1) Bama 2) UGA 3) _________ 4)__________

[Indndawg]

Fill in 3 and 4

 

[Grove Sh*tter]

3) doesn't
4) matter

 

[msstate7]

Sec or nationally?

 

[Indndawg]

nationally

 

[BulldogBlitz]

NE writer: Penn St., OSU, ND, mich st.

 

[msstate7]

I think the AP has the top 10 nailed right now. I do think we see some movement this week though... Ohio State will beat Penn State and I’m putting tcu on upset alert at Iowa state

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Tcu can see the cyclones coming now. Do not think they are in the trap.

ND is going to get a stiff bump thrashing USCw .

OSU v Penn state will be the scale tip game.

 

[msstate7]

Tcu can see the cyclones coming now. Do not think they are in the trap.

ND is going to get a stiff bump thrashing USCw .

OSU v Penn state will be the scale tip game.

I just don’t think tcu is that great and Iowa St is playing well

 

[tatedog]

ND is going to sky rocket into the playoff talk. Their 1 pt home loss to UGA actually looks pretty good right now. They've manhandled a couple of teams that are doing pretty well in their conferences too.

 

[msstate7]

ND is going to sky rocket into the playoff talk. Their 1 pt home loss to UGA actually looks pretty good right now. They've manhandled a couple of teams that are doing pretty well in their conferences too.

They have ranked nc state this week, at top 10 Miami, top 30ish navy, and at top 25 Stanford. If they win out, they in

 

[tatedog]

That's a brutal schedule. If Bama, UGA, Penn State, ND all finish with 1 loss or less, the committee's work will be very easy. It's kinda sad that TCU could well go undefeated and not sniff the playoff as a member of a power 5 conference, but it could happen.

eta: Out of curiosity I checked the current FPI and we have a 15% chance of beating Alabama and a 57% chance of beating A&M. Both of those kinda blow my mind.

 

[Go Budaw]

A lot of SEC homerism going on in this thread. There is no evidence whatsoever that Penn State isn’t at least as good as UGA. They put up 41 on one of the best defenses in college football yesterday. And Alabama, as good as they are and with as much star power as they have, still hasn’t beaten anybody.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

As much as I hate to say it, Penn St looks legit.

 

[57stratdawg]

UGA’s SEC wins were 1-13 in conference games entering this weekend. They’re still a bit unproven, IMO. They deserve to be in the Top 4 though.

1) Bama
2) PSU
3) UGA
4) TCU

 

[Go Budaw]

UGA’s SEC wins were 1-13 in conference games entering this weekend. They’re still a bit unproven, IMO. They deserve to be in the Top 4 though.

1) Bama
2) PSU
3) UGA
4) TCU

UGA has a Top 10 win over ND, who is a legit team. They are literally the only proven SEC team. If they are 3rd then Alabama has to be 4th or 5th just based on current body of work.

Also, Bama’s conference opponents aren’t looking good either so far. UT is 0-4. A&M is 3-1. OM is 1-3. Ark is 0-4. Vandy is 0-4. 4-16 overall amongst that bunch, pretty terrible.

I actually expect UGA and Penn State to potentially both be ahead of Alabama in the initial CFP rankings, since they aren’t supposed to be clouded by the biases of preseason rankings and pollster hype. Both have more impressive resumes than the Tide, at least right now. The great thing is that all teams will be proven as legit or pretender based on the upcoming schedules.

 

[msstate7]

UGA has a Top 10 win over ND, who is a legit team. They are literally the only proven SEC team. If they are 3rd then Alabama has to be 4th or 5th just based on current body of work.

Also, Bama’s conference opponents aren’t looking good either so far. UT is 0-4. A&M is 3-1. OM is 1-3. Ark is 0-4. Vandy is 0-4. 4-16 overall amongst that bunch, pretty terrible.

I actually expect UGA and Penn State to potentially both be ahead of Alabama in the initial CFP rankings, since they aren’t supposed to be clouded by the biases of preseason rankings and pollster hype. Both have more impressive resumes than the Tide, at least right now. The great thing is that all teams will be proven as legit or pretender based on the upcoming schedules.

If Penn State wins this week, they should be #1. They won’t though, so moot point

 

[patdog]

Nationally, its Bama, Penn St, UGA. #4 could be any of about 10 teams, but I'll go with Notre Dame or Clemson.

 

[bulldogbaja]

Thread hijack: Penn State being this good makes college football look incredibly foolish.
They should be in the gutter for at least a decade after what happened there. Instead they are #2, five measly years removed from the most disgusting scandal to ever hit higher ed.

 

[msstate7]

Thread hijack: Penn State being this good makes college football look incredibly foolish.
They should be in the gutter for at least a decade after what happened there. Instead they are #2, five measly years removed from the most disgusting scandal to ever hit higher ed.

I hate to see Penn State be so successful after that garbage. With that said, I don’t see how the NCAA had any jurisdiction over that matter esp considering their ruling on unc

 

[Go Budaw]

Thread hijack: Penn State being this good makes college football look incredibly foolish.
They should be in the gutter for at least a decade after what happened there. Instead they are #2, five measly years removed from the most disgusting scandal to ever hit higher ed.

Well its not like anyone that is there now was associated with the scandal in any way. Hard to say that those players and coaches should deserve further punishment when they had nothing to do with it.

In a sense, the scandal almost helped Penn State because it forced PSU to get rid of a way-past-his-prime Joe Paterno (who was untouchable) and eventually hire Franklin who is probably a Top 5 coach.