Playoff

[ragtimejoe1]

First, what a disaster. I can't believe they put ou vs bama in round 1; they just played a month ago. James Madison and Tulane above Notre Dame? I know they had to take 1 but 2? I'm thinking they are building the case for excluding g6. With that, we've already seen the tulane vs ole miss matchup in Sept--it was ugly.

Snubbing Notre Dame and 2 g6 bloodbaths? I'm worried there are some ulterior motives going on.

 

[Poke in New England]

They had to take 2 G5. The auto bids go to the top 5 ranked conference champions, meaning that the choice was really between JMU and Duke, who lost 5 games.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Snubbing Notre Dame and 2 g6 bloodbaths? I'm worried there are some ulterior motives going on.

Huh? The motive of following their own current rules and not getting sued for a bunch of money seems the most likely. The current rules provide for 5 autobids to the 5 highest ranked conference champions and 7 at large bids. No way that a 5 loss Duke should be in over Tulane or JMU.

The only real discussion was whether Alabama, Miami or Notre Dame should get the final 2 spots. Miami beat Notre Dame head to head so they are in. Alabama’s schedule was 10x more difficult than Notre Dame’s so that is why they were presumably ranked higher by the committee.

 

[cowpoke pride]

While I don't expect either of the g6 games to be competitive, I think its great that 2 got in by virtue of being "ranked higher" than Duke out of the ACC.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

I understand the Duke issue and the committee had to with the way they ranked previously.

Still, when the g6 gets waxed and notre dame being left out is going to do 2 things. 1 increase pressure on notre dame to join a conference and 2 leave g6 out of automatic process.

 

[Douglaspoke]

And our Pokes are so so far away... not in the same universe as Tulane and JMU.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I understand the Duke issue and the committee had to with the way they ranked previously.

Still, when the g6 gets waxed and notre dame being left out is going to do 2 things. 1 increase pressure on notre dame to join a conference and 2 leave g6 out of automatic process.

There was already a lot of pressure to do this. This year’s result doesn’t change what is already guaranteed to happen. Big 10 was demanding like 8 automatic slots (out of 16) to be split between Big 10 and SEC for future years’ playoff. It is inevitable and will be part of an eventual split and part of Notre Dame joining the Big 10 in football.

Big Ten Commish Pushes for 4 Auto CFP Bids in 16-Team Format

Should the CFP expand to 16 teams in 2026 and beyond, the Big Ten is pushing for a model that gives the Big Ten and SEC four automatic spots.

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