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[anon1787432961]

New top 4 after this weekends upsets. @CollegeGameDay 1-@AlabamaFTBL 2-@ClemsonFB 3-@NDFootball 4-@FootballUGA Next 2@OU_Football @OhioStateFB— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 25, 2018

 

[msstate7]

How would you rank em?

 

[hatfieldms]

What is wrong with his rankings?

 

[croomin]

Think it’s pretty clear those are the Top 4.

Sets up Bama for a slot regardless of SEC Championship outcome.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

Think it’s pretty clear those are the Top 4.

Sets up Bama for a slot regardless of SEC Championship outcome.

as they should be

 

[Drebin]

Really rooting for Georgia to beat Alabama in the SEC Championship. That would give us something like this:

Clemson
ND
Georgia
Alabama

Best of both worlds...Georgia gets to show the whole world how embarrassing it is, once aGAIN, to overhype Notre Dame, and Clemson fans get to curse and scream aGAIN because they have to play Bama in the semis.

It also keeps two teams out who don't belong...OU and Ohio State.

 

[57stratdawg]

UGA is out if they lose the SECCG

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

My chaos scenario - Bama beats Georgia, Northwestern beats Ohio State, & Texas beats Oklahoma. It would be a big bonus if Pitt beat Clemson but that ain't happening. Who the hell gets in at #4 in my scenario - Georgia I guess. We need an 8 team playoff.

 

[Shamoan]

He said on gameday that in his mind, Ohio st had to make a big statement against Michigan and in the B12 championship to make it to the playoffs. Phase 1 complete for his narrative.

 

[patdog]

That’s how I would rank them. I’d prob move OSU up to 5 & OU down to 6 though.

 

[MSUDC11]

Oklahoma has a chance to avenge its only loss on Saturday. Do that and they deserve to be in over Ohio State. If you lose by 29 to a 6-6 team then you have no business being in the Playoff.

 

[Hankp22]

I agree with his rankings

I agree on the basis of having nowhere else to put ND. Georgia is in a play in game. It will be interesting to see how they treat OU/OHST if Bama wins. Both deserve the spot but id give the edge to OU. Their loss was a close game against a rival on a neutral site.

 

[aTotal360]

We don't need a 8 team playoff because of a #5 seed. They should have done more. #7 and #8 don't deserve a shot either.

 

[MittRomney]

6 team playoff

My chaos scenario - Bama beats Georgia, Northwestern beats Ohio State, & Texas beats Oklahoma. It would be a big bonus if Pitt beat Clemson but that ain't happening. Who the hell gets in at #4 in my scenario - Georgia I guess. We need an 8 team playoff.

I’ve said before that it should be expanded to 6 teams and stop.

Round 1:
#1 & #2 get a first round bye.
#3 vs #6
#4 vs #5

Round 2:
#1 vs 4/5
#2 vs 3/6

Then national championship

This would preserve the “every game is a playoff” aspect of college ball that makes it so unique. Every team would try to stay unbeaten in order to get one of those top seeds.

This would add more importance to the regular season than we currently have.

Wins should carry more weight than losses. Teams without a conference championship would be at a disadvantage during seeding. 12-0 non conference championship team is slightly behind a 12-1 conference champion (had to play an additional game, should get some consideration).