Maybe? This is a whacky year of college football so anything can happen
Iowa has zero chance at CFP even winning out.
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Possible tiebreaker might be Iowa Iowa State versus Oklahoma State. Iowa beat Iowa State who beat Oklahoma State who beat Oregon.
For sure. I could see Underwood getting his job back and playing like his 12 million price tag for one game while their defense still makes Raiola crap himself like he does against a good pass rush. But maybe that's just wishful thinking.
I wouldn’t bet the house on that one but it could happen… talking about a total BS investment … his ego is is his way I believe but hoping he could go off on some of these teams but to get beat up by MSU? I know it’s a rivalry but wow!
I will say I think it's better Iowa is in a position to leap frog instead of vice versa. It would suck to drop a late season game, still finish 10-2 but have other teams pass them.
Nope, apparently they thought about the switch at half time. I wonder if Underwood is checked out.
Kentucky has 3 tough games coming up. We need LSU to beat Texas. Indiana or UCLA to beat SC. Texas Tech has two road comes coming up with Oklahoma St and Baylor. And of course….win out! Lots of ball left. I would really like the boys and coaches to come out strong like at Northwestern BUT keep the pedal down.
Last year ND was ranked ahead of Miami until the final selection. Then the committee decided the head to head win mattered.
And with a top 5 or 10 defense.
A 10-2 Big ten team is in 100/100 times
That is absolutely not true. I"m looking at 4 SEC teams, 2 from the B1G, Notre Dame and Miami, Utah and Texas Tech from the Big 12 and Boise State. If BYU wins out they currently only have 2 losses and a win over Notre Dame. I still think Kentucky is going to lose another one and drop out, and I"m hoping LSU can wake up and beat Texas. That would give those schools 3 losses. But we are not guaranteed at 10-2 unless we get some more upsets and of course we can win out.
A 10-2 Big ten team is in 100/100 times
Hope so. But again, we're going to have to get to at least 11 in the final poll for that to happen. Let's hope we can do it.
Think with 3 losses still wouldn’t be enough for them. Think only 3 loss team gets in from SEC or big 10 team losing in title game if 2 losses going in. If we are ahead of them Tuesday I just don’t see it happening unless they have 3 huge blowouts or we have close Ws like against purdue.
Another thing remaining schedule with teams left very similar to Iowa and no big marquee game to boost them. They play Michigan, same record as Nebraska right now. Play sparty after, same as Purdue then finish with UW where we got Illinois a team that beat them with a backup qb and if Illinois could somehow upset ucla would get in top 25.
If we are at 15 or below we can. If they only bump us to say like 17 then they are sort of telling us we probably are not getting there.
I just don't see how they leave out a 3rd BIG team in the playoffs.... especially if the team is at least 10-2
Need the hawks to get that 3rd slot after UCLA and Indiana
Need the hawks to get that 3rd slot after UCLA and Indiana
We will be 16 at minimum tomorrow. OSU, Mizzou and LSU for sure are falling below Iowa, most likely Ole Miss too after they got blasted. So I'm thinking 15 unless something weird happens. I still think game control and our D ranking will have something to say in that room about us being able to play with most any team in the country.
Yep, agreed. Oregon won't get in with 3 losses IMO...do we want Indiana or USC to win this weekend vs. one another or does it matter? Maybe that's a swap game, whoever wins joins UCLA in Top 12, the other is done and Iowa jumps that team too...
We don't want USC to possibly win out with wins over IU on the road and UCLA. They would certainly make a big jump and definitely be in the top 12 if that happens. They have the talent to win out but don't think they have the mindset or physicality to go win at IU. We need them to lose.
USC to lose both this week and against UCLA. I think barring not winning another game UCLA is in, so no need to give the committee any reason to elevate USC. Let the rest of the 2 loss teams add a third L, move from 19 to 15 this week, 15 to 12 next week, then a single spot (or 2 for a little comfort) over the last 2 games. That's the path.
Not to minimize UCLA’s season, but there is no way. UCLA is likely to have more in common with the 2015 Hawkeyes.
In person please. Show up at their meeting site, unless they are doing this crap over Teams or Zoom.
They feel like a last-functioning-Skype-platform kind of group to me.
Correct. I am saying Oregon will be ranked ahead of us with 3 losses. NH made it seem like they’ll just select the teams.wouldn't them ranking them be them selecting them lol
So they beat Ohio State but got drilled by Illinois two weeks before but hey they will put them ahead of Iowa. NFW.
It’s CFB, the team name matters more than you think. The fact they’re being discussed at all with the 3 losses is all you need to know.
You want to double down on this that a 3 loss OSU and Oregon will be ahead of us after all signs pointing the other way?
Ohio State is a different team after losing Sayin, and the voters apparently see it. Losing by double digits to USC and Oregon proves it.
Oregon lost early, and don't have another marquee matchup to bump them up.
Teams above us will lose, some of them still play each other. We should be rooting against the underdog in every top 25 game. Go Bruins!
Then just win, baby.
Oregon lost early, and don't have another marquee matchup to bump them up.
Teams above us will lose, some of them still play each other. We should be rooting against the underdog in every top 25 game. Go Bruins!
Then just win, baby.
Not really. Idc enough. It’s just an opinion/observation. You guys are highly defensive about this for some reason lol.
Like QC said, it’s all probably moot since we end up 9-3 anyway lol. Defeatist attitude, so what it’s a ******* message board.
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You’re the one being defensive about it. You’ve got your conspiracy theory about little Iowa vs Ohio St and Oregon. Ohio St has already dropped to 20. They’re clearly not going to be ahead of us. And either is Oregon. It’s not always about the name and money.
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