2024 College Football Thread

[jayboogieman]

[Captain Morgan]

love seeing Army and Navy both being ranked.  They are both undefeated

[LinvilleGorge]

Texas #1 in the country and just blew out their biggest rival but still found a way to take an L trying to come at Baker.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/8597205513655616?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

 

[CRA]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Texas #1 in the country and just blew out their biggest rival but still found a way to take an L trying to come at Baker.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/8597205513655616?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

 

Baker still owns a lot of real estate in folks heads.  

[PNW_PantherMan]

This weeks ranking that will look like nonsense by this time next week.

[CRA]

4 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

This weeks ranking that will look like nonsense by this time next week.

Lots of upsets?  

I think UGA and whoever loses Bama/UT will obviously go down.  I think Miami goes down after flirting with defeat every ACC game thus far.  That's about all that stands out for me. 

 

[jayboogieman]

Lots of football on TV this week. Some lesser games leading into the big matchups this weekend.

And the big ones Saturday

[PNW_PantherMan]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

Lots of upsets?  

I think UGA and whoever loses Bama/UT will obviously go down.  I think Miami goes down after flirting with defeat every ACC game thus far.  That's about all that stands out for me. 

 

It’s been shuffled every week.  Someone always in the top 25 that doesn’t belong there.

[Jay Roosevelt]

My rankings:

[Brooklyn 3.0]

It's going to be interesting to see how the AP and Playoffs rankers handle the end of the year. With SEC/Big 12/Big 10 all beating one another, and all these saller schools sitting there with 1 loss or less, will they of course shove a 3 loss elite program in the Playoffs over a lesser school with a better record?

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

It's going to be interesting to see how the AP and Playoffs rankers handle the end of the year. With SEC/Big 12/Big 10 all beating one another, and all these saller schools sitting there with 1 loss or less, will they of course shove a 3 loss elite program in the Playoffs over a lesser school with a better record?

It'll be interesting but personally I'm not overly concerned about it. Honestly, if you're on the bubble of the top 12 teams you probably don't have a realistic shot anyway. The 12 team field is gonna capture all the teams with a realistic chance barring some significant factor like losing a game or two because your star QB was hurt or something along those lines.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

8 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It'll be interesting but personally I'm not overly concerned about it. Honestly, if you're on the bubble of the top 12 teams you probably don't have a realistic shot anyway. The 12 team field is gonna capture all the teams with a realistic chance barring some significant factor like losing a game or two because your star QB was hurt or something along those lines.

True, but all things being equal you'd put a hypothetical 7-1 Memphis ahead of a 5-2 Georgia. So if wins and losses actually matter for everyone, there should be NO 3 loss team when the Playoff bracket is made no matter if they're from the SEC/BIG 12 10. If that means something like SMU, Army, Navy, Boise St, Iowa St, North Texas, etc. are in and Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Michigan, USC, Florida or whoever are out ... then so be it.

Basically what I'm saying is don't let your fear of not having a big name in the Playoffs force you to do some BS, selection committee. I know, I know, wishful thinking.