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A 13-0 P5 Conference Champ is a lock IMHO to make it, in all cases.  A 12-1 champ PROBABLY makes it every time.

UGA plays at Auburn next week and the line on that game was close last time I looked.  UGA has clinched the SEC East, but their playoff shot hinges on winning the CG with one loss (or 0).  They play UK and GT after Auburn, either might be a trip also of course.

Alabama just sort of leans on you constantly until you give out.  I think you have to be able to lean back and have great QB play to beat them, with no miscues.

Upsets happen, obviously.  TCU is looking solid again.  The OU-TCU game is pivotal of course along with their CG, which they have again, and MIGHT knock a one loss team out.

UW dropped from #4 to #6 in the AP poll today.

The 45-17 road win against IU was not good enough compared to ND's 48-37 home win against Wake Me Up or OU's 378-375 road win against osu2.

 

I don't believe that and here is why:

They need a lot of help, being #9 right now and not likely to get above 8 this week. Miami will probably pass them this week.

If Bama and Georgia win out until the Dr. Pepper SEC championship and the game is close, they both get in before UW. The winner of the ACC is going to get in before UW. If ND wins out they will get in before UW. TCU or OU gets in before UW if they win out.

The PAC is probably out right now because they only real chance for them is Washington, and they still play at Stanford and at WSU. The should beat Utah.

I understand the paranoia, I really do.


Even so, an undefeated Wisconsin B1G champ is in the CFP.  And deservedly so.


Of course, getting to 13-0 is the trick and I wish your Badgers the best in getting there!

Howdy CW. Really glad to see you posting with us again.

If we have to see another round of expansion...

As for OU in the Big Ten, I'd be all for it for a lot of reasons, not the least of which would be the renewal of a yearly game with the Huskers to end the season. That would be incredible.

Would OU want to bring Texas with?

Badge:

I'll try to answer while having no idea what the powers-that-be at OU would prefer, and no idea of what Texas intends to do or would intend to do if the Big Ten were to expand again.  Also, on the perhaps unwarranted assumption that OU could be a candidate for Big Ten membership without being part of a package deal with Texas.

I think that for OU there would be advantages and disadvantages.

Hypothetically, it would be an advantage for OU to have Texas join it in moving to the Big Ten.  It would make OU not a geographical outlier in the conference; Texas would fill that role for the southwestern corner.  Big, overrunning-with-money Texas would be a better anchor for that corner than OU would.  It would maintain our traditional game with Texas without having to see if it would work as an OOC game (as it was for most of the 20th century).  And, financially, Texas would bring a much bigger measurable audience to the conference than OU alone would.

As for disadvantages, all the ones I can think of would be subjective.  But I got the impression as the dust was settling after the last round of realignment, that there was some "Texas fatigue" around Norman.  The Longhorn Network certainly complicated things, even as it probably played a role in keeping the Big 12 from further disintegration.  I think that some people with some influence would like to go back to the inter-conference relationship with Texas that existed prior to the formation of the Big 12.  But I really don't know.

I would love to see the OU-Nebraska series renewed.  I am very happy that we have home-and-home series scheduled with the Huskers in '21-22 and '29-30.  I'd also like to see the Huskers pick up their game.  For me, something's wrong with college football when Nebraska isn't relevant.

A one-loss Wisconsin team that doesn't get beat by 31-points to a rival, would get into the CFP, too.

Our Eastern Division is so tough, and Iowa has play all the toughest, and battled them 2 times out of 3 to defeats.

The should have won the other one too. They had PSU beat.

I don't think they will get there. I think they will lose this weekend to Iowa if the injury list is what I think it will be

nothing against Iowa but I hope that's not the case, the BIG 10 title game will be a big dud if it's 1 loss and probably 10-12 ranked Wisconsin vs a 2 loss and probably 13-15 ranked OSU, MSU, PSU whoever

On the eve of the first rankings, this would be my playoff if the season ended right now:

#1 Alabama vs. #4 Clemson
#2 Georgia vs. #3 Miami

Next two weeks should clear up if Miami actually belongs or not, so it's a pretty pointless snapshot of them right now.

Slight change this week...
#1 Georgia vs. #4 Clemson
#2 Miami vs. #3 Alabama