Category: College Football

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 Bowling Green Win 1-0 (0-0) Big Ten
2 at.Oregon Win 2-0 (0-0) Big Ten
3 Buffalo Win 3-0 (0-0) Big Ten
4 Rutgers Win 4-0 (1-0) Big Ten
5 Bye None 4-0 (1-0) Big Ten
6 Iowa Win 5-0 (2-0) Big Ten
7 at.Michigan State Win 6-0 (3-0) Big Ten
8 at.Penn State Win 7-0 (4-0) Big Ten
9 Nebraska Win 8-0 (5-0) Big Ten
10 Indiana Win 9-0 (6-0) Big Ten
11 at.Maryland Win 10-0 (7-0) Big Ten
12 at.Illinois Win 11-0 (8-0) Big Ten
13 Michigan Win 12-0 (9-0) Big Ten

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 at.Georgia Tech Win 1-0 (1-0) ACC
2 Louisville Win 2-0 (2-0) ACC
3 Akron Win 3-0 (2-0) ACC
4 Virginia Win 4-0 (3-0) ACC
5 at.Boston College Win 5-0 (4-0) ACC
6 at.Florida State Win 6-0 (5-0) ACC
7 NC State Win 7-0 (6-0) ACC
8 Syracuse Win 8-0 (7-0) ACC
9 Bye None 8-0 (7-0) ACC
10 at.Notre Dame Win 9-0 (7-0) ACC
11 The Citadel Win 10-0 (7-0) ACC
12 at.Wake Forest Win 11-0 (8-0) ACC
13 South Carolina Win 12-0 (8-0) ACC

What if we took a week during the college football season to have teams from the SEC play a team with the same standing a year ago in the Big 12 like in college basketball and have them play during a week of primarily non-conference games. Here’s what it would look like:

Oklahoma at. LSU
We are going to rotate who gets home field advantage but the reigning national champs have to start it with home field in a rematch of the CFP Semifinal.

Alabama at. Baylor
Will moving on from Matt Rhule do Baylor any favors? I don’t think so. Alabama would defintely be favored in this game.

Texas at. Florida
A match up of blue bloods in the swamp will be a defensive battle.

Auburn at. Oklahoma State
Auburn would have a great chance in this game to notch a key non-conference win in this one.

Kansas State at. Tennessee
This would be a fun game between two fairly new head coaches at the FBS level.

Texas A&M at. Iowa State
In a match up of high powered offenses, who would get the defensive stop down the stretch to break the game open.

West Virginia at. South Carolina
Two different offenses collide in an unusual match up.

Kentucky at. TCU
With a receiver at QB, Kentucky would have to find out a way to get the ball past a pretty good horned frogs defense.

Texas Tech at. Mississippi State
New Mississippi State Head Coach Mike Leach faces his former team, Texas Tech.

Ole Miss at. Kansas
Ole Miss is more talented than Kansas, but the rebels do face an old enemy in Kansas Head Coach Les Miles.

Left Out:Arkansas, Missouri, Vanderbilt

Week Opponent Predicted Record (W/L)
1 UTSA Win 1-0 (0-0) SEC
2 Texas Win 2-0 (0-0) SEC
3 vs.Rice (Houston,TX) Win 3-0 (0-0) SEC
4 Ole Miss Win 4-0 (1-0) SEC
5 Nicholls State Win 5-0 (1-0) SEC
6 at.Florida Win 6-0 (2-0) SEC
7 at.Arkansas Win 7-0 (3-0) SEC
8 Mississippi State Win 8-0 (4-0) SEC
9 Bye None 8-0 (4-0) SEC
10 Alabama Loss 8-1 (4-1) SEC
11 South Carolina Win 9-1 (5-1) SEC
12 at.Auburn Loss 9-2 (5-2) SEC
13 at.Texas A&M Win 10-2 (6-2) SEC

Playoff
1.Alabama
4.Michigan

2.Clemson
3.Notre Dame

*Bids are based off of schools who did not make the college football playoff*
Peach Bowl:12.Penn State (Big 10 Second Bid) vs. 11.Florida (SEC Third Bid)
Fiesta Bowl:9.Central Florida (American First Bid) vs. 7.LSU (SEC Second Bid)
Rose Bowl:8.Washington State (Pac-12 First Bid) vs. 10.Ohio State (Big 10 First Bid)
Sugar Bowl:6.Oklahoma (Big 12 First Bid) vs. 5.Georgia (SEC First Bid)

Les Miles will return to the Big 12 and coach Kansas (His first coaching job was at Oklahoma State). This will (hopefully improve Big 12 recruiting in the southeast for the Big 12) and improve defense in the Big 12.

CFP
1.Alabama-SEC (Projected Champion)
4.Michigan-Big 10 (Projected Champion)

2.Clemson-ACC (Projected Champion)
3.Notre Dame-Independent

Rose Bowl-Ohio State (Big 10 Second Bid) vs. Washington State (Projected Pac-12 Champion)
Sugar Bowl-Oklahoma (Projected Big 12 Champion) vs. Georgia (SEC Second Bid)
Peach Bowl-LSU (SEC Third Bid) vs. Central Florida (Projected American Champion,Projected Lone Group of Five undefeated conference champion)
Fiesta Bowl-Kentucky (SEC Fourth Bid) vs. West Virginia (Big 12 Second Bid)

Since the Kentucky-Georgia and Alabama-LSU games are like SEC Semifinal games into the SEC Championship in December,it got me thinking.What if there was a four team playoff for each conference IN PLACE of their conference championship game?!

Rules
The top two teams from each division in a conference will play each other to decided who will face the other division winner in the conference championship game.

If there are no divisions in the conference the top four will play in the playoff.

The rankings of the teams in each conference are based off of head to head (first tiebreaker) and their College Football Playoff Ranking (second tiebreaker).

Here’s what it would’ve looked like last season.

The records shown by the teams are their conference records.

ACC

Atlantic Semifinal
1.Clemson (7-1)
3.NC State (6-2)

Coastal Semifinal
2.Miami (7-1)
4.Virginia Tech (5-3)

Big 12

1.Oklahoma (8-1)
4.Texas (5-4)

2.TCU (7-2)
3.Oklahoma State (6-3)

Big 10

East Semifinal
2.Ohio State (8-1)
4.Michigan State (7-2)

West Semifinal
1.Wisconsin (9-0)
3.Northwestern (7-2)

Pac-12

North Semifinal
2.Stanford (7-2)
3.Washington (7-2)

South Semifinal
1.USC (7-2)
4.Arizona State (6-3)

SEC

West Semifinal
1.Auburn (7-1)
3.Alabama (7-1)

East Semifinal
2.Georgia (7-1)
4.South Carolina (5-3)

I am predicting what the committee would do at the end of the season.
These are my projections

CFP
1.Alabama-SEC (Projected Champion)
4.Michigan-Big 10 (Projected Champion)

2.Clemson-ACC (Projected Champion)
3.Notre Dame-Independent

Rose Bowl-Ohio State (Big 10 Second Bid) vs. Washington State (Projected Pac-12 Champion)
Sugar Bowl-Texas (Projected Big 12 Champion) vs. LSU (SEC Second Bid)
Fiesta Bowl-Kentucky (SEC Fourth Bid) vs. West Virginia (Big 12 Third Bid)
Peach Bowl-Georgia (SEC Third Bid) vs. Central Florida (Projected American Champion,Projected Lone Group of Five undefeated conference champion)

Why LSU isn’t in top four:Alabama is likely to beat LSU on Saturday taking them out of the discussion for the playoff with two losses.

Clemson QB Kelly Bryant was benched by Head Coach Dabo Swinney as former five-star QB Freshman Trevor Lawrence takes the starting job.”It’s like a slap in the face” Bryant said about his benching.Bryant will be transferring,and is it the right decision.Ovbiously,it is.Bryant is moving on from Clemson as he’s used the four-game and then redshirt transfer for his dream of playing the NFL.Kelly is making the right decision transferring and making the right decision.I applaud you,Kelly.

Stanford defeated Oregon 38-31,on Saturday night.

Georgia defeated Missouri,Auburn blew out Arkansas,Alabama dominated Texas A&M,and Texas defeated TCU.Michigan State got back on track against Indiana,and Penn State blew out Illinois.Old Dominion upset Virginia Tech.Clemson,Ohio State,and Oklahoma all defeated inferior opponents yesterday.

Ohio State defeated TCU in Arlington, TX 40-28 Saturday night.

Oklahoma and Notre Dame beat inferior opponents,Iowa State and Vanderbilt respectively by ten points or less.Oklahoma State surprised some people and defeated Boise State,getting them out of any Playoff discussion.Most notably in the SEC,Alabama crushed Ole Miss,62-7,but LSU stunned Auburn on the Plains,with a last second field goal to win,22-21.Most games were top teams against inferior opponents,like Clemson defeating Georgia Southern,and Georgia defeating Middle Tennessee.Wisconsin was upset by BYU.Oh yeah,I forgot to say,Texas defeated USC.