This is why polls are ridiculous

[Apis Bull]

The #3 team (Michigan) lost to the #2 team (tOSU) on the road in double OT, which, based on their respective rankings, they should have.  Yet, they will fall 3-4 spots in the polls.

[NewEnglandBull]

Correct, I wish we were back with computers making these decisions. 

[E.T.]

And . . . W. Michigan needs to be highest ranked AND win their conference to play in a New Year's Bowl.

 Ohio St isn't even playing in the Big 10 Championship game and will be in the playoff.

Need to expand and have conference winners and then at large chosen by committee.

 

[Apis Bull]

4 minutes ago, E.T. said:

And . . . W. Michigan needs to be highest ranked AND win their conference to play in a New Year's Bowl.

 Ohio St isn't even playing in the Big 10 Championship game and will be in the playoff.

Need to expand and have conference winners and then at large chosen by committee.

 

I've been saying, 8 teams, P5 conference champs, highest ranked G5 conference champ, and two at-large.

[FatDaddyBull]

Just now, E.T. said:

And . . . W. Michigan needs to be highest ranked AND win their conference to play in a New Year's Bowl.

 Ohio St isn't even playing in the Big 10 Championship game and will be in the playoff.

Need to expand and have conference winners and then at large chosen by committee.

 

There is some crazy double standard there. It'll work out with Boise St and Houston losing, so WMU will be the highest G5 team regardless, but imagine a scenario where a team like USF beat FSU and choked against Temple. That 11-1 team would be ranked 5-10 slots ahead of WMU but wouldn't be conference champs and would lose out. Yet Ohio State will idle into the Playoff

[WoolyBully]

 

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Even though Ohio State will not win the Big Ten, it is still a very likely College Football Playoff participant. The committee is not charged with putting the four best conference champions in the playoff. It is charged with putting the four best teams in the playoff. It has to judge teams based on their entire seasons, not just the conference portion of it. It has to consider that it is possible that more than one of the top four teams in the country could be in one conference -- or even one division. It also must consider the possibility that the best team in a conference might not be the league's champion.

It is that latter category that applies to Ohio State. The Buckeyes will have played the strongest schedule by far of any one-loss team and there are only a few of those. When the CFP Rankings come out on Tuesday night, Ohio State will have a 3-1 record against teams in the top nine on that list. Think about that. The Buckeyes will have played four of the other eight teams in the top nine with three wins, including two on the road, and a three-point loss on the road. Nobody else can touch that.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bowl-projections-ohio-state-will-make-the-playoff-if-the-committee-does-its-job/

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I'm just not sure that I'm really clear on what it is that seems to bother you so. Run it by us again. Seriously, we're listenin' 

 

Edited November 27, 2016 by WoolyBully
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[Bear]

Polls should rank USF this week... 

 

 

[Capital H]

1 hour ago, Apis Bull said:

I've been saying, 8 teams, P5 conference champs, highest ranked G5 conference champ, and two at-large.

You and the rest of the country:

Edited November 27, 2016 by Capital H

[Gismo]

Ten wins and a win over a ranked team, we definitely deserve to be ranked now. 

[GaUSFBull]

Not that it means anything, but SEC Country predicts us to be #24:

https://www.seccountry.com/sec/ap-poll-projecting-the-college-football-rankings-entering-championship-week