CFP Rankings: Michigan remains #3
1. Georgia
2. ohio state
3. Good Guys
4. Florida State? (WASHINGTON getting absolutely snubbed again)
The disrespect continues. BRING IT ON.
Clearly going into to Penn State and beating them in a dominant fashion means nothing to these idiots.
Keep winning fellas!
November 14th, 2023 at 9:43 PM ^
Booger McFarland has him beat.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:00 PM ^
Maybe but Booger does seem to have some ability to make fun of himself. I mean he goes by Booger! Lol its just a funny word to say
November 15th, 2023 at 9:15 AM ^
I could have a beer with Booger. I wouldn't go in the same bar with Galloway.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:16 PM ^
Galloway was always my least favorite ESPN dude. But the Acho dude on Fox Sports is not far behind.
November 15th, 2023 at 5:58 AM ^
Like eating a biscuit dry without butter, preserves, or gravy on it.
November 15th, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
Exactly right. Galloway just comes off as a condescending douchebag. He looks annoyed when he has to do any sort of analysis, kind of like he's too good to be wasting his time doing so.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:38 PM ^
Strange to see Iowa unraked in the AP poll, 23rd to the coaches, but 16 in the cfp. I'd rate Washington over FSU. Washington has played a much harder schedule and beaten Oregon, Utah, and Arizona.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:40 PM ^
My feeling is we have to dominate every game from here on out. Can’t have a stinker even in the B1GCG or they will try to keep us out. Since we won’t be playing a team in top 10 (Iowa is 16), Louisville is 10 and Oregon is 6… If Bama beats Georgia they could try to pull the okedoke on us.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:43 PM ^
Um, no. If UM is undefeated b1g Champs, they are almost assuredly #1 or #2. Zero chance they are #5
November 14th, 2023 at 9:45 PM ^
No chance an undefeated Big Ten team is left out.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:41 PM ^
I want to hear more about Ohio State ahead of Michigan.
Rank them higher. Have Vegas favor the Buckeyes. Tell us all how improved they are. MHJ for Heisman - just unstoppable. Please - keep pouring it on. More “Buckeyes are better and can’t be beaten”…
I think that was the same mantra the past two years. And, I liked how those editions of The Game went.
Go Blue!
November 14th, 2023 at 9:44 PM ^
When we beat Ohio we better be#1
November 14th, 2023 at 9:53 PM ^
I'd like to be in the top two, but after that I care more about match-ups.
The way the current rankings stack up, I'd rather be at two and face FSU than at one and face Washington. I think FSU is more conventional, and vulnerable to the "boa constrictor", while Washington is high variance and could possibly throw us off schedule, even if we'd beat them more times than not.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:57 PM ^
I don't want Georgia until the title game
November 14th, 2023 at 9:58 PM ^
Also matchups matter but so does location and time zone. #1 seed gets to pick
November 14th, 2023 at 10:12 PM ^
Hard to imagine Georgia picking the Rose Bowl over the Sugar Bowl, if #1. Or vice versa for Michigan.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:21 PM ^
Right. So if Georgia stay #1... We go west against Washington or some shit. No thank you.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:06 AM ^
But if I follow correctly, you don't get to choose opponent, but only location. So if Georgia is 1, Michigan 2, FSU 3, Washington 4, we'd still get FSU in a 2-3 match-up even if Georgia picks the Sugar Bowl. So at least as much a travel / time zone hassle for FSU as us, and would imagine our fans traveling in more force to SoCal than FSU.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:46 PM ^
Congratulations to Jed for Arizona at 17. He, not Dion, is the turn around story of the Pac12. He still has a path to the championship game, I believe if he and Oregon State win out.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:49 PM ^
Obligatory: good shit.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:53 PM ^
If Michigan bears OSU, Bama beats Georgia and Washington and FSU win out the top 3 are
1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. FSU
who is #4?? Georgia, Texas or Bama? Or is it OSU?
To be honest this is why I’m against the playoff. Arguing over who was tougher than who was half the fun of football. You could shame teams with weak schedules and transitive property the hell out of all of the games.
Normally the transitive property of football doesn’t work, but in this scenario I would think you’d have to use it. Texas beat Bama and in this scenario Bama beat GA. Texas only lost to OK Edit: I originally said Wa which was wrong.
OSU doesn’t make it because they lost to Michigan and only have 1.5 quality wins.
I think TX, Washington and FSU are probably easier to beat than Bama or GA. (I haven’t seen them play and could just be traumatized from our last games against them.)
That said, if you assume we’re going to win, I’d rather beat GA or Bama.
thoughts?
November 14th, 2023 at 9:58 PM ^
If the assumption is that we win out, I prefer that we have Washington in the Rose Bowl for old times sake, then Georgia in the championship game so that we knock off the two-time title holders, and avenge the semifinal loss.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
Number 4 is Oregon after they beat Washington in a rematch.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
For the situation you suggested, an 8 team playoff makes a lot of sense. But I think going to 12 is too much. The 9th ranked team is not the best team over the course of the season and shouldn’t be given a chance to get hot and be the best team in January.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:03 PM ^
In that situation, they would have to put Texas #4 since they have the win over Bama (they are supposed to value a head to head win when the resumes are similar) and Georgia shouldn't be #4 since they wouldn't have even won their conference. However, a CFP without an SEC team would never happen so in that situation they would use mental gymnastics to put Bama at #4.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
In that scenario, Texas SHOULD be 4. But I have a bad feeling they will elevate Alabama, as they would be SEC champs. The ESPN panel even talked about that tonight.....the idea of overall resume potentially meaning more than a head-to-head win. It's like they are setting the stage for and justifying that switch.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:42 PM ^
Texas’ loss is to Oklahoma, BTW, not to Washington. Though Texas would have a second loss if Kansas State had a FG kicker.
November 14th, 2023 at 11:18 PM ^
Oops. You are correct. I misread a schedule yesterday.
November 15th, 2023 at 1:09 AM ^
In this scenario the SEC is getting in. Bama will have beaten the #1 Georgia and their only loss early in the season to Texas. Bama has also looked like Bama recently.
OSU would have lost to #3 team so they're not getting in.
November 14th, 2023 at 9:55 PM ^
I don’t see top 3 as disrespect. Beat Maryland. Beat Ohio.
Bet.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
Love them keeping the crybabies in front of us. Almost time for their embarrassment.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:33 PM ^
Penn St would get throttled by most of of the good SEC teams imo, ie. Ole Miss, LSU, and the obvious two powerhouses. They may even lose to Mizzou or an abnormally hot Auburn/Tenn. on an off day. Pac too.
Allard is really truly honestly some dookie. Let's not gloss over that. Solid win for us for numerous obvious reasons. But Penn St is kind of ass.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:36 PM ^
Georgia probably deserves #1. Setting it up so The Game loser drops out completely.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:51 PM ^
The Game loser should drop out. The Big Ten is atrocious this year.
November 14th, 2023 at 10:58 PM ^
Iowa at 16 is comical. These guys clearly are not watching any games.
November 14th, 2023 at 11:50 PM ^
What does Slippery Rock have to do to get some respekt? Undefeated until this past weekend any nary a CFP vote?!?
November 15th, 2023 at 12:24 AM ^
Meaningless CFP Poll stats:
This is the 40th time that Michigan has been ranked in the CFP Poll. This lags behind teams like LSU (42) and Utah (44) and is even with Oklahoma State. However, Michigan has been ranked in the Top 10 28 times, which is 7th most, and the Wolverines will overtake Notre Dame in this category in two weeks. Also, Michigan has been in the Top 4 17 times, which is 5th most behind Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia. Texas had never been in the Top 10 of any CFP Poll until this year.
November 15th, 2023 at 12:38 AM ^
Pretty easy. The OSU/Michigan game is a play-in game for the playoffs. Just win
November 15th, 2023 at 1:40 AM ^
These new rankings set up Georgia to make the CFP even if they lose to Bama.
OSU continues to be ranked higher as well for no good reason
November 15th, 2023 at 4:59 AM ^
I'm just happy to be ranked.
November 15th, 2023 at 5:24 AM ^
For us (and OSU), it's pretty clear. Win out or stay home.
If Georgia, FSU and Washington win out, then the field is clear. If Alabama beats Georgia and FSU/Washington win out, Alabama gets #4. If Georgia/FSU win out and Washington loses to Oregon, Oregon gets the last spot.
The only way anything else happens is either total chaos, or two of FSU/Washington/Georgia losing.
November 15th, 2023 at 7:30 AM ^
Had an Ohio fan tell me- man you all struggled against Penn state!!
I retorted- struggled? They got a garbage TD late, we ran 30+ times to went eh game and they couldn’t stop us, on the road, hostile environment, covered the spread, without our head coach.
I got crickets after that. Fuck Ohio.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:19 AM ^
I heard Ohio State struggled with *cough* Notre Lame.
November 15th, 2023 at 7:42 AM ^
I’m fine with being #3 right now. We beat OSU and both Wash and FSU win out, we’ll move to #2 and OSU will fall out
November 15th, 2023 at 8:03 AM ^
Not that these rankings mean shit right now anyway, but Washington has looked better than FSU IMO. They had bad game a few weeks ago where Pennix through a pair of INTs and no touchdowns, against Standford or ASU I believe.
I will never try to understand the reasoning these assholes rank teams where they do. UGA never should have been lower than #1, and Michigan never should have been lower than #2. UGA hasnt lost a game in 2 years and Michigan has only lost 2 playoff games.
Yeah, I know its about what they've done this year right? The same thing they've been doing the last 2 years!