***OFFICIAL CFP Rankings Show Watch Thread***

[cycloneman003]

Well two things are apparent to me. So many people don’t understand how the CFP seeding works and damn some of you are ******* nuts.

We don’t have to agree with how they rank teams, but I think we can tell pretty clearly now what/how they will do things. With this set of rankings, the Big XII champ will be getting a bye if either UNLV or Clemson wins this weekend.

 

[mj4cy]

Yormark should hire a PR team and include it with respected Big12 alum to solely fight back against this ****.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

Notre Dame is very good per Sagarin.
SMU deserves the bye if they win per Sagarin.
Boise St is worst than Kansas and Texas Tech per Sagarin.

We will need a miracle to win a road game.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Well two things are apparent to me. So many people don’t understand how the CFP seeding works and damn some of you are ******* nuts.

We don’t have to agree with how they rank teams, but I think we can tell pretty clearly now what/how they will do things. With this set of rankings, the Big XII champ will be getting a bye if either UNLV or Clemson wins this weekend.

Clemson wins they're jumping the Big 12 champ. No way that doesn't happen at this point. If ASU were ranked ~12 then that's possible... but with ASU at 15 and Clemson at 17? They would have beaten the #8 team - no way they're not jumping whoever wins the Big 12... especially if it's ISU.

And, as I've stated numerous times in this thread, these rankings are so nonsensical it literally would not surprise me whatsoever if UNLV jumps the Big 12 champ if they beat Boise St.

 

[HFCS]

I miss the BCS computers - something I never thought I'd be saying 20 years later.

I loved that ranking method, I hated 2 team playoff.

 

[HFCS]

If PSU, Oregon, Indiana or OSU had played Iowa we’d see them in the 20-25 range and use theM to prop up the Big Ten. Since nine did, not going to help us and our narrative. Same with KSU and TTU, lower the Big 12 strength of record as much as possible.

KSU has been 18-22 in most power rankings all year.

 

[cycloneworld]

I think Notre Dame's best win would probably be Army?
And they're currently in the 4th spot.

Wild stuff.

AND they have the worst loss in the entire field. And played 8 home games and 3 true road games all year. And doesn’t have to play in a conference championship.

The built in advantages for the name brands is insanely huge.

 

[HFCS]

Well two things are apparent to me. So many people don’t understand how the CFP seeding works and damn some of you are ******* nuts.

We don’t have to agree with how they rank teams, but I think we can tell pretty clearly now what/how they will do things. With this set of rankings, the Big XII champ will be getting a bye if either UNLV or Clemson wins this weekend.

You’re off the charts naive if you don’t think it’s possible for Clemson to jump b12 champ. They’ve done 100x worse.

 

[danvillecyclone]

It will support the CFP Committee’s narrative if the Big 12 winner plays at #5 and gets blasted.

They would NEVER give Iowa State or Az St that advantage! Especially a game in Ames, IA.

That’s the crazy thing. It’s either a Bye or #12 and very very very likely #12.

That’s part of the insanity.

 

[CydeofFries]

I’m fine with the SEC getting more teams in because I think they are actually good. My problem is that this committee ignores the exact same logic they use to put 3-loss SEC teams ahead of a 2-loss Big 12 team when placing Boise ahead of Big 12 teams with 1 quality win against UNLV. It makes no sense and is very hypocritical.

I'm ok with the logic of "The SEC is harder, so 3 losses there = 2 losses elsewhere". But it falls apart when they have one less opportunity to lose than the Big12 & 10. Until the ACC and SEC teams play 9 conference games, I wouldnt even consider a 3 loss team ahead of a 2 loss from the Big12/10. A two loss team could be on par or ahead, but it would be resume dependant.

Its also why I'm fine with Boise where they are (though their resume is pathetic really). Only 1 loss (especially OOC to a P4 team) should put them around the 2 loss P4 teams. Add in it was to the #1 team on the road, and I'm not gonna lose much sleep about their spot in the rankings.

 

[cyatheart]

This is absolutely crazy.

 

[CoachHines3]

I think Notre Dame's best win would probably be Army?
And they're currently in the 4th spot.

Wild stuff.

They lost at a good time.

I still think if we would have lost to, say… Baylor and WVU, we’d be ranked maybe a little higher than we are.

 

[AlaCyclone]

AND they have the worst loss in the entire field. And played 8 home games and 3 true road games all year. And doesn’t have to play in a conference championship.

The built in advantages for the name brands is insanely huge.

Two of the neutral games were vs. Georgia Tech @ Falcons Stadium in ATL and Army @ Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY. So, while technically neutral, they were road games compared to the two teams they played. Now, that loss to NIU is another matter indeed!

 

[StLouisClone]

Big 12 champ is going to have to prove the committee wrong by winning a game or two in the playoff. I was one who had some faith in the committee based on the respect ISU got in 2020, but this year's committee is showing clear bias against the B12. You know it’s bad when Arizona State’s ranked # 12 in AP but 15 in CFP. That's a killer because it gives Clemson a chance to steal that 4th bye.

 

[CYme]

Delusional take at this point. A Clemson team that just beat the #8 SMU team is jumping the Big 12 champion. This week's ranking was set up to screw over the Big 12 as much as possible.

This appears correct, they’ll drop SMU to 12 and move Clemson to 11. ISU/ASU winner at 13 so they go to the 12 seed. SMU out, Clemson at 4 seed.

 

[StLouisClone]

We really need UNLV to pull off the upset on Friday night

 

[AlaCyclone]

We really need UNLV to pull off the upset on Friday night

And screw Clemson. I want SMU to win the ACC with their only loss to BYU.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

Campbell is a great on the road coach, thats a positive.

 

[HFCS]

Big 12 champ is going to have to prove the committee wrong by winning a game or two in the playoff. I was one who had some faith in the committee based on the respect ISU got in 2020, but this year's committee is showing clear bias against the B12. You know it’s bad when Arizona State’s ranked # 12 in AP but 15 in CFP. That's a killer because it gives Clemson a chance to steal that 4th bye.

Good luck when we're permanently 12 seed vs 5 seed in a true road game.

I think maybe two teams have that quality of a win all season.

The scenario where a Big 12 team hosted a game seems like less than 1% chance knowing how the committee devalues the conference.

 

[jdoggivjc]

This appears correct, they’ll drop SMU to 12 and move Clemson to 11. ISU/ASU winner at 13 so they go to the 12 seed. SMU out, Clemson at 4 seed.

Nobody can convince me that this week's rankings weren't to position teams with the championship games in mind so they can get the seedings and matchups they want.