CFP possible scenarios for Michigan to get in

Submitted by Sauce Castillo on

So what needs to take place in order for us to get in? Curious to hear others thoughts (and I need something to kill the time on this Thursday morning).  Here is what I think will guarantee Michigan a spot:

-Michigan wins out, msu loses to osu, we beat an undefeated osu team and then an undefeated Iowa team in the B1G championship

-Big 12 bludgeon each other and every team ends up with one loss.  Feasable since they all still have to play each other.

 - Notre Dame loses to Stanford

-Utah loses to UCLA, Arizona, or Colorado

-UCLA or USC beats Stanford in pac 12 title

I think this scenario would put Michigan in with Clemson, SEC champ, and probably 1 loss Big 12 champ.

 

Edit: Sorry fellow MGoUsers I did not realize this had been brought up in a diary

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chad

November 12th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^

Any 1 loss Big 12 team will get in. The reason they're not ranked high as of now is no ones really played each other. Any 1 loss team will have 2 big wins over the next 3 weeks as they all play each other. (TCU-Okl St, TCU-Baylor, Okl St-Okl, Okl-Baylor, Baylor-Okl St, etc).

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lilpenny1316

November 12th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^

So this weekend, a few unlikely, but reasonable upsets are...

Florida at South Carolina (UF has no QB, and S. Car is due for a close win)
Oregon at Stanford (Oregon's O is still good and NW beat Stanford)
Arkansas at LSU (The hangover effect for LSU)

The season's getting shorter so some of these games need to start falling in our direction.  

On a side note, I really hope the noon and 3:30 games go our way because the Saturday night lineup looks pretty stacked.

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AJMaize

November 12th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^

Would be awesome, but it is extremely unlikely to be able to win the national title with Jake Rudock as the QB. Don't get me wrong, I really like Jake and appreciate everything he does. He manages the game and keeps us in a situation where we can win. But going up against Alabama or Clemson would be very tough. I'm hoping for a rose bowl birth. Would be awesome to say we got back to the rose bowl in year one with Harbaugh after it took MSU 22 years to get back and was the greatest thing to ever happen to their program.



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DairyQueen

November 12th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^

The "SEC bias" has gotten a hold of you all!

I have disagree with most people here. If Michigan wins out, they will go to the CFP. A lot of skepticism is borne out of living in the past, and way too many people here are thinking "ranking" comes from "W-L Record".

And it's hard to see past that way of thinking (and ranking) because it's so ingrained over the history of football.

But, the CFP Committee is showing that that's simply not the case.

Alabama was placed at #4 and everyone lost their minds. But anyone could see Alabama is a giant. The same for OSU, they are under-performing, but when they fire on all cylinders, they are a BEAST of a team. The same people cried about Florida placed at #10, but then they went and laid an egg against Vandy winning by a score of 9-6. The SEC sucks this year. Fact. But Bama is always Bama.

And everyone here is still so shell-shocked and things that a 2-loss BIG team coached by Jim Harbaugh will be left out. They won't.

The CF Committee was the best thing that ever happened to College Football, and I'm a freaking traditionalist!

There are SIX BIG10 teams in their Top-25.

BIG-10 - 6

BIG12 - 4

SEC - 4

ACC - 3

PAC-12 - 3

Group'o'Five - 4

Whoever wins the BIG-10 will go the the CFP. It's currently the strongest conference, and it's not even close.

 

 

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Michology 101

November 12th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^

I like your confidence and attitude, but you're seeing things through a bias for Michigan and the Big 10 point of view. Even if we win the Big 10, we realistically still need some teams to lose in order to make the playoffs. We do have a strong brand name and respected conference, but I doubt that the committee is going to do totally ridiculous and clearly unfair stuff to get us into the playoffs. Let's be real.

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CoachBP6

November 12th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^

It's not happening. 1- any power 4 with 1 loss will be ahead of us. 2- we couldn't stop the zone read vs Minnesota, Ohio state will run for 200+ yards if we haven't fixed the problem. 3- Glasgow is likely done. 4- Michigan has struggled vs every better than average QB... Hackenburg/ Barrett are good to very good. 5- we have 2 losses.



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