Oregon and UCLA Go Down
Washington takes out the Ducks on the road, and Arizona upsets UCLA in the Coliseum. Great games - and it cleared out a couple potential playoff teams.
The PAC 12 teams are fun to watch - but their defenses suck, and they dont deserve a CFP spot, IMO.
This is the year for two BIG teams to make the CFP.
November 13th, 2022 at 2:28 AM ^
You know who's defenses also suck? Everyone in the SEC except for Georgia.
November 13th, 2022 at 9:53 AM ^
Do the defenses suck, or are there just actual offenses in that league? Asking because the one we play in has almost none.
November 13th, 2022 at 2:29 AM ^
It’s Tennessee that needed to lose. The threat from the PAC12 is USC. Oregon with the Georgia loss was going to get blocked by UT/loser of the Game.
November 13th, 2022 at 2:50 AM ^
It’s apparently a game of whack-a-mole. Beat ohio
November 13th, 2022 at 7:52 AM ^
Yeah. I don't think TN will lose again in regular because of schedule.
To think that CFP committee will put TN whose offense was throttled by Georgia back in playoff to be destroyed again is laughable. If that game was close, I would understand. But that game was not close at all. But SEC bias is real. So what you are saying is a real possibility but does not make sense.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:49 AM ^
TN looked like shit against GA. They did not even have a TD until garbage time at the end of the game.
The narrative that they are in if they win out is SEC bias garbage. They did not even win their division.
They should not get in over any one loss P5 conference champion. And yes that includes even Clemson.
November 13th, 2022 at 12:55 PM ^
Isn't amazing how high-profile TN chokes against teams in red wind up having, or possibly having negative ramifications for Michigan?
SMDH
November 13th, 2022 at 1:50 PM ^
Could we end up playing against Joe Milton this year. Wow.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:53 AM ^
Why would a Georgia loss in week one be worse than the loss that happens when Mich/OSU play (Tennessee got rolled by Georgia as well)? Oregon was getting in if they stayed a one loss team, I think.
USC’s remaining schedule is against UCLA, Notre Dame and then likely Oregon in the championship if they make it. Doubt they make it out unscathed but they are in if they do.
We need TCU and/or Tennessee to lose if we want the Mich/OSU loser to still be in.
November 13th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
A narrow loss by Michigan in Columbus SHOULD certainly be less relevant as a block against a playoff invite than a week one blowout loss by Tennessee vs Georgia that was a shutout except for a single garbage time score.
Clarification: I mean "should" in the sense of logic, not prediction.
Even if Michigan narrowly loses to THE in Cbus, I don't see the committee putting two big ten teams into playoffs.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:04 AM ^
Yup, as long as Georgia is #1, no way Oregon was getting in at #4 for a rematch. USC could at least be a plausible opponent for them.
November 13th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
It didn't take Lincoln Riley long to get that machine up and running.
November 13th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
USC always has talent, just needed a good coach. That said USC’s defense is terrible.
November 13th, 2022 at 2:51 AM ^
One-loss Tennessee and/or one-loss USC (who would be Pac-12 champion) will get in over one-loss Michigan or OSU. And looking like TCU will run the table, so I think it's doubtful that BIG gets two teams in.
November 13th, 2022 at 3:21 AM ^
I was thinking Texas would beat TCU. But, man, Texas looked hooooooooorrible in that game.
Baylor has a shot. And then looks like Kansas State gets a crack at it in the Big12 championship?
November 13th, 2022 at 4:51 AM ^
Baylor just got blasted by K State surprisingly. Baylor is the only interesting game left on TCU's schedule besides the championship.
November 13th, 2022 at 6:18 AM ^
TCU might still get passed over by a one loss team even if they are the undefeated big 12 champ. They will likely end the season with zero top 25 win and zero wins over a team with less than 4 losses
November 13th, 2022 at 7:26 AM ^
There’s no way a zero loss P5 team misses the playoffs.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:54 AM ^
If Clemson and TCU win out, the playoffs will finally have conference champs from four different P5 conferences. They will find a way to drop Tennessee to #5 and play B1G one loss team at #6 in a bowl.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:01 AM ^
Clemson is not getting in.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:52 AM ^
If they win their conference they should get in over TN who did not win anything and looked like dogshit against GA.
November 13th, 2022 at 9:09 AM ^
ACC is cooked. Pac-12 is down to USC and barely. USC does not have a single victory over a team currently ranked in the top 25.
Not one.
UNC is going to smoke Clemson anyway.
But it would take a 100-0 Clemson win for them to get a sniff.
Clemson won't be over the other 1 loss teams, even with a ACC Championship.
November 13th, 2022 at 9:59 AM ^
It's like none of you remember the year TCU got jumped in the last poll by 1 or 2 conference champions. The very reason why the Big 12 has a championship game today.
USC/TCU/Clemson all end up 12-1 champions and 2 of the 3 are likely to end up in.
The odds of the loser of The Game getting in are getting very low.
November 13th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
USC will probably play 3 ranked opponents in their next 3 games.
That one point loss at Utah doesn't look so bad. USC will earn it if they win out, which i think they will. Maybe not the best resume but they're a lock at 12-1.
November 14th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
Nah. TCU would get in if undefeated. Look at Cincinnati last year. IMO TCU is more impressive than last years Adam Sandlers bearcats.
November 13th, 2022 at 6:46 AM ^
Oregon will beat usc in the pac cg
November 13th, 2022 at 9:10 AM ^
UCLA might even beat them.
November 13th, 2022 at 2:57 AM ^
Good shit, Jedd.
November 13th, 2022 at 3:35 AM ^
Could be two big ten teams and two sec teams.
November 13th, 2022 at 6:13 AM ^
The few UCLA fans and Keith Jackson who showed up at the Rose Bowl to watch their team lose to Arizona want to have a word with the OP about thinking their beloved Bruins play at the Coliseum. That would be USC who plays at the Coliseum
Talking about UCLA, Charbonnet had a stellar game. 24 carries for 181 yards, 3 TDs in the losing effort.
November 13th, 2022 at 6:43 AM ^
I don't want to say I feel bad for Oregon, but that team should have won the game, but they kept shooting themselves in the foot. Over and over.
Sorry Ducks.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:08 AM ^
I don't know what Dan Lanning was thinking going for it on 4th down at his own 30, but I guarantee you he wishes he had that one back. Yikes.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:13 AM ^
One of the dumbest decisions in college football this year.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:49 AM ^
Agree. Earlier in the game, Oregon was also trying to get too cutesy with their formations and ended up losing a fumble at the 2 yard line. It was stupid. I'm glad they lost.
November 13th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
Don't forget Penix threw a pick at the Oregon 1 yard line on 1st down when he easily could have (and should have) thrown it away.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:29 AM ^
Michigan will not be in the playoff if we lose at OSU. OSU, Georgia, and Tennessee would definitely be ahead of us, as would TCU, LSU, and USC if they win out.
November 13th, 2022 at 7:58 AM ^
That would be a mistake by CFP committee. This team has throttled every team on its way so far. But TN lost bad to one team that will be sure to make the playoff. USC is not facing a team like OSU or UM. Same for TCU. But the committee has changed their rules whenever they want. They will use conference championship when it fits narrative.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:10 AM ^
If LSU wins out, they are taking Tennessee's spot. The committee won't put in 3 SEC teams this year no matter what paranoid fans might think.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:52 AM ^
LSU would take Tennessee's spot even though the Vols destroyed LSU in their own stadium?
November 13th, 2022 at 9:18 AM ^
Absolutely no chance.
Tennessee beat the BREAKS off LSU I'm Death Valley.
LSU is out because they can't pass Tennessee. There is no chance unless Tennessee loses that LSU is above them.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:48 AM ^
You’re suggesting that if we lose to osu and usc and tcu drop one, the committee will put three sec teams? 2 loss lsu does not qualify over 1 loss Michigan or or osu.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:07 AM ^
We're not getting in if we lose to OSU, and if by some weird fluke we did it would be as the #4 seed for a rematch with Georgia and...yeah. Our dream scenario should be getting the #2 seed with TCU as the #3 seed because based on what I saw last night we'd dominate them on both lines. We could run our base offense and pave their stupid 3-3-5 all night.
November 13th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
Even more important, OSU shouldn't get in if we beat them.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:15 AM ^
This event will cause shock waves across the hot take industry. Oregon was one of their darlings.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:32 AM ^
PAC12 After Dark didn't disappoint last night! I watched the majority of both those games, and holy hell were they fun to watch! Washington has blossomed into a pretty good team under DeBoer, but Bo Nix made the secondary look like it wasn't on the field. Same when Penix had it, though - UW tore apart Oregon's zone so easily that they didn't need the running game they don't have. Overall, UW's defense is a step behind Oregon's, but that may be a factor of UW's complete lack of a running game. In any case, both defenses are, ahem, bad...
As for Arizona - who is this team? They came in 3-6 but looked fantastic in shutting down DTR. Charbonnet had a day, 186/3TDs, but UA only gave up one big run to him, which is unusual. His game was very Corum-like, lot of carries, really good YPC, but the rest of their offense isn't Michigan-like at all. Instead of using ZC to wear down UA, they used him as a relief to DTR, who was largely getting stoned. And UA's QB was constantly escaping pressure for big gains. As usual in the PAC12, defense was optional and thus rarely played. Here, UCLA didn't fart around - they played hard and just got beat by a (now) 4-6 team. They'll most likely get shredded by USC's pass game. But USC's 'defense' will get shredded by ZC and DTR, so that should be a wildly fun game to watch.
November 13th, 2022 at 9:12 AM ^
If UCLA knocks off USC next week, the PAC 12 will have no shot at a playoff bid
November 13th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
Or if they lose to Oregon (or whoever) in the pac12 title game.
November 13th, 2022 at 8:40 AM ^
Had no impact on the playoffs, but Texas A&M lost to Auburn.
The Fighting Jimbos are now 3-7, and I don't think anybody had that record on their CFB bingo card at the beginning of the season. And I am loving it.
November 13th, 2022 at 10:11 AM ^
Hey, you’re talking about the pre-season ranked #6 team in the country. That means seven teams beat a Top 10 SEC team. No one in B1G country realizes how great of a coach Jimbo is - or, how good & talented of a team A&M is. (Sarcasm, of course)