2020 College Football Season/Playoff Thread

[MadThinker88]

If/when Michigan decides to move on from Harbaugh, their first call should be to Matt Campbell.

Yes but should Matt Campbell pick up that phone??
He would be under a massive microscope..

 

[Hydroponic3385]

Notre Dame avoids the upset in North Carolina, wins 31-17.

 

[Ohio]

Notre Dame avoids the upset in North Carolina, wins 31-17.

All but clinches their playoff spot, imo.

 

[-Akronite-]

All but clinches their playoff spot, imo.

I’ve expected them to make the ACC championship. Their spot is entirely dependent on how the 2nd Clemson game goes. A blowout could still boot them. Of course it’d be even easier for the committee if they just beat Clemson again and keep them out.

 

[Stark]

Yep, rooting for ND every game the rest of the season after they won against North Carolina.

Would love, love, LOVE for them to upset Clemson again to keep them out. I still don't think ND is that great, so them making the CFP AND keeping Clemson out would be best-case scenario.

 

[Wulfgar1224]

OSU game canceled tomorrow.

 

[Rich]

Damn shame. Big Ten coulda avoided this.

 

[Akron330]

Damn shame. Big Ten coulda avoided this.

Ive been very disappointed in the Big Ten.

 

[Rich]

So I guess things to root for going forward beyond OSU getting 6 games in.

1) Notre Dame to win out, and eliminate Clemson

2) Notre Dame to get absolutely drilled by Clemson by a good four touchdowns instead

3) Northwestern to not go undefeated and win the Big 10

4) Cincinnati to probably lose a game.

 

[Rich]

Forgot to add to root for Indiana the rest of the way. If They win the conference with 1 loss then it becomes hard to leave OSU out.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

So I guess things to root for going forward beyond OSU getting 6 games in.

1) Notre Dame to win out, and eliminate Clemson

2) Notre Dame to get absolutely drilled by Clemson by a good four touchdowns instead

3) Northwestern to not go undefeated and win the Big 10

4) Cincinnati to probably lose a game.

OSU will have to deal with the SEC too. Bama at #1, A&M at #5, Florida at #6. If Florida beats Bama in a close SEC title game, Florida is definitely in and ‘Bama likely gets in too. Similarly, if ‘Bama beats Florida, there’s still a good chance A&M gets in with their only loss being to ‘Bama.

I can see a number of scenarios where the ACC and SEC wind up with two teams and Big 10 is left out, even with an undefeated Northwestern.

SEC has always been perceived the stronger conference, so I don’t know why that would change this season. I don’t know how the selection committee would favor a 5-0 or 6-0 Big 10 team over an ACC or SEC team that effectively played a full schedule and only had one close loss.

If anything, I think the Big 10 got lucky this season because the conference as a whole would’ve have looked awful in OOC play. Aside from 2-3 teams, the conference just looks bad in general.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

Forgot to add to root for Indiana the rest of the way. If They win the conference with 1 loss then it becomes hard to leave OSU out.

Is it? A 7-point loss on the road to OSU isn’t exactly a black-eye on the record. I think the CFP committee would have a tough time putting a 6-0 OSU in over an 8-1 Indiana who has a 7 pt road loss to OSU. Also, MSU and UM are both awful this year so OSU doesn’t have another opportunity to put up a win against a quality opponent, whereas Indiana still plays Wisconsin and would get a game against an undefeated Northwestern team who is currently in the top 10 of the CFP standings.

They’d get a massive boost from winning both of those games. Whether or not it boosts them above OSU in the committees eyes I don’t know, but the argument could definitely be made. It’d be different if OSU blew out Indiana, but since it was a close game they left some room for discussion.

 

[Cavsfan1985]

Is it? A 7-point loss on the road to OSU isn’t exactly a black-eye on the record. I think the CFP committee would have a tough time putting a 6-0 OSU in over an 8-1 Indiana who has a 7 pt road loss to OSU. Also, MSU and UM are both awful this year so OSU doesn’t have another opportunity to put up a win against a quality opponent, whereas Indiana still plays Wisconsin and would get a game against an undefeated Northwestern team who is currently in the top 10 of the CFP standings.

They’d get a massive boost from winning both of those games. Whether or not it boosts them above OSU in the committees eyes I don’t know, but the argument could definitely be made. It’d be different if OSU blew out Indiana, but since it was a close game they left some room for discussion.

It’s hard to say. If we play and win the next two games it won’t matter as we will be on the championship game. Also, even if we do miss one of the next 2 games, we would get a quality appointment in the last week.To me the biggest scare is NW winning out and not facing us. That would be hard a 9-0 big ten champ NW would get on over a 6-0 OSU.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

It’s hard to say. If we play and win the next two games it won’t matter as we will be on the championship game. Also, even if we do miss one of the next 2 games, we would get a quality appointment in the last week.To me the biggest scare is NW winning out and not facing us. That would be hard a 9-0 big ten champ NW would get on over a 6-0 OSU.

There’s just no way the committee picks OSU over a 9-0 Northwestern. Northwestern would have two more top 25 wins in Wisconsin and Iowa and the same win vs Indiana.

Given some of the loses top-ranked OSU teams have taken in recent years, we also can’t make the assumption that they’d beat Illinois, Maryland, or any remaining games if they get cancelled. Recent history has shown the trap for OSU are the mid-season road games against lower-tier Big10 teams.

IMO, the only way OSU gets in with a 9-0 Northwestern is if ND, Clemson, A&M, Florida, and maybe Cinci all lose before the conference title games. Otherwise, I think it’s next to impossible to put OSU in over Northwestern, especially since NW is already at 8 in the CFP rankings and I’d expect OSU to drop out of 4 since they didn’t play.

 

[Rich]

Is it? A 7-point loss on the road to OSU isn’t exactly a black-eye on the record. I think the CFP committee would have a tough time putting a 6-0 OSU in over an 8-1 Indiana who has a 7 pt road loss to OSU. Also, MSU and UM are both awful this year so OSU doesn’t have another opportunity to put up a win against a quality opponent, whereas Indiana still plays Wisconsin and would get a game against an undefeated Northwestern team who is currently in the top 10 of the CFP standings.

They’d get a massive boost from winning both of those games. Whether or not it boosts them above OSU in the committees eyes I don’t know, but the argument could definitely be made. It’d be different if OSU blew out Indiana, but since it was a close game they left some room for discussion.

If the choice is between an 8-1 Indiana that lost to Ohio State or a 9-0 Northwestern, that's an easy call. We'd prefer the 8-1 Indiana.

Because if Northwestern beats Indiana, the best team OSU beat, then there is a 0% chance OSU makes it in. None.

Said this in another thread but there should be an emergency meeting between the conference heads to expand the damn playoffs right now. The committee has an impossible job to pick the 4 best teams. Make it 8. Even if for just this year.