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This week's rankings (playoff seed), for fun:
1 Oregon
2 OSU (5)
3 Texas (2)
4 Penn St (6)
5 Indiana (7)
6 BYU (3)
7 Tennessee (8)
8 ND (9)
9 Miami (4)
10 Alabama
11 Ole Miss
12 Georgia (first team out)
13 Boise St (12)
14 SMU
15 A&M
16 K-State
17 Colorado
18 Wazzou
19 Louisville
20 Clemson
21 USCe
22 LSU
23 Mizzou
24 Army
25 Tulane
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Playoff:
12 Boise @ 5 OSU..............winner vs Miami
9 ND @ 8 Tenn..................winner vs Oregon
11 Ole Miss @ 6 Penn St.....winner vs BYU
10 Bama @ 7 IU................winner vs Texas

Ed Zachery why the Big Boys signed up for this

and the Hoosiers will have another bigger game after the win or loss to the Buckeyes

If one of the big-boy teams got to face IU then BYU.....beware.  Might be 2 ugly games and a red carpet to the semis.

Speaking of IU.....their game vs OSU might be the program's biggest game of all-time.

This is what I hate about CFB. You’re not even giving them a shot, based on the past 50 or 100 seasons that happened prior to 2024, rather than what happens in 2024. There’s so much bias built into this system it’s sickening. 

plus, you never know. One of those two teams might just play like their hair is on fire. 

This is what I hate about CFB. You’re not even giving them a shot, based on the past 50 or 100 seasons that happened prior to 2024, rather than what happens in 2024. There’s so much bias built into this system it’s sickening.

plus, you never know. One of those two teams might just play like their hair is on fire.

Sure, I understand what you're saying, but... a 12-team playoff leaves ample room for a worthy Indiana team to get into the big-time postseason, regardless of what fans or mediots think of them.

So right now,   the CFP has Miami #9 seed,  Boise St #13 and SMU #14.

I wonder if it's possible for Boise to leap over Miami and stay ahead of SMU to grab the #4 seed.

Your lack of respect for Indiana is understandable given the Hoosiers lack of any any history in college football.

It isn't just the history, Indiana is difficult to assess because their schedule so far this year has been pathetic.  I watched CFB Nerds last night and I think they said that IU's SoS rank was in the 130's.  That would be bad even for a G5. Part of this is IU's "fault" and part isn't.  The part that is, is that IU's OOC was incredibly weak.  Although, to their defense I can understand why.  The Hoosiers typically struggle for bowl eligibility so they scheduled an OOC that nearly guaranteed three wins.  They played:

• FIU: currently 3-6 overall, 2-3 in CUSA.  
• Western Illinois: currently 3-7 overall, 2-4 in their FCS conference
• Charlotte: currently 3-6 overall, 2-3 in the AAC

The part that definitively isn't IU's "fault" is three things:

• The B1G gave them an unintentionally lightweight schedule.  
• The bottom of the B1G is just atrocious this year.  
• Indiana's schedule was somewhat back-loaded with the Buckeyes in the penultimate regular season game.  

How does one fairly evaluate that?   

Then you run into the "which one is an outlier" issue:

• On the basis of performance against Nebraska, IU is MUCH better than tOSU.  
• On the basis of performance against Michigan, IU is substantially worse then Oregon.  

BYWhoo?