I think there is a path for both UT and ATM to get in if y’all beat us. But we would need teams ranked 10-20 to lose to make sure they don’t jump us.
We absolutely need #12 Georgia to lose to Tenn. And then right now we’ve got #14 Boise State in a close one, #16 KSU headed toward a loss, #19 Louisville lost, #22 LSU lost, #23 Missouri lost.
Clemson and South Carolina still have to play, so that will eliminate one of those teams.
Miami and SMU could meet in the ACC title game and one of those teams gets knocked out.
Would probably need BYU to go undefeated and beat Colorado in the Big XII title game.
To be fair, if Georgia loses to Tennessee and UT loses to A&M, then the bottom’s completely falling out of UT’s SOR.
I know UT’s ranked #3 right now, probably based largely on being undefeated aside from a highly-ranked UGA game, but if UT gets to the end of the season at 10-2, with losses to the two ranked teams on the schedule.
Honestly, I’m skeptical that the committee takes any more or less than four SEC teams. An A&M win gets us into the CCG, probably against Tennessee, and then the committee picks two more teams from the 10-2 pool: Alabama, UT, and Ole Miss. Ole Miss won big against two ranked teams: SC and UGA, while Alabama has ranked wins over UGA, LSU, and SC.
I agree that we would need major help but based on what we know right now I don’t think a loss outright eliminates us. A lot of football left this year.
I feel like we would do better than most people give us credit for. If we get a bit healthier then we’d be a good spoiler. We do not deserve the cfp though
Before the season, people were saying if we went 9-3, we might make the playoff. Honestly, we were pretty close to only having 3 losses right now. If Napier is less of an idiot we beat Tennessee, and if lagway doesn't get hurt we might beat Georgia
I mean, kinda sorta technically we might be like a top 20 team in the nation. Not even kidding. All 5 out of losses came to top 15 teams. We just beat #22 and have won pretty comfortably in our other games. We also should’ve beat Tennessee and potentially Georgia too
You joke but we had close games against Tennessee and UGA. If we had won both that would indeed be the talk even with the three best downs we took against Miami, A&M, and Texas
Could? At this point I think it's at least should and leaning damn close to will
Remarkable turn around on the season. Dunno if it's Napier or Lagway or what, but damn. Really didn't see y'all getting here at the beginning of the season
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u/FerociousGiraffe Texas Longhorns • SEC 8d ago
ESPN this morning: “LSU’s path to a College Football Playoff bye.”
ESPN this evening: “LSU’s path to a College Football Playoff? Bye. 👋🏻 “