November 21st, 2021 at 1:57 PM ^
Notre Dame jumped us? What a joke. Good thing the coaches poll is as relevant as me writing my rankings on a napkin.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:02 PM ^
well our one loss was to MSU who looked.....not good this week. ND's one loss is to undefeated Cincinnati. I guess I can see an argument there.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:07 PM ^
ND was already ahead of us last week in the Coach's and AP polls.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:24 PM ^
ND jumped ahead of us when we lost to MSU.
It's not outrageous—we jumped ahead of ND after their loss to Cincinnati.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:49 PM ^
They didn’t jump us. They were already ahead of us.
November 21st, 2021 at 3:03 PM ^
None of this matters! Beat Ohio State. Everything else comes after.
November 21st, 2021 at 6:59 PM ^
Exactly
Rankings this week mean nothing
BEAT ohio!!!
November 21st, 2021 at 3:53 PM ^
It's not nearly that relevant.
November 21st, 2021 at 1:58 PM ^
Oregon lost big and will fall way down. Sparty falls out of the Top 10. What to do with Cincinnati. What will the CFP committee do this week is the question.
I'm thinking #3 vs #5 for The Game.
November 21st, 2021 at 1:59 PM ^
I think Ohio State is better than Bama.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:03 PM ^
Go look up the definition of “recency bias”
November 21st, 2021 at 2:58 PM ^
I know what recency bias is, but I am not sure of your point, but a majority of computer rankings think OSU is better than Alabama. I think it is a reasonable argument to think OSU would be favored on a neutral field.
November 21st, 2021 at 3:33 PM ^
Right here. It has nothing to do with recency bias. OSU is better than Bama. I don't even think it's all that close.
That said, give Saban a month to prep for them and I'd call it about even.
November 21st, 2021 at 3:53 PM ^
So, your bold argument is that OSU is better than Bama - and you "don't even think it's close" - but Bama will beat OSU head-to-head because Saban will have a month to prep? Really going out on a limb there, eh?
November 21st, 2021 at 2:05 PM ^
I do too. Though Bama's SOS is stronger, I believe
I can see Gary Barta now:
"We kept Alabama ahead of Ohio State because, while Ohio State won convincingly, the committee actually never really felt that Michigan State was any good."
November 21st, 2021 at 2:47 PM ^
If they end up #2 & #3, they play each other and the only impact is the color of their jerseys when they play. Big IF...
November 21st, 2021 at 2:05 PM ^
Alabama's passing game would head spin Ohio Sts pass defense.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:57 PM ^
And vice versa.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:14 PM ^
It'll either be 3 vs 5 or 2 vs 5. Cincinnati plays ECU this week and it won't be a cakewalk for them.
I'm thinking the rankings will be
1. Georgia
2. Alabama(2 and 3 could switch)
3. OSU
4. Cincinnati
5. Michigan
6. ND
7. Okla St.
8. Ole Miss
9.Baylor
10. Oklahoma
It'll be really interesting to see where we are at this time next week. Auburn isn't a free win for Alabama. Cincinnati and ECU could be a tough game. Obviously OSU-UM. Oklahoma st and Oklahoma, and the winner of that could shoot up the rankings. Ole Miss is playing a GOOD MIssissippi State. It's going to be a great weekend of Football.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:52 PM ^
That Top 10 would make an extremely intriguing playoff, instead of the 4 team crap that we will actually get.
November 21st, 2021 at 3:13 PM ^
Let's hope we get that soon. A 12-team playoff would mostly include the top 10 every year.
November 21st, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
FWIW today on SiriusXM some talking heads were saying it might be #2 vs #4.
November 21st, 2021 at 4:03 PM ^
Cincinnati plays ECU this week and it won't be a cakewalk for them.
That there is the problem with Cincinnati being in the conversation. They had one upper echelon game this season, @ND, two months ago. Basically they get Big Ten and ACC non-conference warm up games all season and want to have their second true test be a playoff game. Say what you will about ND, but at least they play P5 teams. Look at some of the great seasons Michigan, OSU, Bama, and others have had. They may beat all their rivals, but they slip up against an Iowa, a Purdue, or a Texas A&M. Cinci doesn't have to do that every year. Hell they don't even play OSU every year, despite their proximity to one another.
November 22nd, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
That would be a fun 8 - or even 6 - team playoff.
8 team playoff would be:
- 8 Ole Miss vs 1 UGA
- 7 Okie St vs 2 Alabama
- 6 notre dame vs 3 osu (meteor game, anyone?)
- 5 Michigan vs 4 Cincinnati (high confidence in this game)
Next round would likely be:
- UGA vs Michigan
- Bama vs osu
A 6 team bracket would be just give UGA and Bama byes and play the existing 6-3 and 5-4 matchups above.
November 21st, 2021 at 1:58 PM ^
No additional info? I have to look it up? Why would you make me do more work? Why are we not #4 or #5.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:01 PM ^
Does Dan Mullen's vote count?
November 21st, 2021 at 2:02 PM ^
If I were Dan Mullen I'd have voted Florida #1, because fuck it
November 21st, 2021 at 3:05 PM ^
Though he’d be voting for the school that just fired him (albeit his former players and program)
November 21st, 2021 at 3:06 PM ^
Same, fucking gangster move
November 21st, 2021 at 2:03 PM ^
Staee #13 a spot behind Iowa. If that holds with the committee it could cost StAEE a spot in the new year’s six bowls. We must avoid a similar fate next week.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:23 PM ^
I think we jump Cincinnati in the playoff rankings. That way it will be a top four match up, the committee knows damn well the loser of that game will drop out and Cincinnati will jump back up.
November 21st, 2021 at 2:34 PM ^
And now AP
November 21st, 2021 at 2:42 PM ^
But AP has OSU jumping Alabama into #2.
November 21st, 2021 at 3:18 PM ^
It's all pretty irrelevant. If we beat OSU and win the Big Ten Title game, we are for sure in. If we lose either we are out. Pretty simple.
I suppose there is some crazy scenario where we beat OSU, lose the Big Ten Title game by 2 points and somehow still sneak into the playoff, but I doubt it.
November 21st, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
Beat Ohio and get in, enough said.
November 21st, 2021 at 4:05 PM ^
Notre Dame has 3 point wins over two teams with losing records (FSU, VT) and another 3 point win over 6 & 5 Toledo, and lost to Cincinnati 24-13 at home. While college football is up and down, Notre Dame pretty overrated at No. 5 this late in season. Agree not that relevant, though it is interesting.
Beat OSU.
November 21st, 2021 at 4:51 PM ^
I think that the Wolverines would beat Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
But rankings right now don't matter all that much. All of it depends on the coming games.
November 21st, 2021 at 5:15 PM ^
Can we schedule them for next week instead of Ohio?
November 21st, 2021 at 6:27 PM ^
Win the “Game”
November 21st, 2021 at 7:20 PM ^
If I was forced to bet the farm on the committee's ranking this week I would say #1 GA, #2 OSU, #3 AL and #4 MI. And contrary to popular belief, the final tally may have it just this way too. There has been nothing definitive to indicate that, at his time, these are not the four best teams in the country-and that is the committee's task. If Michigan and AL requite themselves well, even in a loss to their conference counterpart, the committee may decide that it is most unfair to have the top four teams eliminate each other from a shot at the NC before the CFP is even played. This is what you get with a four team playoff.
Folks can complain about the committee all they want but they are light years ahead of the people who vote in the AP and Coaches' polls.