All my Rankings included a Group of 5 team. No use guessing which one now, which is the core concept here: teams cannot be predicted, but # of conference rep can be.
OK, so the 12 playoff teams will be:
SEC Champ
B10 Champ
B12 Champ
ACC Champ
The Champ of whichever conference sucks the least has the highest ranked team
And 2nd, 3rd & maybe 4th in the B10
And 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and maybe 7th in the SEC
And maybe ND because they are worth the most advertising revenue have clout
I see the middle of the pack SEC teams as being stronger candidates this year than 2nd place in the Big 12 or ACC
fie
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āif people donāt answer your first letter, fie on them!ā
For Godās sake, read a dictionary!!
Why, they are unreliable. They omit things.
Did you know the word āgullibleā is not actually a real word and cannot be found in any dictionary?
And if I had a dollar for any time someone expressed disgust or outrage with me, Iād be in an even higher tax bracket.
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eh. It is a frequent word in crossword puzzles.
Notre Dame Fan wants you all to know that after they run the gauntlet of Stanford, Georgia Tech, Navy and Florida State, the Fighting Irish should be automatically in the playoff field and at least hosting a 1st-round game, if not getting really strong consideration for a 1st-round bye.
How do you know that a guy went to Notre Dame?
Itās the first thing he tells you.
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He sucks in the NFL???
Sometimes. Not always, unfortunately.
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DOWN GOES BAMA! DOWN GOES BAMA! DOWN GOES BAMA!
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Maybe Notre Dame could take them
And even more upsets today! So far #1, 4, 9, 10, and 11 lost, and #8 is losing.
And donāt forget: When an SEC team is upset, itās because they have a really deep conference; when a Big Ten team is upset, that just shows how weak that conference is. 
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Rankings, schmankingsā¦
Boy, #13 for Bama had a hard time accepting that loss to Vandy. He should have gotten a penalty for late hit or unsportmanlike conduct for shoving the Vandy QBās head into the ground on the last first down run then probably another for throwing his mouth piece. Then he did get an unsportmanlike penalty for kicking the ball after the refs set it for the final play.
His DC and HC tried subbing for him at that point and he told the guy they sent in for him to go back to the sideline. And he is a captain on the team. I can only imagine what Saban would have done to the kid. Bama has lost a lot of discipline with the new coach. I see a decline coming that Bama fans are not going to be happy with.
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But sports builds character!
Good or bad
Determined by number of concussions.
I hope the kid/man is barred from practice for a week. Or running laps or picking up the freshmenās gear. Letting him still be captain without any consequences sets a bad precedent.
Meanwhile, we get this gem of analysis:
Get ready for two-loss CFP contenders
Everyone in and around college football has to retrain their brains to accept losses in the era of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Blueblood programs USC and Michigan already have two losses (including USCās loss to Michigan), but in the new, expanded format, there are going to be two-loss teams included in the field on Selection Day. Maybe even a three-loss team.
(The selection committee has never ranked a four-loss team in its top 12.)
So while some teams have bad losses (Alabama and Notre Dame), and others have multiple losses (hey, Tulane!) any team that can still win its conference is technically still in the race. What hasnāt changed in the committee meeting room, though, is the standard. Even teams with multiple losses need statement wins and have to look like a team capable of winning the national title. ā Heather Dinich
Yes, there will be two-loss teams. That has been known since the beginning of the season, as we (GoA) have already been projecting five (six?) SEC teams, and they all cannot be 0- or 1-loss teams.
Eight teams would have been a better compromise.
Were people expecting 12 unbeaten teams?? Were they expecting two or more non-Power-5 teams because they have one loss?
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Getting dangerously close to the limit on schnitzengruben, er, too many posts in a row.
Anywho:
After Week 6:
Three Big 10 (three in the top 11)
Three SEC (five in the top 11)
One ACC (two in top 11)
One Big 12 (one in the top 11)
Highest not Power 4 team/champion (BSU at the moment)
Three other highest-ranked
ND backing its way in, not playing anyone tough until USCw.