Man, I would NOT want to be on the selection committee this year.
Let’s ASSUME the following three teams end up undefeated (and assured a spot):
Ohio State- I don’t see anyone beating them.
LSU- Whoever wins the Bama/LSU game will win out. I like LSU.
Clemson- They’ll win the Sun Belt 2 Conference and go undefeated.
That could very well leave these four options:
Pac 12 Champs: Utah or Oregon (1 loss)
Big XII Champs: Oklahoma (1 loss)
One-loss SEC: Alabama
One-loss Big10: Penn St
I think Penn St would have its work cut out for them, but how in the hell do you pick between the others? I know there is still TONS of football left and weird things have happened before, but I’d be praying for a few more losses amongst the top teams if I were on the committee.
I think the committee would have to pick from the Pac-12 Champ or Oklahoma in that case, but I think one or more of them will stumble, Oklahoma, Oregon or Utah.
Style points… oh, wait.
To listen to the mostly East Coast sports announcers, in this order for the last picks, SEC, Big-10, Big-12, anyone else not including an undefeated Clemson.
if Utah gets a knock for a weaker schedule what about Clemson?
I say Utah or Oregon. For why, it is inclusive of another conference and geographical footprint.
Heard Josh Purcell, A national sports writer from North Carolina on my way home from work today. In that very scenario he suggested Utah, or the PAC-12 champion at 12-1 would have the leg up over Oklahoma (based on Oklahoma’s loss to K-State) and the other two schools as a conference champion. Even though Oklahoma would be a conference champion as well, he gave the PAC-12 a leg up based on their quality win versus the other in the PAC-12 team from the championship game. They even specifically asked him about a 1-loss, non-SEC champion Bama team and he still felt the PAC-12 champion would be selected based on Alabama’s week schedule and not being a conference champion.
Oregon will lose prior to the P12Ship and Utah will be left out. It will be easy to leave P12 out.
Who does Nike U lose to?
Their ESPN Matchup predictors are higher than Utah’s in its remaining games.
Asu on the road.
Utah has a better chance of losing to UCLA.
Not according to FPI they don’t.
How much do you want to wager on that? They’re going to smoke ASU.
Oregon is rolling, and I would be quite surprise to see anything other than an 11-1 Ducks team make it to Santa Clara.
I have no faith in the committee. In that scenario I would bet they take Alabama.
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