NCAA College Football 2017/2018

Starting to think Darnol is doing this on purpose so Cleveland will pass on him:lol:
 
Expecting Miami to move up to as high as 8th - depending on what happens in the other games tonight.
 
Organic Potatoes said:
What looked like a ho-hum weekend on the college slate turned out to be interesting.
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Slept off early, didn't think Washington would lose. Too much stuff going on, the AP rankings this evening should give more clarity with regards to where everyone is at.

Only Alabama, Georgia and Penn State remain undefeated. Penn State see Michigan and Ohio State in the next 2 weeks. Win both and they win the Big 10 East and face off against Wisconsin. Alabama and Georgia seem to be progressing towards the conference final faceoff in Atlanta.
 
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Updated AP rankings. Forgot to mention TCU being undefeated, although they are yet to face Oklahoma and Texas. Wisconsin too.

1. Alabama (61 first-place votes)
2. Penn State
3. Georgia
4. TCU
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Clemson
8. Miami
9. Oklahoma
10. Oklahoma State
11. USC
12. Washington
13. Notre Dame
14. Virginia Tech
15. Washington State
16. USF
16. NC State
18. Michigan State
19. Michigan
20. UCF
21. Auburn
22. Stanford
23. West Virginia
24. LSU
25. Memphis
 
Miami is 7th in the coaches poll. With 6 or 7 games remaining, if we win all of them I’m sure we will be in the top 4, especially as several of the others face off against one another.
 
Raoul said:
Miami is 7th in the coaches poll. With 6 or 7 games remaining, if we win all of them I’m sure we will be in the top 4, especially as several of the others face off against one another.
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  1. Alabama (first-place votes (63)
  2. Penn State
  3. Georgia
  4. TCU
  5. Wisconsin
  6. Ohio State
  7. Miami
  8. Clemson
  9. Oklahoma
  10. USC
  11. Oklahoma State
  12. Washington
  13. South Florida
  14. Virginia Tech
  15. Michigan
  16. Notre Dame
  17. NC State
  18. Washington State
  19. Michigan State
  20. UCF
  21. Auburn
  22. Stanford
  23. West Virginia
  24. Texas A&M
  25. LSU
If you win all your games (VT, Notre Dame, the championship vs. Clemson) then you're in. Looks like PAC 12 will be the odd conference out of the playoff this year.

Unless the committee pull some BS and let Alabama and Georgia in, even if Georgia loses to Alabama in the SEC championship game.
 
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I'm not ready to buy into the Big'Ten' teams at the top. Could see the OU/tOSU result being important even if it's just for comparison of TCU or OSU having their signature win against OU.
 
Penn State is vastly overrated and they'll be found out eventually. The Big Ten (Plus Two) needs to realign. It's nuts how all the top tier programs are stacked in one division. Big Ten will not have two unbeaten teams at season's end, one at most.

TCU will probably lose, they always manage to feck up their season at some point.

If Alabama/Georgia run the table and lose in the SEC title game, I can see either still in the top four and rightfully so.

Miami will probably lose in the ACC title game and may drop a game along the way. Watch them lose to Syracuse or something off the wall.

PAC-12 is weak and should be out depending on how other major conferences play out.
 
MrMarcello said:
Penn State is vastly overrated and they'll be found out eventually. The Big Ten (Plus Two) needs to realign. It's nuts how all the top tier programs are stacked in one division. Big Ten will not have two unbeaten teams at season's end, one at most.

TCU will probably lose, they always manage to feck up their season at some point.

If Alabama/Georgia run the table and lose in the SEC title game, I can see either still in the top four and rightfully so.

Miami will probably lose in the ACC title game and may drop a game along the way. Watch them lose to Syracuse or something off the wall.

PAC-12 is weak and should be out depending on how other major conferences play out.
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Syracuse, Notre Dame, and Va Tech are our three toughest remaining games.

Playing Clemson or NC State in the ACC game will also be tough.

Although I'm not sure what will happen with Clemson since their QB got injured and they have a pretty tough schedule with GaTech, NC State, and FSU coming up.
 
MrMarcello said:
Penn State is vastly overrated and they'll be found out eventually. The Big Ten (Plus Two) needs to realign. It's nuts how all the top tier programs are stacked in one division. Big Ten will not have two unbeaten teams at season's end, one at most.

TCU will probably lose, they always manage to feck up their season at some point.

If Alabama/Georgia run the table and lose in the SEC title game, I can see either still in the top four and rightfully so.

Miami will probably lose in the ACC title game and may drop a game along the way. Watch them lose to Syracuse or something off the wall.

PAC-12 is weak and should be out depending on how other major conferences play out.
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You forget how a few years ago the balance was tilted in the opposite direction. These things even out over time. Wisconsin is still undefeated and Iowa is a quality program. Penn State have met every challenge thrown at them so far. Hoping they lose at OSU as that gets us back in the playoff hunt, but if they beat us and Michigan in the next 2 weeks they're legit.

Georgia can feck off when they lose to Bama. They've only beat Notre Dame so far, and there's no ranked opponents left on their schedule. Classic SECism if they get let in over 1 loss conference champions.
 
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You forget how a few years ago the balance was tilted in the opposite direction. These things even out over time. Wisconsin is still undefeated and Iowa is a quality program. Penn State have met every challenge thrown at them so far. Hoping they lose at OSU as that gets us back in the playoff hunt, but if they beat us and Michigan in the next 2 weeks they're legit.

Georgia can feck off when they lose to Bama. They've only beat Notre Dame so far, and there's no ranked opponents left on their schedule. Classic SECism if they get let in over 1 loss conference champions.
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You can moan about Georgia's schedule while ignoring the dross Penn State has beaten so far, typical. It's absolute garbage - Akron, Pitt, Georgia Southern - hence how they got off to such a high ranking before conference play. Iowa is bang average at best, Indiana bleh, Northwestern garbage. Win the next three games to show if they're contenders or pretenders.

Georgia has a fairly easy path the rest of the way save the Florida game (should win) and a trip to Auburn. At least Georgia has beaten a decent non-conference foe (Notre Dame), Penn State hasn't beaten any program of note so far. Of course the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt, always have whether right or not.

I don't recall the likes of Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern every putting a top tier side together in the recent decade; Nebraska has had some glimpses of prominence of late yet never do much in the end. The West is always there for Wisconsin's taking. The storied programs are all stacked in the East, where the top contenders have been the last few years and likely will for the foreseeable future.
 
MrMarcello said:
You can moan about Georgia's schedule while ignoring the dross Penn State has beaten so far, typical. It's absolute garbage - Akron, Pitt, Georgia Southern - hence how they got off to such a high ranking before conference play. Iowa is bang average at best, Indiana bleh, Northwestern garbage. Win the next three games to show if they're contenders or pretenders.

Georgia has a fairly easy path the rest of the way save the Florida game (should win) and a trip to Auburn. At least Georgia has beaten a decent non-conference foe (Notre Dame), Penn State hasn't beaten any program of note so far. Of course the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt, always have whether right or not.

I don't recall the likes of Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern every putting a top tier side together in the recent decade; Nebraska has had some glimpses of prominence of late yet never do much in the end. The West is always there for Wisconsin's taking. The storied programs are all stacked in the East, where the top contenders have been the last few years and likely will for the foreseeable future.
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No shit, eh? FSU got beat by Alabama early in the season and rapidly sunk in the rankings. I'm not sure why the same shouldn't apply to Georgia if they similarly get run over by Bama's ground game. Similarly, if Penn State get beat by tOSU or Michigan they'll drop out and deservedly so.

Iowa had a great side in 2015 that won the division. Wisconsin has dominated the West but that isn't an uncommon occurrence in football.
 
The Nov 11th weekend will decide everything imo

ND @ Miami
Georgia @ Auburn
TCU @ OU
Michigan St. @ Ohio St.
FSU @ Clemson
Washington @ Stanford
VT @ GT
 
adexkola said:
No shit, eh? FSU got beat by Alabama early in the season and rapidly sunk in the rankings. I'm not sure why the same shouldn't apply to Georgia if they similarly get run over by Bama's ground game. Similarly, if Penn State get beat by tOSU or Michigan they'll drop out and deservedly so.

Iowa had a great side in 2015 that won the division. Wisconsin has dominated the West but that isn't an uncommon occurrence in football.
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Massive difference 1) losing early in the season and 2) not actually being top 25 worthy (FSU example) versus running the table and losing in a conference title game for the first loss in the season. I do not envision an unbeaten Alabama or Georgia side losing to the other in the SEC title game tumbling outside the top four. Worthy of a debate should that occur is for another date.

My point is PSU is vastly overrated having beat nothing to date. At least Georgia has something worthy of a decent win on its CV. This is why I can't stand preseason rankings and all that garbage. Rankings shouldn't matter till 1 November or thereabouts. But it's all to generate hype, discussion, and ratings for stupid college football talk shows.
 
Sigh. We go again.

Some of the top 25 matchups:

MD at #5 Wisconsin
#10 Oklahoma at Texas
Tennessee at #1 Alabama
Syracuse at # Miami
North Carolina at Virginia Tech
#9 Oklahoma at KSU
#19 Michigan at #2 Penn State
#11 USC at #13 Notre Dame
KU at #4 TCU

Georgia, Ohio State, Washington and Clemson don't play this weekend.
 
Lamar Jackson should win the Heisman again imo. Easily the best player in college football.
 
adexkola said:
Sigh. We go again.

Some of the top 25 matchups:

MD at #5 Wisconsin
#10 Oklahoma at Texas
Tennessee at #1 Alabama
Syracuse at # Miami
North Carolina at Virginia Tech
#9 Oklahoma at KSU
#19 Michigan at #2 Penn State
#11 USC at #13 Notre Dame
KU at #4 TCU

Georgia, Ohio State, Washington and Clemson don't play this weekend.
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Not sure how OU will handle having a split squad today. :)
 
Not much movement. Michigan falls out, Notre Dame moves into top 10. Pac-12 is hosed.

1 Alabama
2 Penn State
3 Georgia
4 TCU
5 Wisconsin
6 Ohio State
7 Clemson
8 Miami
9 Notre Dame
10 Oklahoma
11 Oklahoma State
12 Washington
13 Virginia Tech
14 NC State
15 Washington State
16 Michigan State
17 USF
18 UCF
19 Auburn
20 Stanford
21 USC
22 West Virginia
23 LSU
24 Memphis
25 Iowa State
 
adexkola said:
Not much movement. Michigan falls out, Notre Dame moves into top 10. Pac-12 is hosed.

1 Alabama
2 Penn State
3 Georgia
4 TCU
5 Wisconsin
6 Ohio State
7 Clemson
8 Miami
9 Notre Dame
10 Oklahoma
11 Oklahoma State
12 Washington
13 Virginia Tech
14 NC State
15 Washington State
16 Michigan State
17 USF
18 UCF
19 Auburn
20 Stanford
21 USC
22 West Virginia
23 LSU
24 Memphis
25 Iowa State
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I think we will see a lot of movement in the coming weeks.

Bama still has to play LSU, Auburn, and UGA

UGA still has Bama, Auburn, and GaTech

TCU still has Texas, Texas Tech, and OU

OSU - Penn State next week, and is away to MSU and Michigan

Clemson - has GaTech, NC State, and FSU in the next three weeks

Miami - has Notre Dame and VaTech

basically the entire top 10 could be completely reschuffled in the next few weeks.
 
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