time don't say to me it would be a travesty if a 13-0 team was left out (especially Houston).

But all we really need is a team to get into one of the New Year's day bowls and win it, or at least look really good losing to another really good team.

And then repeat that every year. Hopefully that team will be us before it's too late.

 

[BlueandOG]

Go AAC! I, for one, welcome our new football overlords.

 

[UConn9604]

Go AAC! I, for one, welcome our new football overlords.

I wish them well and I look forward to playing some of them out-of-conference in the future.

 

[BlueDogs]

As much as I hate this Conf, I have to admit that it has proven to be much more formidable than I could have imagined. There are some very, very good teams. Of course, our job is to blowup Memphis and Houston and ruin the year for the AAC, and I'd be ecstatic if did.

 

[zls44]

As much as I hate this Conf, I have to admit that it has proven to be much more formidable than I could have imagined. There are some very, very good teams. Of course, our job is to blowup Memphis and Houston and ruin the year for the AAC, and I'd be ecstatic if did.

...thereby costing the athletic department a few million bucks.

(cutting BL off at the pass here)

 

[DoctorWho85]

The only way any team sniffs the playoffs from the American is if Ole Miss wins the Sec. That makes Memphis's win that much better and still will be snubbed over someone else.

 

[sub legacy]

Watch us beat Houston and Temple and ruin our leagues reputation. AGAIN

If Temple beats ND and isn't in the Top 10 you know the fix is in.

AAC is the new Mountain West. ESPN analysts think the idea of an AAC team in the playoff is a joke. Cute, but a joke. The playoff committee likely isn't much different, and will hold criteria like strength of schedule against them. This conference might produce highly competitive teams like the Boise's and TCU's of the 2000s, but you'll never see a team from this conference get in ahead of a one or two-loss ACC or Big XII team; unless it's by reluctant default of other teams falling in the polls. Even then, all you'll hear is people saying they don't belong there. And if they're handed a lopsided loss in the playoff, it'll be validated.

Temple is ranked 21. Even if they win, I don't see them leapfrogging into the Top 10. Maybe they rise to 15, and wouldn't surprise me to still see Norte Dame ahead of them at 13 or 14 (from #9).

 

[Afroabe224]

Watch us beat Houston and Temple and ruin our leagues reputation. AGAIN

If Temple beats ND and isn't in the Top 10 you know the fix is in.

"The Fix" has been in since the Big East died*

*see NCAAM 2014/2015 tourney seeding (L'ville/UConn/SMU/Temple).

 

[junglehusky]

Because humans are involved it'll take a multi-year effort for an AAC team to get in the playoff. It can be done but it would probably need one school to dominate the other contenders and win big games OOC (like Memphis over Ole Miss) & their bowl game every year, PLUS the other contenders having success as well.

 

[businesslawyer]

...thereby costing the athletic department a few million bucks.

(cutting BL off at the pass here)

Huh? Not something I've ever worried about.

 

[shizzle787]

There are 22 teams still alive for the CFP (in my opinion):

Tier 1
LSU
Oklahoma St.
Baylor
TCU
Clemson
Ohio St.
Michigan St.
Iowa

Tier 2
Oklahoma
Utah
Stanford
Florida
Alabama
Notre Dame
Florida State

Tier 3
Pittsburgh
Duke
UNC
Memphis
Temple

Tier 4
Houston
Toledo

 

[NickyNewark]

AAC is the new Mountain West. ESPN analysts think the idea of an AAC team in the playoff is a joke. Cute, but a joke. The playoff committee likely isn't much different, and will hold criteria like strength of schedule against them. This conference might produce highly competitive teams like the Boise's and TCU's of the 2000s, but you'll never see a team from this conference get in ahead of a one or two-loss ACC or Big XII team; unless it's by reluctant default of other teams falling in the polls. Even then, all you'll hear is people saying they don't belong there. And if they're handed a lopsided loss in the playoff, it'll be validated.

Temple is ranked 21. Even if they win, I don't see them leapfrogging into the Top 10. Maybe they rise to 15, and wouldn't surprise me to still see Norte Dame ahead of them at 13 or 14 (from #9).

Temple wins they better be ranked above ND.....I'd love seeing the AAC ruin ESPiNS party and make the ACC look G5 and AAC P5...