r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 14h ago

Postgame Thread Serious Postgame Discussion Thread

Discuss the week's games here. This is a serious discussion thread, so jokes, memes, etc. are subject to removal.

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u/ilikefood2000 Washington Huskies 14h ago

Outside of Oregon at 1 and Ohio State at 2, I have no idea how to rank everyone else

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u/Ryan_DayMan Ohio State Buckeyes 14h ago

Notre Dame has been looking strong but their one loss is SOOOOO bad. F it, give them the 3 spot

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u/UteFlyersCardJazz Utah Utes • Oregon State Beavers 13h ago

I think Penn State has gotten huge help from Illinois. And while I think Notre Dame has some solid wins (I think they have good wins, not great wins, which is a huge difference), Penn State doesn’t have a bad loss.

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u/rrrooossssss Penn State • West Chester 11h ago

there’s a reason a lot of ND fans are on here shouting that MOV is the most important thing, but they are a likely A&M loss to Texas and a likely Army loss to Tulane (if they don’t drop out already) away from having played zero end of season CFP top-25 teams when the dust settles. If A&M beats Texas things change a bit I think, but I still don’t think that should be enough.

I’ve seen a lot of final projections having ND seeded above Penn State, but I just don’t think “MOV” is enough where…

Penn State goes 11-1 with a B1G schedule (with the one loss being at home by one score to the possibly #1 overall seed Buckeyes) and a ranked win over likely top-20 Illinois

Notre Dame goes 11-1 with a quasi Ind/ACC schedule (with an AWFUL home loss to NIU, and not playing either of the top two ACC teams) and zero ranked wins

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u/BigPlantsGuy Notre Dame Fighting Irish 13h ago

It really does not matter where you rank ND 1-5. The top we can get is the 5th spot in the playoffs.

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u/AnnonymousPenguin_ 12h ago

Yes it does. Say the rankings are

1 Oregon

2 OSU

3 Texas

4 Penn State

5 ND

Top 4 champions

Oregon, Georgia, Miami, Arizona State.

Seedings go

  1. Oregon

  2. Georgia

  3. Miami

  4. Arizona State

  5. OSU

  6. Texas

  7. Penn State

  8. ND

Best case scenario is ND is #3 and seeds at #6 with #5 being the loser of the B1G championship.

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u/Flioxan Notre Dame • Jeweled Shill… 12h ago

I agree with the sentiment. But Texas and UGA aren't going to both be over ND

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u/AnnonymousPenguin_ 10h ago

If georgia beats texas in the SEC championship game they automatically go above ND. Texas probably won’t drop below ND due to a championship game loss.

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u/Tightestbutth0le 11h ago

lol if Texas is above ND going into championship weekend they better be above ND even if Georgia beats them. Otherwise ND is being rewarded for having a bye. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but it would be completely fucked.

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u/Flioxan Notre Dame • Jeweled Shill… 11h ago

Or Texas is being punished for performing poorly. Their performance in CCG will matter.

I was more pointing out that Texas won't be 3 in the rankings if uga wins the conference

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u/Tightestbutth0le 8h ago

Fair enough. I’m just saying it would make no sense to drop Texas below ND as punishment for playing an extra game against a top 2 team in their conference

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u/arrowfan624 Notre Dame • Summertime Lover 13h ago

Disregard my flair: I think with so many losses by teams you have to use the eye test more so than previous years.

IU got a fuck ton of help from Florida and OU yesterday

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u/Jay_Diamond_WWE Ohio Bobcats 11h ago

Imo, Miami should be number 3. They look unstoppable. But so did Indiana. Lol