CFP Rankings

[superjohn]

Alabama has a pretty easy path to the Final. An overrated Oklahoma team & then a Cinderella Indiana team. I can see them stealing this Title.

A Cinderella Indiana team? Indiana is #1 in the country, they just went undefeated, they won the Big 10, and they're 24-2 the past two seasons. Put a little respect on them, there's nothing Cinderella about them.

 

[SubbaBub]

You mean other than not making the CCG of a league that has 8-5 Duke as its champion?

The Csnes have 2 losses in a crummy conference. No one seems to mention that.

Miami beat ND
Bama lost to 5-7 FL St

Miami didn't make the CCG because the ACC is stupid.

Bama got in over ND because the CFP is only slight less corrupt than FIFA and got every SEC vote and every ACC vote in the room to assure this outcome happened. Having a P4 conference whose votes are needed to perpetuate this cartel left out of the game was always a non-starter.

And ND understands it.

 

[shizzle787]

It’s expanding next year so you won’t ever see a 10-2 ND miss the playoff again.

 

[SubbaBub]

So UConn has a path to the CFP?

If they won the AAC this year they would have. Question is, does a 12-0 UConn get an at large this year (no), because they are in the same boat as ND. So I guess we have our answer.

 

[maple]

I’ll never be sad to see Notre Dame miss the CFP. It’s the only thing better than seeing them get in and inevitably lose.

 

[mike012]

That Oregon spread for that game will be Oregon + 28

 

[SubbaBub]

It’s expanding next year so you won’t ever see a 10-2 ND miss the playoff again.

The power (money) behind the CFP, which is the SEC and B1G plus to a much lesser degree the B12 and the ballast that is the ACC, don't give a rip about ND making or missing the playoffs. They aren't changing it to suit ND.

The ACC will change its CCG tiebreaker next week and this won't be a problem ever again.

The SEC/Big 10 will push for a 16 team format because $$$ for extra games and 3 of the 4 new spots will likely go to them most years.

 

[mauconnfan]

As I noted above, half of ND's wins were against the ACC, so the standard of competition applies equally. And Miami didn't get to play BCU like ND did.

As far as Duke goes, if last night's defense showed up vs UConn, Duke wins that game. I also don't think UVa was all that good and if they'd played Miami would've won that. This is a problem with 16-20 team conferences where you only play against half or less of the teams.

Please stop Miami played an easier schedule and they got beat by easier teams this wasn’t even a close argument. Freshman QB 13-14 weeks ago for ND at their place and it was obvious who the better and most dangerous team to play was as the season ended. You can hate ND but you have to be honest they were playing real good football. Miami wasn’t even in the finals in a very weak conferences that deserved no team in the tournament. Ridiculous.

 

[Chin Diesel]

A Cinderella Indiana team? Indiana is #1 in the country, they just went undefeated, they won the Big 10, and they're 24-2 the past two seasons. Put a little respect on them, there's nothing Cinderella about them.

 

[UConnDan97]

If they won the AAC this year they would have. Question is, does a 12-0 UConn get an at large this year (no), because they are in the same boat as ND. So I guess we have our answer.

That's the thing that people should remember as they do the victory dance for ND being excluded. They finished #9 in the AP poll but are out of the playoffs. Meanwhile, the SEC got 5 teams in.

An undefeated UConn may have finished in the top 10 (we're receiving 5 votes right now with 3 losses), but this tells us there was no chance for us even with the expanded playoffs, which is pretty rotten...

 

[Tenspro2002]

I wish there were a way for both ND and the ACC to miss out. I'm not sure which one I was rooting for.

 

[SubbaBub]

Please stop Miami played an easier schedule and they got beat by easier teams this wasn’t even a close argument. Freshman QB 13-14 weeks ago for ND at their place and it was obvious who the better and most dangerous team to play was as the season ended. You can hate ND but you have to be honest they were playing real good football. Miami wasn’t even in the finals in a very weak conferences that deserved no team in the tournament. Ridiculous.

Weird people think this has anything to do with football. This is power and politics. Always has been. Otherwise they would have to constantly shift their narratives to justify their favored teams.

I'm not reading the CFP selection rules but I thought any champ had to be in the top 25. They could easily have keep JMU out of the rebranding if they really wanted ND. They didn't. ND got the bargain it agreed to, they'll get over it.

 

[BigTenFan]

ND is suffering the fate of no conference affiliation....just like Uconn

The committee bent the knee to SEC by allowing a 3 loss Alabama team in.

ND definitely deserved to be in before Alabama- they would get in with their record if they were in a conference.
In this new era ND does not have the clout it once did

 

[NHUConnfan]

Weird people think this has anything to do with football. This is power and politics. Always has been. Otherwise they would have to constantly shift their narratives to justify their favored teams.

I'm not reading the CFP selection rules but I thought any champ had to be in the top 25. They could easily have keep JMU out of the rebranding if they really wanted ND. They didn't. ND got the bargain it agreed to, they'll get over it.

They're not keeping an 11-1 team out of the Top 25.

 

[TheDude]

I’ll never be sad to see Notre Dame miss the CFP. It’s the only thing better than seeing them get in and inevitably lose.

I do see a 12-0 UConn getting in if it's a 16 team, field. Your right if it's a 12-team field.

 

[Drfla]

Miami beat ND
Bama lost to 5-7 FL St

Miami didn't make the CCG because the ACC is stupid.

Bama got in over ND because the CFP is only slight less corrupt than FIFA and got every SEC vote and every ACC vote in the room to assure this outcome happened. Having a P4 conference whose votes are needed to perpetuate this cartel left out of the game was always a non-starter.

And ND understands it.

 

[giddyup]

Why tf was Alabama put in with 3 losses.

 

[CTBballfan243]

I do see a 12-0 UConn getting in if it's a 16 team, field. Your right if it's a 12-team field.

Come on, UConn doesn't play a strong enough schedule to be in the playoff. UConn had a geat year, and I loved going to the games and watching them play, but even if UConn went 12-0 they wouldn't deserve to be in the college football playoff. I am not delusional. I Just enjoy UConn football for what it is.

 

[traitor71]

Why tf was Alabama put in with 3 losses.

I think that they weren't going to penalize them for the conference championship loss if they were being compared with Miami and ND who were not playing in an extra game. It's all I can figure. I also think that they never really considered BYU as an at large team, so losing the conf champ game counts against them more. Hard to figure their thinking though.

 

[Drfla]

CFP is corrupt and run by the SEC.
No SEC team (see Oklahoma or Alabama) wanted to play ND in the CFP.

Not a ND fan but the P4 hates their independent status. Head to head vs Miami in first week of the season is not a fair measure of where the teams are at now.

If the SEC had any guts they would have their teams schedule ND in November instead of the cream puffs they all play on one Saturday each November.

Is this a foreshadowing of basketball as well. Beware UConn. Don’t get left out.

 

[traitor71]

A Cinderella Indiana team? Indiana is #1 in the country, they just went undefeated, they won the Big 10, and they're 24-2 the past two seasons. Put a little respect on them, there's nothing Cinderella about them.

A classic case of not being able to get past their name. They are one hell of a football team with an excellent coach.

 

[Waquoit]

This is a blessing for ND fans. They weren't going anywhere but now they get to whine all winter.

 

[storrsroars]

Please stop Miami played an easier schedule and they got beat by easier teams this wasn’t even a close argument. Freshman QB 13-14 weeks ago for ND at their place and it was obvious who the better and most dangerous team to play was as the season ended. You can hate ND but you have to be honest they were playing real good football. Miami wasn’t even in the finals in a very weak conferences that deserved no team in the tournament. Ridiculous.

I'd have put ND in over Alabama. You're assuming I hate ND. I'm ambivalent.

But if I put ND in the CFP, I put Miami in ahead of them because they won head-to-head.

 

[champs99and04]

And Bama did something Miami didn’t — beat 4 teams in the final top 25. Mia beat 1.

Which four top 25 teams did Bama beat?

 

[CTSooner]

No SEC team (see Oklahoma or Alabama) wanted to play ND in the CFP.

Oh Oklahoma wanted ND. We have grievances and that game would have been epic.