*** Week 6 CFB Games Thread (10/7 - 10/9)***
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Agreed, but I don't expect them to drop out of top ten until they lose again. They'll probably lose 2-4 more games (pending health of QB)
New AP Poll is out https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
1. Georgia
2. Iowa
3. Cincinnati
4. Oklahoma
5. Alabama
5 big ten teams in the top 10 basically confirms the big ten will have at least one team in the playoff and quite possibly two if Cinci and OU slip up.
Two SEC, 1 B1G, and then some combo of Cinci/Oklahoma or another B1G team is the most likely scenario for the top 4 at the end of the year.
I think the PAC is likely out and ACC is out. Big XII only has OU left. You gotta think Cinci will get jumped by Bama if/when Bama beats a couple of ranked teams in the SEC and the claim by the media will be "Cinci doesn't play anyone".
1. Georgia
2. Iowa
3. Cincinnati
4. Oklahoma
5. Alabama
5 big ten teams in the top 10 basically confirms the big ten will have at least one team in the playoff and quite possibly two if Cinci and OU slip up.
Two SEC, 1 B1G, and then some combo of Cinci/Oklahoma or another B1G team is the most likely scenario for the top 4 at the end of the year.
I think the PAC is likely out and ACC is out. Big XII only has OU left. You gotta think Cinci will get jumped by Bama if/when Bama beats a couple of ranked teams in the SEC and the claim by the media will be "Cinci doesn't play anyone".
So like I said last night, Bama, Georgia, Ohio State and everyone else fighting for one spot.
To the bolded parts. Ummm Indiana is complete garbage this year, so not sure why you throw them in and Oklahoma State I'm pretty sure beat/controlled that same Baylor team that Iowa State couldn't beat. And Baylor is still 5-1.
The Hawks got a boost from getting wins over preseason-ranked teams that have since proven to not be that good. Indiana is a bad football team and we (Iowa State) haven't proven anything yet as our three wins are against two of the worst programs in FBS and a FCS team. Penn State is a good team, so Iowa gets credit for that at home, but why is their resume so much better than Oklahoma State's for example? And in the end Penn State was controlling that game until their QB went out. Hawks may have still won, but I will take what I saw from Penn State before and after their QB left the game.
Cowboys have a top-25 win (at the time) against Baylor and went to Boise and won. Boise just beat top-10 BYU, so honestly I would take Oklahoma State's resume over Iowa's and at worst it's a push and they should be side by side in the rankings.
This is the problem with preseason rankings, as teams get elevated too quickly because of wins over teams that are perceived to be good. Iowa is a top-10 team, but I wouldn't rank them top-5. Mine would be as follows based on a combination of resume and just who I flat out think is better (Ex. Bama):
1. Georgia (resume and how they have looked)
2. Cincinnati (At ND is a nice win and they have looked the part)
3. Oklahoma (This one was tough but basing it on resume and mostly how they look with their new QB)
4. Alabama (Solid resume with wins over Florida and Ole Miss. Winning at A&M isn't easy, but does anyone think there are four teams better than Bama? They still need another loss imo)
5. Oklahoma State (Resume is better than you think and the defense is salty)
6. Ohio State (This team is gelling. Tough schedule to navigate, but they just dismantled that same Maryland team worse than Iowa did)
7. Iowa (Just a sound football team. Incredible defense and special teams. Offense is still troublesome)
8. Kentucky (People need to watch this team. They get their chance at Georgia next week, but they are solid)
9. Michigan (Unbeaten, so tossed them here. Still unsure of how good they are)
10. Michigan State (Almost the same as Michigan)
Oregon would be next in line due to that win at Ohio State, and I think that Stanford loss was so weird, as they owned that game. Should probably move them up a bit the more I look at it.
There is no possible way you can say Oklahoma St has a better resume than Iowa. They beat a middling Big 12 team and a decent MWC team. Get back to me in a month after they've played Texas and Iowa St. Indiana is probably on the same level as Baylor, they've jsut had an extremely tough schedule so far. Their 3 losses are against Top 5 teams. That's why I included them in there.
