CFP rankings fantasy, "what if?"

[blacklistedbully]

I'll preface this by saying, "It ain't gonna happen!", but for the fun of it, and given the Bama game is tomorrow, where do we land in the final pre-playoff CFP rankings if?:

1. We win out, including beating Bama, and badly beating UPig & UNM
2. #15 Ok State loses at least 1 of ISU or KSU (maybe both)
3. #14 Penn State loses at least 1 of Rutgers, NEB, Maryland
4. #13 Ohio State loses at least 1 to ILL or Michigan
5. #12 Mich State loses to Ohio State, or MD or Rugers
6. #11 USC loses at least 1 of Colo or UCLA
7. #10 AU loses to Bama & UGA
8. #9 Wash loses to Stanford & WSU
9. #8 Wisky loses to Iowa & Mich
10. #7 Miami loses at least 2 of ND, UVA or Pitt
11. #6 TCU loses to OU
12. #5 OU beats TCU, then loses to WVU
13. #4 Clemson loses to FSU and/or SCar
14. #3 ND loses to Navy &/or Stanford
15. #2 Bama loses to us, beats AU, then loses to UGA in SECCG
16. #1 UGA wins out, beating AU & Bama handily

If you think other conference CG's could make a difference after the above, feel free to choose the outcome you feel works best for our cause. In other words...in this fantasy world, just how far do you think our Dogs could get?

 

[Xenomorph]

Looks like..

 

[blacklistedbully]

Hey, I did say it was, "fantasy-land". Won't be able to play it like this after the Bama game. It's not as if several of those scenarios don't have a decent chance of happening. It's just that all or nearly all of them happening is pure fantasy.

 

[blacklistedbully]

The biggest, "what if" is us beating Bama. But since we're assuming that for purposes of this discussion, keep in mind what is happening this week alone:

1. 15 is playing 21
2. 13 is playing 12
3. 10 is playing 1
4. 8 is playing 20
5. 7 is playing 3
6. 6 is playing 5

So, at least 4 teams ahead of us will lose tomorrow. It's not at all crazy to think #21 Iowa State at home could take down $15 Ok State. Lot of folks think #8 Wisc is overrated due to a weak schedule to date, so losing to #20 Iowa is certainly possible.

There is at least a decent chance that 8 teams ahead of us lose tomorrow, not counting Bama, so if we beat Bama, that could make it 9.

If we beat #2 Bama, I think we'd jump at least 6 spots, regardless of any other upsets.

 

[bulldognation]

Of all the weeks where the stars align for the Bulldogs to make a serious move in the polls, it has to happen when we face Bama.

Well done, dead indians. Well done.